http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:01:49 EDT Launched in 2012, Process Care Solution is a service that provides a team of experienced engineers and other experts with knowledge and expertise in process engineering and project management, to rapidly... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/design_engineering_and_construction/10482.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Siemens Industry Automation Division (Nuremberg, Germany: www.siemens.com/industryautomation) and Bentley Systems Systems (Exton, Pa.; www.bently.com) announced today at the Hannover Messe that they are stepping up their strategic collaboration, focusing on the process industry sector in fields such as... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/design_engineering_and_construction/10411.html Mon, 8 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Aveva Solutions Ltd. (Aveva; Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) announced today the commercial availability of its brand-new plant design software, AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D), setting a new level of performance for major capital engineering projects. AVEVA E3D drives the adoption of Lean Construction by... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/design_engineering_and_construction/10103.html Tue, 8 Jan 2013 0:00:00 EST Arbitrarily, process leads can be categorized into three different sub-categories or levels. Level one process leads are those who directly interact with the client to achieve the results required of the project, and are therefore accountable for any and all mishaps. Additionally, these leads supervise other lead process engineers who in turn supervise a team of their own. In the second level,... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/design_engineering_and_construction/9555.html Wed, 1 Aug 2012 0:00:00 EDT Aveva (Manchester, U.K.; www.aveva.com) has today announced the commercial release of a brand new product in its Aveva Plant portfolio, Aveva Laser Modeller, a 3D laser scanning software solution that can reduce brownfield facility intelligent 3D modeling time by up to 50%, says the company. Key customers... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/design_engineering_and_construction/9243.html Mon, 16 Apr 2012 0:00:00 EDT Here we study what margins are available and where the bottlenecks are in a process plant. Debottlenecking a process plant begins with a process study that involves evaluating the plant in its entirety and identifying the obstacles that come in the way of an increase in the capacity. It could be a restricted pipe size that could come in the way of a required increased flow, or a heat exchanger where the surface area falls short of the required, future heat-load requirements. It could be a column, where increased vapor-liquid traffic leads to an unacceptable pressure drop. It could be a control valve, which even at full open condition, allows only a portion of the intended flow. In most cases, it is a combination of some or all of these factors.... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/design_engineering_and_construction/9184.html Sun, 1 Apr 2012 0:00:00 EDT Mechanical integrity is an essential consideration in heat exchanger design. The most common threat to this integrity is tube bundle vibration. So, the computer programs used for heat exchanger design incorporate procedures that assess this threat. However, such analysis is generally undertaken after... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/design_engineering_and_construction/8834.html Sun, 1 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Today’s plant turnarounds bear little resemblance to those of the past: Last-minute preparations and procurements combined with hurried work plans penciled into a notebook often led to undisciplined procedures, incidents and equipment that still operated with defective parts. Those bygone practices... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/design_engineering_and_construction/8780.html Thu, 1 Dec 2011 0:00:00 EST To stay on budget, major capital projects often call for aggressive schedules. Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors often end up using work processes that are not part of an established or standard work procedure, particularly for critical paths related to the piping design, supply, fabricate and erect processes. Contractors must acknowledge this risk, take steps to address it in order to minimize exposure, and be able to mitigate the inevitable surplus that will result. This article shows you how to do this.  ... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/design_engineering_and_construction/8617.html Tue, 1 Nov 2011 0:00:00 EDT As at Achema 2009, the theme of this engineering-and-construction firm’s AchemAsia exhibition stand will be “The power of the new.” The company’s employees invest all their energy... http://www.che.com/business_and_economics/design_engineering_and_construction/7426.html Mon, 28 Mar 2011 0:00:00 EDT