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Colombia’s Guadalupe IV hydroelectric plant has solved its flooding problem and saved thousands of dollars with a specialised automatic control valve.
The Colombian State of Antioquia creates much of its clean power from hydro plants along the Guadalupe River. In the case of the Guadalupe IV hydroelectric plant, the risk of flooding required a suitable solution to ensure that the ejector…
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Level Monitors
Veghel, The Netherlands based company Fluidwell have announced a new product range which includes an extensive selection of indicators, controllers and monitoring systems for liquid and gas flow applications, as well as for level, pressure and temperature measurement. Named the F-series, the new selection of products are suitable for safe and hazardous areas alike.
According to a statement from…
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Valves
To round off its existing range of butterfly valves, the KSB Group has launched the new Aporis double-offset butterfly valve with elastomer sealing element. This product is used for applications where huge volumes of water need to be transported and shut off reliably.
Applications include systems for water transport, water treatment or in large industrial cooling circuits. The valve is available…
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WesTech Engineering has announced the appointment of a new president. Ralph Cutler has been chosen by the company’s board of directors to take on the new role, effective from 1 July 2017.
Cutler currently serves as WesTech’s vice president of industrial products and sales, he will take the president’s role from Rez Plaizier, who has been serving as both CEO and president.…
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Level Monitors
Following the launch of their Optiwave series of level measurement meters in June, Krohne have now added three 24GHz and three 80GHz radar level transmitters to the range, on top of the 6GHz and 10GHz devices.
Designed for liquids and solids level measurement in a range of industries, Krohne dubbed the Optiwave series ‘a new generation’ at its launch in June.
Industrial process…
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Austrian headquartered instrument specialist Anton Paar has announced the release of its new portable density meter, which needs only 2mL of sample to measure a range of substances. Alongside its portability, Anton Paar claims its new DMA 35 is also able to deliver density measurement results in a matter of seconds.
Filled by the device’s built-in hand pump, the DMA 35 carries out filling…
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Valves
Weir BDK has received API6D certification across its range of valves.
API6D is a qualification standard awarded by The American Petroleum Institution and recognised by oil and gas companies as a key requirement for ensuring the quality and performance of equipment integral to production, refining and distribution duties. It is awarded to manufacturers who are operating in compliance with the 24th…
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Flowmeters
Honeywell Process Solutions has announced the launch of a new ultrasonic gas flowmeter, which the company claims offers the ‘highest available’ level of accuracy in custody transfer processes.
Called Q Sonic, the new flowmeter is the ‘first’ eight-path ultrasonic meter to combine both reflective and direct paths. This enables the flowmeter to detect and correct for…
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Flowmeters
A research commercialisation project into an ‘innovative’ calibration method has delivered key end-user insights and generated enquiries from a number of leading meter manufacturers, according to NEL, a provider of independent consultancy, on-site measurement, and testing and calibration to the global oil and gas industry.
The new calibration method aims to improve the accuracy of…
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Pumps
US based Atlas Copco Portable Energy has added to its medium and large submersible dewatering pumps with the launch of the WEDA+ plug and play range.
Five models are included in the WEDA+ range: the WEDA 50, with normal and high head variants, and the WEDA 60+ available in normal head, high head and super high head configuration. According to Atlas Copco, the super high head WEDA 60+ is 15%…
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Atlas Copco has appointed Vagner Rego president of its Compressor Technique business area, effective from 1st August 2017.
“Vagner is a solid leader with international experience from several different roles,” said Mats Rahmström, President and CEO of the Atlas Copco Group.
Rego has been with Atlas Copco for over 20 years, first joining the company in 1996 as a trainee…
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New research could lead to a significant reduction in corrosion, an issue that has long been a costly one for a range of fluid handling applications.
Researchers at Oregon State University and the University of California, Berkley, have developed what they claim is a new, better approach to predict how metals react with water. Their new computational method combines two techniques, allowing…
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Valves
At the Valve World Expo in Houston, Texas, Canadian company Velan unveiled its new Securaseal R-series cast metal-seated ball valve. Incorporating Velan’s severe service technology, the R-series valves are designed to be a package suitable for most processes with fluid slurries and high temperatures.
Speaking at the expo in Houston, Yves Ludec, Velan’s CEO, said: “Velan has…
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Valves
Arca is offering a unique new solution for accessing the technical documentation for its control valves.
Operation and maintenance personnel regularly need access to technical documentation and information for the systems and technologies they use, but as Arca point out: “Due to the experience with recurring documentation requests there is reason to doubt, if and to what extent this…
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A new method of measuring extremely tiny objects could lead to cheaper more accurate sensors for use in gas detection, as well as medical research.
The technology could prove a significant breakthrough when it comes to creating leak detection and measurement sensors in a range of fluid handling applications.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo found that nanoscale devices using…
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Pipelines
Lloyd’s Register (LR), an international provider of engineering and technology-centric professional services, has won a major new contract which will see the company implement a fully integrated risk-based inspection system at S-Oil’s new €4.2 billion (€3.8 billion) residue upgrading and Olefin downstream complex (RUC/ODC) plant in Ulsan, Korea.
“We are delighted that…
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Valves
Blacoh Fluid Control has announced the release of the ‘world’s first’ combination pulsation dampener and back pressure valve, which it has named the Hybrid Valve.
The new valve is intended to combine the steady flow control of a pulsation dampener and the regulation of a back pressure valve to deliver the performance and functionality of both in a single piece of…
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A new report from the Bank of Scotland paints a picture of cautious optimism for the oil and gas industry, with signs that many companies are ‘gearing up’ for growth.
Key findings of the new report include the revelation that more than half of oil and gas firms are planning for growth, and that there are signs job cuts are starting to slow.
The sixth annual Bank of Scotland Oil and…
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