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Mercury-free handheld UV transmittance monitors

The UVT-LED-H handheld ultraviolet (UV) transmittance monitor (photo) delivers UV transmittance readings in applications employing UV disinfection, and its compact size makes it also well-suited for field measurements, laboratory use and calibration verification of online analyzers. The UVT-LED-H is said…

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Practical Solutions to Modular Project Execution

Follow this guidance to improve results on capital projects The opportunities for modularizing industrial and chemical projects are growing at an amazing pace. Once considered a mitigation strategy only for projects in remote areas with harsh climatic conditions or a…

Selection of Severe Service Valves

Severe service valves (SSVs) differ from general purpose valves in important ways. Presented here is guidance on how to increase service life, reduce costs and improve safety and environmental performance of SSVs Severe service valves (SSVs) are often identified by…

Improve Energy Efficiency using Hydraulic Power Recovery Turbines

This mature technology can be used to save energy, generate revenue and reduce emissions With the Paris Agreement entering into force last November, the Parties to the Convention established their goals to implement measures to reduce the amount of greenhouse…

Neste Jacobs wins contract for new hydrogenation unit in Germany

Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and Haltermann Carless, a leading provider of high-value specialty hydrocarbons, have signed a contract under which Neste Jacobs will perform the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for an upgrade and expansion of…

Amec Foster Wheeler awarded contract for ISAB refinery work in Sicily

Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded an engineering contract by ISAB Srl, a Lukoil Group Company, as part of a major turnaround at their refinery in Priolo, Sicily, Italy. ISAB has selected Amec Foster Wheeler to execute…

AkzoNobel completes organic peroxides expansion in Mexico

AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) Specialty Chemicals business has completed an organic peroxides expansion project at its Polymer Chemistry production facility in Los Reyes, Mexico. The investment will increase the company’s peroxyester capacity in North America by 40%, substantially increasing…

Air Liquide wins contract to build three ASUs for energy group in China

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction (www.engineering-airliquide.com) has recently signed a major contract amounting around €100 million to design and built three air separation units (ASUs) for Yankuang Group, one of the largest energy and chemical companies in China. Air Liquide Engineering & Construction…

Eastman to expand performance films production capacity in Virginia

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) announced a planned expansion of its Performance Films manufacturing capacity in Martinsville, Virginia. The capacity expansion is expected to be complete in late 2017 and will increase capacity for both paint protection films and…

Metso partners with Rockwell Automation to create new IIoT solutions for mining

Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has selected Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, Wisc.; www.ra.rockwell.com) to deliver a global Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform that connects, monitors, and performs analytics for Metso's equipment and services, resulting in improved efficiency and profitability for…