Aug 13, 2020
Risk reduction for downstreaming piping system
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Aug 11, 2020
The Water and Sewer Corporation in Arlington, US, is responsible for 1,440 miles of water pipes serving more than 398,112 residents.
In the past few years, Arlington has made significant improvements to limit water loss due to main breaks and unauthorised consumption. The water loss dropped from 12.75% in 2014 to 8.25% in 2019.
Ric Owens, water conservation specialist... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2020
MOGAS, which was founded by Louis Mogas in 1973, is known for partnering with customers to meet the increasing challenges of severe service applications, so it was no surprise that the firm was called in to assist at a refinery.
The delayed coking unit sees some of the most severe conditions in a refinery.
The unit processes heavy oils or residuum and depending on... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2020
Most petrochemical companies require fire safe tested components for their installations. Valves are often tested for fire safety, but other components like flanges, gaskets, fittings and hoses must be as well.
A closed valve has to be filled with water under pressure and must be completely enveloped in flames with an environmental temperature in the region of the valve... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2020
In 1950, a 41-year old engineer in Denmark was determined to solve the age-old problem of manure pumps on dairy farms becoming clogged by straw.
The company he helped establish, Landia, had been making very good quality pumps since 1933, but Christian Oelgaard developed a design with a unique hardened steel chopping system at the inlet that would no longer allow any... [Read More]
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Jul 17, 2020
A recent move to further reduce emissions caused by excessive energy consumption has seen the Norwegian government offering funding to companies that lessen their contribution to CO2 and NOx figures.
One oil platform in the North Sea took the opportunity to rerate two condensate export pumps which would not only reduce energy consumption but also optimize performance... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2020
Pumps for circulating clean engine oil - a reasonably ordinary application? But then there’s nothing ordinary whatsoever about Arjun Infrastructures’ power plant in London, which generates 17MW of renewable energy from food waste and can also utilise fats, oils and greases (FOG).
”This is a first-of-a-kind plant,” said Phil Jones, director at 2OC, who developed... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2020
Celeros Flow Technology has been up and running for three months following its launch on 1 April. The company was born out of the spinoff of the power and energy division of SPX FLOW, backed by the private equity company Apollo Global Management.
We’re focused on the multiple markets of the flow control industry and myself and the senior leadership team are ready to... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2020
A major North American power utility needed to dewater ash ponds at old sites without permanent power.
To ensure compliance with state permits as well as company ash pond procedures, several variables had to be monitored.
Water levels could not drop more than 12 inches a week and had to stop before 3.5 inches of remaining water was left in the basin.
Before a limit... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2020
If the first picture that pops into your head is that of a diesel-powered, generator-type unit, then fine; there will always be a need – but aside from diesel not striking the right environmental chords, what if your mobile pump has to meet the demands of ATEX?
Chalwyn valves and Spark Arrestors certainly do their job to meet health and safety requirements, but they... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2020
A thick floating layer of crust that was hampering the biogas operation of a forward-thinking Danish pig producer has been defeated by Landia’s GasMix digester mixing system.
The Roslev-based business (established 1933), which includes pig production, plant breeding and green energy, first encountered problems with its existing propeller stirrers when a steel wire broke,... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2020
The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) - the organisation which represents the business interests of UK and Irish suppliers of liquid pumps and related equipment - recently carried out a survey amongst members, to help better understand how it can help and encourage companies to attract and retain more women engineers.
According to Office of National Statistics... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2020
Dairy cooperative ARLA Foods has selected BAUMER’s FlexFlow sensors to obtain more detailed analysis of energy consumption during cheese production at its Falkenberg location in Sweden.
The use of flow sensors which monitor both flow velocity and the temperature of mediums at critical locations in a major dairy processing plant have proved to be very significant in... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2020
A new partnership between technology and business consultancy Isle, the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) and ThinkPlace aims to deliver a new technology programme.
About 23 WSAA members have also signed up for the W-Lab initiative that was launched earlier this year.
A Digital Ideation Summit will be held online from 11-15 June with the aim of engaging... [Read More]
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May 27, 2020
SEEPEX’s new, innovative Drive Joint Access (DJA) technology reduced maintenance time for its open hopper pumps by up to 75%, and costs by up to 90%.
This smart maintenance concept – an industry first – has already been installed at Thames Water, Anglian Water, United Utilities and a wastewater treatment site in Ireland.
The patented solution enables in situ access... [Read More]
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