Chemical Engineering Podcast

On this episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast, senior editor Scott Jenkins is joined by eschbach GmbH and North America founder and CEO Andreas Eschbach, who discusses the progress and implications of the digital transformation in the chemical process industries, and talks about the challenges of plant shift changeovers . . . (30 min)

On this episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, our guest is Aniruddha Sharma, co-founder and chief executive of Carbon Clean, a global leader in post-combustion carbon capture technology and services. Sharma shares his thoughts on the recent COP26 climate meeting, as well as the current state of carbon capture technology and how it might change in coming years.

On this episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, our guest is Leon De Bruyn, CEO of Lummus Technology. Leon discusses the company's first year as an independent company, as well as major trends affecting the chemical process industries, such as decarbonization, digitalization and the role of innovation.

In this episode, Chemical Engineering senior editor Scott Jenkins speaks with Matt Dixon and Karim Mahraz, both engineers at Swagelok and experts on grab-sampling systems. Matt and Karim discuss the most common problems associated with grab sampling and offer suggestions on how best to avoid them (29 min.)

In this episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, senior editor Scott Jenkins speaks with Ian Riley, the CEO of the World Cement Association (WCA) about the most widely produced human-made material in the world. Ian discusses the prospects for more sustainably produced cement and concrete, focusing on new innovations in cement chemistry and approaches for less energy-intensive production (25 mi...

On this episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast, I talk to Ann-Marie Walters, marketing director for the process industries at Bentley Systems. She provides insights "digital twins" of physical assets at process plants, including their uses and business impact. Anne-Marie and I also discuss the use of digital twins by plants that won awards as part of Bentley's Year In Infrastructure virtual e...

On today's episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, I discuss blockchain technology with Hannah Davis, the blockchain project lead at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). She provides an explanation of what blockchain is, and describes use cases that are relevant for the chemical process industries (CPI).

On this edition of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, I talk to Jan Haemer and Bhavin Manjee, two partners at the industry consulting firm Simon-Kuchar & Partners. We discuss commercial challenges facing the chemical industry and how some of the business models for the chemicals industry are evolving.

On this episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, my guest is Patrick Kirby, a principal analyst at Wood MacKenzie. Patrick talks about an analysis undertaken early this yea by WoodMac on the global olefins business.