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Aug 31, 2021
Water utilities are steadily replacing legacy IT systems with software-as-a-service applications as confidence in data security builds. Alan Cunningham, subject matter expert at technology provider Ovarro, discussed the latest developments with Fluid Handling International Magazine.
What is software-as-a-service and where does it fit in with water?
Software-as-a-Service... [Read More]
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Aug 24, 2021
Saumya Jain, managing director of Vinyl Pipes, outlines his alternative to corroding pipes.
“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water,” so said Benjamin Franklin. The worldwide water well drilling industry is an $85 billion (€70 billion) business and escalating calls for water wells across the globe has been fuelling growth in the market.
The COVID-19... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2021
Non-revenue water (NRW) is the difference between the amount of water put into a distribution system and the amount of water billed to consumers. It is a global problem.
The estimated yearly global cost of NRW to utility companies is around $39 billion (€31 billion).
Olivier Narbey believes that the introduction of pressure management into existing water networks will... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2021
Italy and Autogas, the name given to liquid petroleum gas (LPG) that is used as a motor fuel, have a relationship that dates back to the 1950s when the country became one of the first in Europe to introduce the fuel.
Since then, the two have been good for each other, with Autogas growing into the world’s most commonly used alternative fuel, and Italy ranking as the... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2021
AccessESP, a Houston-based provider of rigless electrical submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions for the global oil industry, has developed retrieval technology that reduces costs by enabling quick and easy ESP installation and retrieval using slickline, wireline, or coiled tubing.
The system eliminates the need for a workover rig to pull and reinstall an ESP, lowering... [Read More]
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Jul 27, 2021
A flowmeter is a measuring instrument that measures the amount of fluid that passes through a section of pipe per unit time.
It is an indispensable measuring instrument used in many different fields, such as water and gas meters, petrol stations, chemical and oil plants, food industries, and for the measurement of wastewater and exhaust gases in factories.
Flowmeters... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2021
Cloud-based applications are providing water utilities with more resilient and flexible network management options, enabling them to make better use of existing data, writes Josh Britton, global product manager at technology specialist Ovarro.
The water sector is under continued pressure to make operations more efficient but in many cases, ageing IT systems are holding... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2021
Inert gas welding requires the removal of oxygen from the welding zone before, during and after welding. This is known as weld purging as is crucial during the welding of stainless steel.
The hand-held PurgEye 100, designed and developed by Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT is perfect for welding stainless steel, reading accurately from atmospheric oxygen level (20.94%),... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2021
Yorkshire Water Knostrop is a large wastewater treatment plant servicing a growing population of 800,000 people.
The decision was taken to rebuild the works with standard digestion and a combined heat and power (CHP) plant.
The contract was given to build a facility to process indigenous sludge and imported dewatered sludge cake.
SEEPEX had previously installed 12... [Read More]
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Jul 12, 2021
Globally, there are few resources as essential as water.
As the fluid of life, water is needed and used by every single person on the planet, but with the growing impacts of climate change being felt across the worldwide water sector, action is required now to reduce demand, increase supply, and apply the principles of a circular economy to the way water is managed and... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2021
Industrial Testing & Inspection Services (ITIS) is a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) located in Goes in the Netherlands and has expert knowledge in providing leak and valve testing in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025.
This ISO is a requirement for testing and calibration laboratories.
ITIS is a recognised provider of customised services to various industries, including... [Read More]
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Jun 28, 2021
Most flowmeter types, except for magnetic, can measure gas flow under certain conditions. However, gases have certain properties that make measuring them more difficult than measuring liquids.
The flowmeters that are most commonly used to measure gas flow are ultrasonic, thermal, differential pressure (DP) and turbine.
Coriolis meters are also used for certain applications.... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2021
For design engineers and specifiers in the general industrial market, corrosion can be a major challenge.
Even the highest quality products can fail when used incorrectly. But how do engineers select the best materials?
They carefully analyse the operating environment and ask themselves three key questions. Firstly, is the material composition susceptible to cracking?... [Read More]
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Jun 11, 2021
Following a highly successful upgrade to its wastewater process, Glatfelter, the leading global supplier of engineered materials, has made further investments in mixers made by Landia.
Manufacturers of quality key products for industries such as food and beverage, electrical, building and medical, Glatfelter first sought to address downtime, as well as health and safety... [Read More]
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