Why a Holistic Systems Approach Is Essential for Project and Process Integration
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In capital-intensive industries, success depends on recognizing that process design, testing, equipment selection, and project execution are deeply interconnected. Treating these as separate activities can create costly…
Think Like a Chemical Plant for Lithium-ion Battery Recycling and Hydromet Processes
Lithium-ion battery recyclers and Hydromet processors can think like recyclers but must act like chemical plants. This is especially true for operator safety and environmental emissions. That’s the focus of my presentation at the Battery Show in Detroit this October 12-15.
I’ll be discussing…
Fundamentals of Solid-Liquid Separation: What I'm Presenting at Powder & Bulk Solids Houston
Ask five process engineers how they picked their last separation technology, and you'll get five different answers. That gap is exactly what I'm addressing at this year's Powder & Bulk Solids conference in Houston, where I've been asked to organize all eight wet processing sessions…
Summertime Reading: The Florida Noir
Normally, for my summertime reading suggestion, I select books that relate to innovation, technology and similar genres that interest me. This summer I went in a new direction; it's not really a beach read but a swamp read.
The book I just finished reading is about the dark…
AI, Digital Twins, Machine Learning and Smart Automation
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In my recent Chemical Processing Magazine column, "Barry on Batteries: Digitalization Tackles Battery Recycling's Operational Challenges," I posited that the battery recycling sector must evolve from simple physical processing into sophisticated…