Understanding Sealing Solutions
Jim Drago, Matt Tones
The right seal can help a plant save money, eliminate leaks, and avoid safety problems. Here’s how to select and install gaskets for effective sealing.
Equipment
Easy Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency
Alan Rossiter, Veerasamy Venkatesan
Managing the energy consumption of a process does not need to be complicated. This article presents some examples of less-complicated strategies.
Selecting In-Process Particle-Size Analyzers
Paul Barrett
To select the proper instrument for process monitoring, one must determine what attribute of the particle system impacts the process or product parameter of concern. Once the size region is identified, it can be tracked in-process, opening up the...
Cooling Towers, Part 1: Siting, Selecting and Sizing
Loraine Huchler
An evaporative cooling tower can be an effective way to reject process heat. Here’s a guide to some of the early design decisions.
Exposing Coriolis Mass Flowmeters' Dirty Little Secrets
James R. Reizner
Coriolis technology appears to be the perfect technology. But, upon closer inspection, a key flaw is revealed - the inability to accurately and consistently measure two-phase flow and aerated liquids.
Cooling Towers, Part 2: Operating, Monitoring and Maintaining
Loraine Huchler
Process plants often use evaporative cooling towers to reject heat to the atmosphere.This article explains the basics of cooling tower operation.
Reliability for Safety Instrumented Systems
J. Patrick Williams
This article offers a detailed reliability-based methodology for determining the safety integrity level of instrumented systems by providing overpressure protection where arrangements of multiple pressure-relief valves are impractical to implement.
Improving Reverse Osmosis Performance
Loraine Huchler
Follow these guidelines for monitoring, evaluating, and troubleshooting RO units to ensure reliable and efficient system operation.
Choose the Right Chemical-Resistant Glove
Julie Copeland
Many gloves offer protection from chemicals. This article will help you understand what type of glove can provide the best protection for your application.
Using Automation to Produce Quality Pharmaceuticals
Joseph S. Alford, P.E.
Automation can pay large dividends in the form of reduced process cycle times, lower operational costs, and more-consistent processes for manufacturing high-quality pharmaceutical products.
Converting a Commercial Distillation Column into a Research Tower
Ralph Weiland
Operating a column under actual distillation conditions is important for obtaining commercially valid hydraulic data. This article describes how a column was modified to operate in either a production or a research mode to collect hydraulic and mass...
Selecting Baffles for Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
Salem Bouhairie
Baffles play a crucial role in regulating shellside fluid flow and improving heat transfer between shellside and tubeside process fluids. Here's how to choose the correct baffle to meet process requirements.
Applying the Paradigm Case Method for Flowmeter Selection
Jesse Yoder
This effective approach to flowmeter selection involves a step-by-step method that begins by matching the application with the flowmeter(s). Then, a series of criteria are applied to narrow the selection.
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