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Data on demand

Added: 3 Jul 2006

Weighing of materials may once have been a simple manual operation, but was the data always as accu…

Maintenance on tap

Added: 3 Jul 2006

Pipeline intervention services for on-line maintenance and modifications can represent high value f…

Sulzer streamlines CFD

Added: 3 Jul 2006

While standard CFD solvers can calculate velocity and pressure fields it is much more challenging t…

CFD in the mix

Added: 3 Jul 2006

Computational Fluid Dynamics is not widely applied in chemical mixing applications. Edward Wynn and…

And the Wanner is ... or is it?

Added: 3 Jul 2006

German expert develops equation to determine the life cycle cost of pumps in various applications. …

Plasma waste treatment firm targets UK opportunities

Added: 3 Jul 2006

Canadian firm to float on the AIM Market, targets market opportunities created by environmental and…

Ancient Greek buoys tank level control

Added: 3 Jul 2006

Archimedes’ principle for accurately measuring and monitoring the liquid contents of vessels and ta…

Safety divide

Added: 3 Jul 2006

In an ideal world, all companies would operate a comprehensive and integrated safety system as part…

PPG chemical site going wireless

Added: 3 Jul 2006

Invensys is installing wireless infrastructure as part of an ongoing automation upgrade at US chlor…

Gazprom enters UK gas market

Added: 3 Jul 2006

Acquisition signals Russian energy giant's ambitions to become a major force in the UK energy marke…

DuPont names Siemens, Honeywell as preferred DCS suppliers

Added: 2 Jul 2006

DuPont selects two “guidelined” suppliers of distributed control systems worldwide

Renewable energy powers North Sea rig

Added: 1 Jul 2006

Production of natural gas from the Cutter field in the southern North Sea is being powered solely b…

Dutch research promises new water-purification route

Added: 29 Jun 2006

Biological purifcation could change the way we treat domestic and industrial waste water

Linde opts for Honeywell process design software

Added: 28 Jun 2006

Engineering division to employ Honeywell’s UniSim Design Suite process design software. Companies …

Puritech claims ion exchange advance

Added: 25 Jun 2006

Belgium company's system is claimed to improve liquid–resin contact efficiency and reduce operating…

GE backs coal gasification technology

Added: 25 Jun 2006

GE Energy boss add support for Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle power generation

Christ targets pharma acquisitions

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Christ Water Technology AG intends to more than double sales from its Pharma and Life Science divis…

Pipe leak causes massive Cadbury recall

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Leak at plant causes recall of products representing 2% of Cadbury brand product sales

UK refining investment is at risk

Added: 24 Jun 2006

An estimated £3-4 billion of UK investment is at risk because oil companies are unhappy with profit…

Heat exchangers: 'bye to gaskets and welds'

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Alfa Laval is stepping up the commercial introduction of its AlfaNova plate heat exchanger technolo…