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Indian process solutions company Praj has entered on Wednesday into a binding agreement for cost sharing with Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) to set up two bioethanol plants.
These second-generation (2G) bioethanol plants – one to be located at Panipat, Haryana, and one at Dahej, Gujarat – will have capacity to produce 100,000 litres of ethanol per day.
This is a progress milestone as per MoU…
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Pumps
Ruhrpumpen, a centrifugal and reciprocating pump technology company, has recently completed an order for an API 674 3rd edition reciprocating plunger pump.
Czech chemical manufacturer Spolchemie is to replace an existing Ruhrpumpen unit delivering propene as part of the company’s epoxy resin manufacturing process.
Spolchemie is a leading research and manufacturing business developing and…
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The Kolkata Municipal Corp. (KMC) has awarded Suez a six-year contract worth €30 million to improve water distribution services in the Cossipore district of Kolkata.
The contract aims to ensure the 24/7 distribution of quality drinking water to residents of Cossipore district and reduce water losses.
In the first three years of contract, the focus will be on minimising water losses,…
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Flowmeters
California-based Fluid Components International (FCI) has unveiled a new flow meter called ST100.
According to the flow measurement company, its new ST100 Air/Gas Thermal Flow Meter features a fast-response direct mass flow sensor for the close ratio control of natural gas and air feeds to support turbine safety and improve efficiency.
It is targeted at engineers at combined cycle gas turbine…
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Viega has introduced 12 new reducer and union options for the Viega MegaPress and MegaPressG systems for schedule 5 to schedule 40 carbon steel piping systems in sizes 1/2" to 2".
The Viega MegaPress system uses modern cold press connections for pipe installation and is a good fit for hydronic heat, chilled water, compressed air, fire sprinkler systems, low-pressure steam, and vacuum lines.
The…
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Alicat Scientific has added two new families of electronic pressure controllers specifically for high volume original equipment manufacture.
The EPC family with single proportional valves and EPCD family with dual valves provide customised pressure control in embedded systems.
The small footprint instruments respond quickly to upstream fluctuations to provide fast, accurate control of pressure in…
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Iraq has invited energy companies and investors to bid to build and finance the first phase of a pipeline that will eventually connect the southern city of Basra with Jordan’s Red Sea port of Aqaba.
The State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), an oil ministry arm overseeing the project, told the Al Arabiya news channel that the first phase includes the engineering, procurement, construction,…
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Ruhrpumpen has successfully commissioned a seawater lift pump package in a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel owned and operated by Avant Garde Petroleum Co. Dubai.
The package consists of three main pumps – vertically mounted ZW 20x16x30 model – and one startup seawater lift pump, a vertically mounted ZW 12x8x19 (A) model.
In order to provide water for…
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A ruptured oil pipeline in North Dakota, US, has spilled more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil into the soil and the Little Missouri River tributary, state officials estimate.
A segment of the Belle Fourche pipeline began leaking earlier in December, contaminating nearly 6 miles of the Ash Coulee Creek before cleanup workers contained it, Bill Suess, an environmental scientist from the…
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The Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada, has optimised the timing of its system upgrade with new membranes, using GE’s asset performance management solution.
At the same time, a unique membrane cassette refurbishment programme will ultimately save the Lakeview Water Treatment Plant over $1.5 million ($1.4m) while minimising environmental impact.
Working together, GE Water & Process…
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IMI Precision Engineering has launched a free smartphone app to provide engineers and maintenance supervisors with a faster and easier solution when sourcing replacement parts.
The new IMI Norgren Express App uses patent pending technology to provide maintenance engineers with an ordering system that enables them to find and order products on their smartphone from a catalogue of over 100,000 part…
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Evoqua Water Technologies has been selected by Townsville City Council to replace the membrane system for the water purification plant at Cleveland Bay in Australia.
The original membrane bioreactor (MBR) plant, based on a different supplier’s membrane, has been in operation for eight years.
Evoqua’s Memcor MBR line features a proven immersed hollow fibre membrane system that performs…
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The Bottrop purification plant was built between 1991 and 1997 by Emschergenossesschaft (ZSB) at the location of the former Emscher river purification plant in Germany.
In Bottrop, the sewage produced by about 1.34 million population equivalents is purified in the plant.
This is equivalent of the sewage produced by about 650,000 inhabitants and the same quantity of industrial sewage, making the…
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Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is introducing the HIAC PODS+ liquid particle counter with advanced features for early detection of minute contaminants.
The portable PODS+ delivers fast, lab quality liquid contamination analysis in less than 60 seconds, and its multi-liquid testing capability means it is suitable for heavy industrial environments, such as oil and gas exploration, aerospace…
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United Electric Controls (UEC), a safety, alarm, and shutdown technology producer, has made available beta versions of its Vanguard WirelessHART gas detector.
The new detector, with a five-year battery life, is designed to maximise toxic or explosive gas detection points while eliminating the need for costly and fixed wiring.
UEC is offering free beta trials to gain additional feedback on…
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Valves
Gemü has introduced its new eSyDrive motorised actuator, designed as a response to increasing requirements in the area of motorised valves as they replace pneumatically operated valves.
Designed on the basis of the hollow shaft principle in conjunction with technology that does not use brushes or sensors, the eSyDrive offers a high level of reproducibility for positioning and is therefore…
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Rotork has improved its Pakscan two-wire digital control system with the introduction of a new P4 master station capable of running the new Pakscan Plus ultra-fast control loop.
On the P4 master station, a large touch screen display provides an easy-to-use, multilingual user interface providing quick device setup, interrogation, and issue resolution.
NAMUR standard diagnostic icons and colours…
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Huntingdon Fusion Techniques (HFT) has introduced PurgElite, a range of low cost tube and pipe purging systems to achieve a clean, oxide free, zero colour weld.
As well as vacuum tube and piping, PurgElite can be used in any other industry where stainless steel or titanium is used.
Welds in tubing and pipework for vacuum systems should ideally be manufactured from stainless steel, be leak tight,…
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