The newest version of EcoStruxure Triconex Safety View, a dual safety- and cybersecurity-certified bypass and alarm-management software application, provides operators digitalization and data analytics capabilities to help reduce plant operating risks, unscheduled downtime and production loss. In high-risk operations, it…
The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA; Quincy, Mass.; www.nfpa.org) NFPA 652 (Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust) creates a single, unified combustible-dust standard that applies to “all facilities and operations that manufacture, process, blend, convey, repackage, generate, or handle…
This robust furnace camera (photo) was recently introduced to reduce or even eliminate the need to power off or cut the feed to inspect smelting furnaces. Operators can safely monitor conditions inside the furnace in real time and react immediately…
The Polytron 8900 ultrasonic gas-leak detector (UGLD) transmitter is an early-warning area monitor for detecting high-pressure gas leaks in outdoor industrial process environments. Thanks to an ultrasonic acoustic sensor, it responds earlier than conventional gas detectors because it registers the…
The IS-TH1 (photo) is said to be the first hand-held barcode scanner for use in hazardous areas and other industrial environments. The new device incorporates scanning technology from Zebra, and has been developed for two ranges. A mid-range variant for…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) announced NOK 140 million (around $17 million) in investments in new infrastructure at its production site in Rana, Norway, enabling usage of wood chips as biocarbon. In addition, an improved charging and water handling system contributes to…
Linde Engineering Americas (LEA) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to install and test a 200-ton/day CO2 capture large pilot plant at the City Water, Light & Power (CWLP) power plant in…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that new film-development machinery installed at its Mishima Plant has become fully operational. This new setup will enable the company to create advanced offerings for an increasingly sophisticated and diverse film market. The machinery…
At the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, shareholders approved today, almost unanimously, the resolution to change the company’s name from Total to TotalEnergies SE, thereby anchoring its strategic transformation into a broad energy company in its identity. In tandem with…
Wood (Aberdeen, Scotland) has been engaged by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to perform Pre Front-End Engineering and Design (Pre-FEED) work for the company’s recently announced blue ammonia project and the six additional TA’ZIZ chemicals projects. Adnoc recently announced…