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Preface This symposium series volume was developed in order to share papers presented at the 245th ACS National Meeting, held April 7–12, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. We believe this a first publication in this general area. The Industrial and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemical Technology Subdivision hosted a one-day symposium for industry and academic researchers to present and share their work and best practices on operations and safety in pilot plant environments. Designing and building “pilot plants” can be a big challenge, both to assure proper operations and to run the plant safely. Regardless if you are designing a plant in academia or industry, the safe operations of the pilot plant should remain a priority. One concern in building a pilot plant is the available real-estate. When designing and building pilot plants, several processes are considered such as chemical separation, chemical reactions, waste generation, process controls, etc. Plant designers and contractors also need to consider ease of operation and maintenance, pinch-points, sampling, etc. In contrast to workers in large-scale facilities, pilot plant workers in both industry and academia are not only exposed to relatively small amounts of hazardous substances, they are exposed to such materials in a smaller setting and thus to potentially greater concentrations. We feel, therefore, that an opportunity existed to bring together workers and researchers in both industrial and academic pilot plant environments to present and share their best practices as regards operations and safety. On the cover: Picture supplied by Eastman Chemical Company. Mary K. Moore Eastman Chemical Company, Eastman Research Division P.O. Box 1972 Kingsport, TN 37662 (423) 229-1911 (telephone)
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[email protected] (e-mail) ix In Academia and Industrial Pilot Plant Operations and Safety; Moore, M., et al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2014.
