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Thermoelectric efficiency doubled

Added: 7 May 2013

Researchers have doubled the efficiency of a material that can turn waste heat into electricity.

Drax Power Plant

Project to reduce heating and cooling emissions

Added: 3 May 2013

i-STUTE aims to improve the efficiency of systems such as industrial heat pumps

Paper Mill

Pulp & paper drive growth in wastewater market

Added: 2 May 2013

The focus on water recycling, biogas generation and sludge management is sustaining strong investme…

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Young engineers key to process safety improvement

Added: 1 May 2013

Aberdeen, UK – Young engineers must learn more about key safety issues in the offshore oil and gas …

PSM is deemed by the HSE to be a ‘hot topic’ for high-hazard sites

EEF welcomes climate cost findings

Added: 1 May 2013

London– Manufacturers organisation the EEF has welcomed the findings of a recent report by the Comm…

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Sludge transfer problem solved at German plant

Added: 26 Apr 2013

The EZstrip TR Muncher has helped reduce the number of pipeline blockages at the Käranlage Jagersfr…

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SABIC to axe over 1,000 jobs in Europe

Added: 22 Apr 2013

Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands – SABIC is to shed 1,050 jobs as part of a restructuring of its che…

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Germany’s first straw-fired CHP plant prepares to go online

Added: 22 Apr 2013

The biomass plant has received a number of pump and valve improvements ahead of operation in May

Price wars threaten growth in valves market

Added: 22 Apr 2013

TechNavio has warned that price wars could pose a challenge to growth in the valves market

Fracturing pump

First use of LNG to power fracturing pumps

Added: 19 Apr 2013

Texas-based Green Field Energy has achieved an industry first in using 100% LNG to power hydraulic …

Hydroelectric 'best solution' for sustainable energy

Added: 19 Apr 2013

A research team has assessed the social acceptability of different processes for producing sustaina…

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Submergence tests ensure nuclear safety

Added: 19 Apr 2013

ClydeUnion Pumps and GE Hitachi have demonstrated successful submergence of the CUP-TWL pump

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Fertiliser plant explosion - Texas

Added: 18 Apr 2013

London - Believed at this time to be an industrial accident, an explosion at a fertiliser plant in …

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BASF fights photoinitiator patent infringements

Added: 15 Apr 2013

Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF is taking action to stop the distribution of counterfeit versions of i…

Stainless steel coating reduces fouling in food industry

Added: 15 Apr 2013

London – Researchers in the US have developed a way to modify stainless steel surfaces which, they …

Oil & gas to power valves market

Added: 11 Apr 2013

Oil and gas is the largest revenue generator for the industrial valves and actuators market, accord…

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Sulzer opens third service centre

Added: 11 Apr 2013

Winterthur, Switzerland - The installed base of Sulzer Pumps within the oil and gas, hydrocarbon pr…

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Ensus to halt bioethanol plant

Added: 10 Apr 2013

Teesside, UK – Ensus has decided to temporarily pause production at its bioethanol plant due to con…

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Energy costs: the only way is up

Added: 8 Apr 2013

Burton on Trent, UK – Energy costs for businesses increased by 7% in from January 2012 to December …

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Fat-fuelled power plant to run UK's biggest sewage works

Added: 8 Apr 2013

London – Fat and oil from food outlets and build-ups in drains will soon be powering the UK’s’s big…