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Patented Lance-Less Sorbent Injection for Significant Savings Lance-Less Sorbent Injection Dry sorbent injection is a technology often used in the mitigation of various of air pollutants from utilities and industrial boilers. It offers a low-capital cost method to mitigate SO2,…
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A Midwest chemical plant serving the automotive and OEM market needed to replace an aging carbon steel horizontal cylinder bulk storage tank with a new stainless steel vertical cylinder tank. The customer needed an overfill protection solution for the tank…
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Endress+Hauser non-contact radar measures level in corrosive chemical tanks A U.S. water treatment plant operating at 85 MGD capacity was in need of accurate and reliable level measurement for chemical tanks with product density variations due to temperature changes, without…
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Pirani gauges are a group of indirect measuring pressure gauges which measure the thermal conductivity of the gas sample. Pirani gauges are typically used in the fine vacuum range (1 torr - 10-3 torr), as this is the range where…
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In one of our prior posts, we talked about the key differences between direct and indirect vacuum gauges. One of the most common direct gauge technologies is the capacitive gauge. This post will review how these gauges are constructed and…
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FLASH AND FIRE POINTS IN HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS Download as a PDF file FLASH POINT DEFINED A “flashpoint” is the temperature at which a fluid generates enough vapor to be ignited (“flash”). There are two common test methods: Open Cup (ASTM D92) and Closed…
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Finding a vacuum gauge for monitoring chemical processes can be a challenge. There are few gauges that simultaneously cover the appropriate vacuum range with sufficient accuracy and have the ability to cope with regular exposure to aggressive chemicals. VACUUBRAND's VACUU·VIEW™…
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Because vacuum technology spans 15 orders of magnitude (103 mbar - 10-12 mbar, or 760 torr - 10-12 torr), there is no single vacuum gauge that can cover the full range. Consequently, a number of different gauge technologies have…
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PREVENTING FIRES IN THERMAL OIL HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMS PDF DOWNLOAD AT BOTTOM OF PAGE Thermal fluids have proven exceptionally safe in a wide range of industries. However, it is difficult to completely prevent fires in these systems because the necessary…
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In our last post, we talked about our pump selection guide as one tool that we've made available to identify the right vacuum pump for your needs. This is a great tool to use to quickly narrow down your options, especially…