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Chemical Processing Distilled

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The Chemical Processing Distilled podcast extracts essential elements to serve engineers designing and operating plants in the chemical industry.

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188 episodes

  1. When ‘Simple’ Repairs Aren't So Simple 5:08
  2. Chemical Leaders Put AI to Work, BASF Eyes Evonik 8:43
  3. Physics Plus AI: A New Era for Pipeline Leak Detection 25:10
  4. Remote Cooling System Failures Are Rarely Sudden 26:30
  5. The ‘Safe Pair of Hands’ Problem in Succession Planning 6:39
  6. Operational Flexibility Is an Energy Asset — If You Manage It Right 10:52
  7. Courts, Settlements and Capacity Bets 8:00
  8. Reverse Osmosis: When It's Time to Ditch the Softener 23:31
  9. A Chemical Engineer's Guide to Leading 22:43
  10. U.S. Chemical Makers Ride Iran War's Oil-Gas Price Gap 13:35
  11. Distilled News: CSB Ties Clairton Blast to Valve Procedure, Argonne Advances Lithium Extraction, DOE Funds Minerals Workforce 6:19
  12. Condensate Recovery: Know What’s In the Water 27:07
  13. Solution Spotlight: Get Your Coriolis Tube Design Right — or Pay for It Later 24:30
  14. Solutions Spotlight: Closing Measurement Gaps Without Shutting Down the Plant 32:04
  15. Distilled News: CSB Faults Woodland Pulp and Bio-Lab as Brazil Tariffs Raise Reshoring Concerns 11:16
  16. EPA, HHS Move Microplastics from Fringe Concern to Federal Priority 5:46
  17. Why Sodium Softeners Make or Break Boiler Water Chemistry 47:55
  18. Double Check Your Physical Properties Data 9:38
  19. Powder, Progress, and 250 Years: The Chemistry Behind American Independence 14:05
  20. Mergers, Layoffs and Geopolitical Risk Reshape the Chemical Industry 5:07
  21. Pumps, Flow and the Fight Against Wasted Energy 14:53
  22. Trevor Kletz Warned Us 5:27
  23. Distilled News: Dow-X-energy Nuclear Milestone, Fatal West Virginia Chemical Release and More 6:49
  24. You've Told Your Team to Speak Up. But Are You Actually Listening? 6:34
  25. Perceptual Invariants: The Hidden Key to Operator Expertise 21:47
  26. What Do Chemical Engineers Do, Anyway? 8:35
  27. Concentrate On Critical Thinking 6:24
  28. Microplastics, Leadership Shifts and Industry Honors: April's Top Stories 6:34
  29. Operator Training: When the Subtask Is the Whole Task 21:26
  30. Water Is Water — And Other Costly Myths 38:50
  31. The Alchemist Signs Off 6:19
  32. Strait of Hormuz Chaos, TSCA Reform and More — March 2026 in Chemical Processing 7:00
  33. The Hidden Costs and Risks of Cross-Training Operators 24:36
  34. CP Notebook: ACD's Eric Byer on Iran, Tariffs, and the Fight Over Rail 7:01
  35. Solutions Spotlight: Don't Let the Wrong Mag Meter Cost You 23:03
  36. When Experience Becomes a Blind Spot 7:06
  37. Distilled News: Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs, Dow's AI Bet and the EPA's Climate U-Turn 5:39
  38. Train Operators for Real-World Chaos, Not Perfection 22:52
  39. eChem Expo Brings High-Value Training to Manufacturers 31:39
  40. Most Read: Amid Regulatory Uncertainty, Chemical Industry Navigates Innovation 10:40
  41. What Topped Chemical Industry News in January 2026? 7:25
  42. Chemical Compliance: What to Expect in 2026 6:57
  43. Master 5 Critical Guidelines for Effective Operator Training 16:33
  44. 2026 Chemical Industry Outlook 8:35
  45. EPR and Recycled Plastics: Why Chemical Safety Is the Next Compliance Frontier 10:00
  46. Chemical Processing Distilled News: 2025 in Review 10:04
  47. Fail-Safe Pump Technology Wins Vaaler Award 13:27
  48. AI Technology Autonomously Optimizes Complex Chemical Processes 26:23
  49. Corrosion Under Insulation is 86’d by Sherwin-Williams 21:57
  50. Chemical industry braces for turbulent year ahead -- November 2025 News 8:25