A water-recycling system for the oil-and-gas industries developed by Ecosphere Technologies Inc. (Stuart, Fla.; www.EcosphereTech.com) is designed to destroy bacteria and control corrosion in high-volume wastewater-treatment applications using a proprietary oxidation process. The technology, called Ozonix, improves the mass-transfer efficiency…
Airborne respiratory hazards are a very real threat in the chemical process industries (CPI). Existing in a variety of forms including gases, vapors, dusts, mists, fumes, smoke, sprays and fog, such hazards can cause illnesses including cancer and lung impairment,…
Conqueror MAG safety glasses provide stylish bifocal eyewear protection and are designed for workers performing detailed tasks. Because the glasses are bifocals, there is no need to switch between regular safety glasses and reading glasses, a maneuver that results in…
This company has announced a new design for its HRD Lockout Assembly. This explosion-protection product is a mechanical barrier used to prevent an accidental discharge of an explosion-suppression container into the process vessel during maintenance and cleaning of the vessel…
The Atlas line of rupture discs is manufactured using this company’s G2 technology for making rupture discs. The patented technology is capable of making rupture discs without the use of hard-score tooling. The process builds rupture discs that are free…
The SIL3-rated MTL 4850 Hart Multiplexer is suitable for connecting to instrument loops performing safety functions, and is designed to ensure that there is no effect on the analog loops to which it is connected. Multiple concurrent faults in the…
Leading up to this month’s 2012 U.S. Presidential election, the legislative landscape has been relatively uneventful. On top of their preoccupation with the election campaigns, lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum have been reluctant to pin their agendas…
Preventing dust explosions is not rocket science, and still these disasters occur. This article is written to help prevent these accidents. It describes how and why these explosions happen and what can be done to avoid them. Why they occur…
The Atlas line of rupture discs extends the pressure capabilities of products made with this company’s G2 technology. The term G2 refers to a patented manufacturing technique for rupture discs that avoids the use of hard-score tooling. The process builds…
This article covers permitting and directly related design issues associated with thermal processes used for drying and calcining, using the production of ceramic proppants as an illustrative example. While the magnitude of permitting issues varies significantly with air-quality attainment area…