March 2000

A case history/exposition provides valuable HPI information on catalyst recovery

Understanding their functions will improve control

These techniques can reduce failures and improve troubleshooting

Here's why, when, where and how to make the effort

We are preparing our next Fieldbus Technology supplement which will be published in our June issue. Much has happened in the fieldbus arena in the past few years that has caused some confusion. Follow..

Flexure pivot bearings (Fig. 1) are increasingly found in modern machinery. Modern machining methods make it possible to produce these bearings integral with the bearing shell, which simplifies assemb..

If Canada is in your downstream crosshairs, you will need to frequent a site brought to us by the folks at Industry Canada. Strategis is the name for a vast collection of Canadian data on the Internet..

Carbon is a very common filter media in both water and process systems. Water pretreatment processes use activated carbon – aka steam-activated carbon – for very specific purposes. Typical a..

Fluent Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, a leading provider of computational fluid-dynamics (CFD) simulation software and services, and Aspen Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a leading supplier of ma..

BEFS PROKEM, Mulhouse, France, has taken an important step in developing its business with a stronger background by merging with PECSIE, Paris, France, (formerly owned by TREDI, Paris) forming a new c..

Pump-control system with SPC KSB Aktiengesellschaft introduces a new pump-control system for use in industrial, power engineering and water management applications. It is based on Siemens' SIMATIC ..

ABB awarded ethane cracker contract from EC Erdölchemie EC Erdölchemie GmbH (EC) has awarded the detailed and authority engineering to ABB for a new ethane cracker train at its site in Wo..

'Leave SPR alone,' urges Kansas Governor Bill Graves. He recently warned U.S. federal lawmakers not to sell oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to moderate the rise in heating oil prices. ..

The outlook for the global petrochemical industry is featured in an updated report by CMAI (Houston, Texas), a petrochemical consulting company. The following are highlights from that company's market..

Conflicts between engineers and other professionals who design facilities may one day be anticipated and resolved automatically by computers. Would this eliminate human egos and fallibility from the p..

An ambitious program has been developed to train individuals to evaluate the thermal performance of insulated vs. uninsulated processes in a facility. The National Insulation Association (NIA) believe..

Was 1999 the turning point for many sectors of the polyester and intermediates business? According to new analyses of supply and demand from TECNON (UK) Ltd., last year was the end of a period of rapi..

Sales of air pollution control systems and the accompanying engineering and monitoring services will exceed $26 billion worldwide in 2000. So says the latest forecast from the McIlvaine Company, North..

Owner/ operator and EPC investments in 3D plant design and visualization software are poised to rise to record levels. According to industry-analyst Daratech, the market will top $280 million in 2000,..

Use equipment failure statistics properly I reviewed some of my work performed last year, in particular a risk study for our community water treatment plant. We used a study in support of an appe..

Petrochemicals are the focus for our March issue. Many petrochemical/ chemical products are traded as commodities; thus, any method to minimize manufacturing and energy costs or increase yields is alw..

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