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ASA Analytics Plugging is not an issue with this phosphorus analyzer The ChemScan mini oP analyzer (photo) for ortho-phosphorus analysis features flow paths designed to avoid plugging. The analyzer uses large orifice sizes, compared to capillary tubes and needle valves…

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March 2010 Literature Review

A Box 4 U  —  Blast Resistant Modules Founded in 1998, A Box 4 U is the industry leader in the manufacture of blast resistant modules and storage units.  Originally A Box 4 U manufactured storage units, but quickly saw…

ChemInnovations 2010 Conference & Expo Call for Papers

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ChemInnovations 2010 Conference & Expo

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Pump User’s Symposium 2010

The 26th International Pump Users Symposium will be held from March 15–18, 2010 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. This international meeting will emphasize pump technology and troubleshooting. The symposium is one of two annual gatherings sponsored…

Bently Green joins Black & Veatch’s global water business….

Green Löebbert Rabie McElhattan Douglas Bently Green joins Black & Veatch’s global water business (St. Louis, Mo.) as client accounts project director. Mustang (Houston) promotes Mike Dear to CFO. Borealis AG (Vienna) appoints Gerd Löebbert executive vice-president for base chemicals.…

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Kettle Troubleshooting

A survey of tower failures [ 1 ] ranks kettle reboilers as the most troublesome reboiler type in the chemical process industries (CPI). Excessive pressure drop in kettle reboiler circuits is the prominent kettle malfunction, causing liquid to back up…

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Doing an Energy Audit

Today’s high costs of energy make an energy audit evaluation of process facilities a must. Most plants were designed and built when energy costs were low by today’s standards. This makes facilities that have not been reviewed for energy efficiency…

February New Products

This blower applies rotary screw technology AtlasCopco Compessors A prominent design feature of ZS Series blowers (photo) is their application of rotary screw compression technology. The rotary screw concept helps the blower to operate at efficiencies 35–40% higher than traditional…

Calendar: March to May 2010

NORTH AMERICA Pittcon 2010. Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Phone: 412-825-3220; Web: pittcon.org Orlando, Fla. Feb. 28–March 5 Biopharmaceutical Development & Production Week (“Five Conferences In One”). IBC Life Sciences (Westborough, Mass.). Phone: 800-858-4881; Web:…