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This mini data logger handles lots of data points CiK Solutions The MSR165 (photo) is a miniature, universal data logger for measuring and storing different physical parameters. The device is equipped with a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor with integrated…

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A Primer on Spray Drying

An understanding of the basic information presented here will help you produce powdered products with desired characteristics, while operating the drying plant safely and with minimum energy   This photo shows a spray dryer with a heat recuperator. The plant…

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De-emphasize Capital Costs For Pipe Size Selection

Piping represents a major cost for projects in the chemical process industries (CPI). Larger pipe diameters increase upfront capital costs for a project, but the lower pressure drops afforded by large pipes mean less power is required to move the…

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Making the Leap from R&D to Manufacturing

The success of industrial R&D activities has a direct impact on a company’s long-term commercial profitability. Today, a variety of market forces, including the drive for growth, the search for new ideas and innovative products, and the increasingly competitive pressures…

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Direct-Fired Heaters: Evaluate Thermal Performance And the Effects of Fouling

Direct-fired heaters find wide application throughout the chemical process industries (CPI) and are common in petroleum refineries, where they are used to preheat petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks in advance of downstream process operations. Since excessive internal tube fouling occurs above…

Focus on Water Treatment

Last month, a total of 17,722 visitors and 995 exhibitors attended WEFTEC.09, the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) 82nd annual technical exhibition and conference held in Orlando, Fla. Particularly in this time of economic concerns, the strong showing reinforces the importance…

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BASF and CSM to develop biobased succinic acid; and more

BASF announces its intention to cease activities in Feluy, Belgium October 22, 2009 — BASF Antwerpen N.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; http://www.basf.com) has announced its intention to close its 115,000-ton/yr maleic anhydride (MA) production facility…

This storage unit can survive a 5 psi blast without damage

A Box 4 U In testing, this blast-resistant storage unit remained structurally undamaged following a 5-psi, 500-ms-duration blast generated by a high-explosive, ammonium-nitrate fuel-oil charge at a standoff distance of 110 ft. The module is designed for worker safety in…

Increase process capacity with this thin-film evaporator

Powerfilm rotor technology can be fabricated into thin-film evaporators with inside diameters of 2,000 mm or more. The design and large size of the evaporator rotors can help increase profit margins by raising process capacity and by improving product purity.…

This vacuum filter is certified to 0.12 microns

Goodway Technologies The VAC-CRV Dry Clean Room Vacuum with ultra-low-particulate air (ULPA) filtration is certified 99.999% efficient for particle sizes down to 0.12 microns. The vacuum, designed for clean-room surface cleaning, has a stainless-steel tank for easy cleaning, a small…