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Rapid Maintenance Response: When Plants Can’t Wait

Even with advanced predictive technologies, unplanned equipment failures can still occur. In these instances, as shown in this boiler example, rapid maintenance action is crucial to minimize downtime Maintenance activities generally fall into two categories — reactive and preventative. The…

Metering gas in biogas plants

— APPLICATION NOTE Metering gas in renewable energy plants with Swirl flowmeter FSS430, FSS450 Design Description For a direct energy metering the design has to consist of a methane analyzer to measure the volumetric methane content of the gas and…

Wet process analyzer for FPD and solar cell manufacturing for semi-conductors

— BROCHURE Wet process analyzer for FPD and solar cell manufacturing for semi-conductors Industry leader With years of experience and thousands of process monitoring installations, ABB is the leading supplier of fiber optic-based spectrometers to the semiconductor industry. ABB’s solution…

CoriolisMaster: The SmartSensor solution

— ABB’s CoriolisMaster For accurate flow and density measurement of liquids and gases. Learn more about CoriolisMaster

The Big 6 flowmeter technologies: Where to use them and why

WHITE PAPER — The Big 6 flowmeter technologies: Where to use them and why Flow is one of the most frequently measured process variables throughout industry, and one where the choice in measurement technology is critical. In fact, no single…

Hydrofluoric acid alkylation (HFU) unit optimization

WHITE PAPER — Hydrofluoric acid alkylation (HFU) unit optimization: The use of robust pre-calibrated on-line analyzer technology for the measurement of HF acid purity This white paper aims to illustrate how the fast response times and excellent repeatability of an…

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A Holistic Approach for Pump-System Analytics

A step-by-step approach is presented to address the modern requirements of a pump-system digital solution In recent years, significant developments have been achieved in the fields of cloud computing and machine learning techniques. In conjunction with increased awareness regarding the…

CPI Bookshelf: September 2020

The following is a list of recently published books with relevance to the chemical process industries (CPI): Trevor Kletz Compendium: How his Best Process Stories are Still Relevant Today. Andy Brazier, Fiona MacLeod, David Edwards and others, Elsevier Press, 2020,…

Make your chemical centrifuge ready for the future

In the chemical industry, the availability and reliability of your equipment is key if you want to keep producing the purest end product in a way that is also cost-effective. In many agrochemical and base chemical applications as well as…

Securing the availability of chemical processes through a long-term partnership

In terms of product purity, plant safety, and reliability, chemical manufacturers are operating in one of the most challenging industries. In order to keep production running as well as meeting the highest safety and hygiene standards, selection of the technologies…