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   E177 · 14 Aug 2026 · 25 min

   Solution Spotlight: Get Your Coriolis Tube Design Right — or Pay for It Later

   Selecting the right Coriolis flow meter tube design goes beyond pressure, temperature and flow rate specs — it can reduce how much a plant spends on pumps and energy for the life of a pipeline. In this Solution Spotlight episode of Chemical Processing Distilled, Al Dhanji, chemical industry manager for the Americas at KROHNE, breaks down straight tube versus bent tube designs and how each handles high-viscosity products, slurries and aggressive chemicals. Using honey and water as examples, Dhanji explains why forcing fluid to change direction creates pressure drop, driving up pump size and…

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   E176 · 7 Aug 2026 · 32 min

   Solutions Spotlight: Closing Measurement Gaps Without Shutting Down the Plant

   Emerson's Michael Machuca explains how non-intrusive flow, temperature, corrosion and acoustic monitoring help chemical manufacturers boost safety, reliability and sustainability without cutting into pipes or halting production. Sponsored by Emerson

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   E175 · 31 Jul 2026 · 11 min

   Distilled News: CSB Faults Woodland Pulp and Bio-Lab as Brazil Tariffs Raise Reshoring Concerns

   This month: fatal H2S release investigation findings, the final Conyers warehouse fire report, ACC's pushback on Brazil tariffs and a call for unified EPA-OSHA chemical safety rules and a reality check on AI in advanced process control.

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   E174 · 24 Jul 2026 · 6 min

   EPA, HHS Move Microplastics from Fringe Concern to Federal Priority

   In this episode Traci Purdum discusses Lynn Bergeson’s latest article "EPA, HHS Move Microplastics from Fringe Concern to Federal Priority" July 15, 2026 For a long time, microplastics were treated as a recycling problem or a marine litter problem. That changed this spring. On April 6, 2026, two federal agencies moved on the same day in ways that push microplastics squarely into the compliance conversation. Compliance Advisor columns.

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   E173 · 17 Jul 2026 · 48 min

   Why Sodium Softeners Make or Break Boiler Water Chemistry

   In this episode of Chemical Processing's Distilled podcast, host Traci Purdum talks with Brad Buecker, senior technical consultant at Samco Technologies, about sodium softening — the workhorse treatment for industrial boiler makeup water. Buecker explains how hardness ions cause scale, why residual bicarbonate drives corrosive condensate return lines, and how to spot early warning signs of a poorly monitored softener. He shares real-world cases where bypassing softeners or delaying maintenance led to rapid boiler tube failures and six-figure losses, walks through the regeneration cycle and…

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   E171 · 2 Jul 2026 · 14 min

   Powder, Progress, and 250 Years: The Chemistry Behind American Independence

   Two hundred and fifty years ago this week, a group of delegates in Philadelphia signed their names to the Declaration of Independence. Today, we are going to talk about how chemistry made it all possible.

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   E170 · 26 Jun 2026 · 5 min

   Mergers, Layoffs and Geopolitical Risk Reshape the Chemical Industry

   Olin and Huntsman announce a $12.5 billion tie-up, Evonik cuts 3,200 jobs and BASF's CEO warns of an oil shock — while Covestro bets on biology to clean up aniline production.

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   E169 · 12 Jun 2026 · 15 min

   Pumps, Flow and the Fight Against Wasted Energy

   This episode digs into three plant-floor challenges that look simple until physics intervenes—bulk solids handling, heat pump-driven distillation savings and a water pump's mysterious cycling problem traced back to Bernoulli's principle. Sources: "Bulk Solids and Powders: Flow, Storage and Conveyor Design in Chemical Plants" by Amin Almasi (Equipment Insights, June 8, 2026) | "Heat Pumps Slash Waste in Distillation Operations" by Thomas Kwan (Energy Saver, Feb. 16, 2026) | "Why This Water Pump Kept Cycling Off" by Andrew Sloley (Plant InSites, Jan. 26, 2026). All published on…

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   E168 · 5 Jun 2026 · 5 min

   Trevor Kletz Warned Us

   Decades before the Strait of Hormuz closed and refineries started burning, process safety's great philosopher mapped exactly how pressure corrupts risk decisions.

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    E167 · 29 May 2026 · 7 min

    Distilled News: Dow-X-energy Nuclear Milestone, Fatal West Virginia Chemical Release and More

    This month's top stories cover an NRC environmental clearance for an advanced reactor in Texas, a deadly hydrogen sulfide incident under CSB investigation, SOCMA's regulatory priorities and new industry developments.