Teaching & Learning in the Circular Economy

Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash Since the industrial revolution there have been waves of technology and innovation.  We all remember the movie “The Graduate” and that technology wave told to Dustin Hoffman in one word: PLASTICS.  The next wave came along in the chemical/petrochemical and…


"And the Oscar goes to"...the power of critical thinking

Photo by Matteo Vella on Unsplash So, you may ask, why is P&ID blogging about the Oscars?  Please have patience and let me explain. I promise to connect the little golden statue and octopus creativity to the power of critical thinking. In November 2019, I blogged about Creativity and…


final drying

Benefits of a Continuum Approach to Optimizing Final Drying 

Photo by Aron Van de Pol on Unsplash   As we announced in March, BHS has acquired AVA-GmbH. The AVA technologies provide for turbulent mixing, reacting and drying of wet cakes as well as powders and process slurries. The vertical and horizontal technologies are vacuum or atmospheric,…


Changing from Batch to Continuous Processing

Photo by Lalit Kumar on Unsplash Our approaches to process engineering must always be evolving. Otherwise, we’ll never grow and innovate. Recently, I contributed a feature to The Chemical Engineer on making the change from batch to continuous processing. Here's an edited version of that…


Agile Project Teams in Engineering

Photo by Pascal Swier on Unsplash Engineering these days requires agility. We’re reconfiguring…