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Monitoring of Water and Steam Chemistry for Steam Generators

Online monitoring of steam and water chemistry in a steam system is important for safe and reliable operation of steam generators High-pressure, high-temperature steam is a critical commodity at power plants and at many chemical process industries (CPI) facilities. Examples…

Hawk Measurement and Flo-Corp announce merger

Hawk Measurement America, LLC (Lawrence, Mass.; www.hawkmeasure.com) and Flo-Corp (Medina, Ohio; www.flo-corp.com), leading manufacturers and suppliers of advanced process instrumentation and cloud-based monitoring technology, today announced the merger of the two companies creating a complete flow, level and asset monitoring…

Survey finds process safety stuck in status quo, Sphera says

Companies responding to the 2019 Operational Risk and Process Safety Management Survey* conducted by Sphera (Chicago, Ill.; www.sphera.com), the largest global provider of integrated risk management software and information services, say safety is an executive level priority for their organizations, but…

ACC publishes 2019 edition of “Guide to the Business of Chemistry” report

The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) this week issued its 2019 edition of the Guide to the Business of Chemistry, a detailed economic profile of the chemistry industry and its contributions to the U.S. and global economies. American…

100 hours less downtime annually with a bulletproof centrifuge

When Lubrizol needed a safe, cost-efficient alternative to a titanium grade 2 case experiencing corrosion, ANDRITZ stepped in with a special FRP centrifuge casing tested at a shooting range.   Develop a safe, cost-efficient alternative to titanium grade 2 case…

Confident that you still rely on the very best solution for production of your chemicals?

In the chemicals industry, there is no room for compromises. Not just in terms of safety and product purity, but also when it comes to non-stop performance. And as technologies and global supply chains become more complex, ANDRITZ has proven…

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Facts at your Fingertips: Selecting Heat-Transfer Fluid Supplier

Lean workforces are the norm in current plant environments. In the context of heat exchange systems, the current situation amplifies the need to select a heat-transfer fluid supplier with the expertise and technical resources to handle non-routine circumstances. This one-page…

Recently Published Books for the CPI: July 2019

The following list is a selection of recently published books with relevance for the chemical process industries (CPI), July 2019 Guidelines for Investigating Process Safety Incidents, 3rd ed. By the Center for Chemical Process Safety, Wiley/AIChE Publishing, 2019, 408 pages,…

Babcock & Wilcox awarded contract for cooling tower upgrade in Belgium

Babcock & Wilcox SPIG, Inc. (SPIG; Paruzzaro, Italy; www.babcock.com/spig) has been awarded a contract to provide cooling tower upgrade services for BASF Dow HPPO Production BVBA’s propylene oxide manufacturing facility in Antwerp, Belgium.SPIG will use its proven service engineering expertise…