Chemical Processing Distilled

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

Chemical Processing Distilled is a business podcast hosted by chemicalprocessing, with 176 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

chemicalprocessing hosts Chemical Processing Distilled, a business show with 176 episodes published.

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  Episode #177

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

  Aug 13, 202625 min

  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 energy costs. He also covers how tube design affects performance under entrained gas conditions.

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  Episode #176

  Solutions Spotlight: Closing Measurement Gaps Without Shutting Down the Plant

  Aug 6, 202632 min

  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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  Episode #175

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

  Jul 30, 202611 min

  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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  Episode #174

  EPA, HHS Move Microplastics from Fringe Concern to Federal Priority

  Jul 23, 20266 min

  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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  Episode #173

  Why Sodium Softeners Make or Break Boiler Water Chemistry

  Jul 16, 202648 min

  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 its common pitfalls, and compares sodium softening with reverse osmosis for higher-pressure systems.

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