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ProMinent controls H2O2 process
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The new Perox system from ProMinent is a complete system for the measurement and control of…

Monitoring is key to energy efficiency
Added: 15 Jan 2000
`The basis of energy management is measurement,' says Grant Instruments. To help companies …

Measuring mugginess
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The term 'humidity' is used to describe the quantity of water vapour present in air or othe…

This year's MODEL
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Stuart Nathan talks to the process simulators at Imperial College's Centre for Process Systems Engi…
Overnight cleaners
Added: 15 Jan 2000
SmithKline Beecham has installed a Field Electronics SCADA system on its Gloucestershire so…

Topnir looks inside the refinery
Added: 15 Jan 2000
BP Chemicals is about to launch a licensor network for its Topnir system - a near-infrared …

On target for 260 stands
Added: 15 Jan 2000
After a sustained campaign by the sales team, interest in C&I 99: The Process Automation Event is n…
Microbes caught at the lights
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Purified water of the highest standard is needed to manufacture pharmaceuticals. Ultra Viol…

STEELING A MARCH on plant control
Added: 15 Jan 2000
British Steel operates nine blast furnaces on integrated sites at Redcar, Scunthorpe, Port …

BP goes crackers in Indonesia
Added: 15 Jan 2000
BP Chemicals has joined forces with five other companies to perform a feasibility study for a new 7…

DSM reshapes plastics units
Added: 15 Jan 2000
DSM has reached an agreement to sell its acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) business to …

Tioxide sale will make ICI less cyclical
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Tioxide, the titanium dioxide-producing subsidiary of ICI, is to be floated within the next…

Chill out or freeze solid with calcium chloride
Added: 15 Jan 2000
As part of a MAFF-funded LINK research project, the Bristol University-based Food Refrigera…

Environmental protection: new messengers needed?
Added: 15 Jan 2000
As usual around this time of the year, most of our features this month focus on environmental prote…
Nemo pumps won't wear
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Netzsch Nemo-Pumps has a startling claim for the ceramic rotors used in its progressive cav…

Loop tuner hits the right note
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Available from Sandiford Computer Services, QuickTune is a low cost, compact loop tuning to…

Promoting the use of chlorine
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Chemical Industry Association is claiming victory in its campaign to persuade the British publi…

DP and pitot tube in one
Added: 15 Jan 2000
KDG Instruments' latest insertion flowmeter is claimed to be the first to combine pitot tub…

Optical system reveals power station defects
Added: 15 Jan 2000
PowerGen is employing an optical inspection technique, infrared thermography, to monitor th…