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Pumps
Tried and tested NIKKISO centrifugal canned motor pumps are mainly used for transfer and circulation tasks involving highly flammable, explosive or toxic fluids in the chemical and petrochemical industry.
To further improve their operational safety and reliability while carrying out these demanding tasks, all non-seal models are equipped with an E-monitor that indicates the wear condition of…
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Reactive metals including stainless steels and titanium will react with air when they are heated during the welding process, which can cause oxidation and lead to a loss of corrosion resistance properties.
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques (HFT) has recently launched their improved Argweld Weld Trailing Shields - providing a high quality inert gas coverage during flat sheet, plate or pipe welding.…
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Valves
T-T Flow supplied specialist water treatment valves to support work at a Yorkshire water treatment plant that needed an overhaul to maintain high performance.
This has ensured the continued efficient supply of 50 million litres of potable water to the local area every year.
Nestled close to Halifax, West Yorkshire in the UK, the water treatment facility provides drinking water to those in and…
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Pumps
Pump manufacturer Kirloskar Brothers Ltd is supplying Vertical Turbine (VT) pumps for the Mettur Surplus Water Scheme in India.
The surplus water scheme is expected to fill water bodies in dry parts of the Salem district, facilitating better use of water for agriculture and drinking.
The scheme is expected to bring around 4,238 acres of agricultural land under irrigation.
It is projected to…
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Anglian Water has unveiled a £630million (€730 million) investment programme for the year ahead.
The largest investment planned for a single year will be spent across the entire East of England, which is the driest and one of the fastest-growing parts of the country.
The funds will be ploughed into areas of work specifically aimed at preparing the region to meet the urgent challenges of…
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Flowmeters
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory launched the UK’s first traceable hydrogen flow calibration facility for domestic gas meters.
The new facility will help meter manufacturers determine if existing meter stock, and new technologies under development, are correctly measuring flow rates.
This is an important step to ensure that hydrogen gas meters deployed on the market in the future…
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Pumps
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $2.7 billion (€2.3 billion) for State Revolving Funds (SRFs) to assist states and territories with infrastructure projects that help provide safe drinking water and protect surface waters in communities.
Additionally, EPA is announcing a new $12 million (€10 million) grant programme to help wastewater utilities that…
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Water companies around the world are being called on to join forces and transform their approach to tackling the carbon emissions associated with supplying water to billions of homes every year.
Launched in support of the UN’s World Water Day, the UK water industry is working as an official partner to the Race to Zero campaign to encourage providers of water and wastewater services to commit…
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Pipelines
Aemetis, a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company focused on below zero carbon intensity products, will construct a 32-mile extension to the existing four-mile private pipeline that was completed last year.
The pipeline is designed to carry biogas from dairies as part of the Aemetis Central Dairy Digester Project, which is planned to span across the Stanislaus and Merced counties in…
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The oil and gas company Saudi Aramco revealed that its profits dropped significantly last year as the COVID-19 pandemic curbed demand for oil.
The Saudi Arabian firm said earnings last year dropped by nearly 45% compared with 2019.
Saudi Aramco, one of the largest companies in the world, still made a profit of $49bn (€41bn).
The firm said it had been "one of the most challenging years in…
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Pumps
Scheuch will supply a flue gas cleaning plant to energy company Adven’s new 30 MW steam facility for Arctic Paper in the city of Munkedal.
The new cleaning plant will help Adven to fulfill the latest emission regulations as well as reduce its total environmental impact.
Scheuch’s turnkey delivery consists of a dry sorption system in combination with a wet scrubber. With this solution, the…
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Pipelines
OSSO, the specialist fluid temperature control and separation solutions provider, has been awarded a contract by Neptune Energy to deploy its high volume mud cooler and AutoCUL technology.
Destined for the Seagull campaign in the UK Central North Sea, the technology will allow the operator to manage the field’s high bottom hole temperatures.
The Seagull development has one of the North…
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Pumps
The technology group Wärtsilä will carry out the conversion of a Taiwanese power plant from its reliance on heavy fuel oil (HFO) to operate on natural gas.
The project is being carried under a full engineering, procurement, and construction contract issued by the plant owner Ta-Yuan Cogen, a developer of cogeneration plants.
The order with Wärtsilä was placed in February.
The plant,…
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Pipelines
Machine-learning technology trialled on part of Wessex Water’s sewerage network has identified early forming sewer blockages in real-time with a 92% accuracy rate.
This has also enabled an operational shift to condition-based maintenance approach, said Brian Moloney, the managing director of StormHarvester.
The potential of artificial technology (AI) to transform sewer network management was…
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Pipelines
The US Energy Information Agency has reported that four new natural gas pipeline projects were completed and entered service by February this year.
Consumer Energy’s $610 million (€510 million) intrastate Saginaw Trail Pipeline entered service last November.
The project replaced and expanded natural gas pipelines and infrastructure in Saginaw, Genesse, and Oakland Counties in Michigan,…
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Pipelines
bp has announced that it is developing plans for the UK’s largest blue hydrogen production facility - targeting 1GW of gas production by 2030.
The project would capture and send for storage up to two million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per year, equivalent to capturing the emissions from the heating of one million UK households.
With close proximity to North Sea storage sites, pipe…
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Severn Trent has chosen Sutton Park in the UK as the latest site for the roll out of its sewer sensors, which will help to prevent blockages caused by cooking fat and other unflushable items.
A total of 150 units will be installed over the next few weeks.
The battery-powered devices use a hanging sensor to detect rising water levels in the sewer and can communicate data back to the central…
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Pipelines
Kent County Council in the UK has announced all food waste in the county will be recycled and turned into biogas.
Around 45,000 tonnes of food waste collected annually from local households will be turned into the gas through a new anaerobic digester at Blaise Farm Quarry.
The biogas will be fed directly into the National Grid as well as powering the plant itself and creating…
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