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The emission detectives in action
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Elf Atochem in Widnes, the UK's sole manufacturer of chlorotoluene derivatives, is a prime …

Swirling stabilisation cuts nitrogen oxide emissions
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A combination of two combustion technologies could be the key to reducing NOx emissions fro…

'Intersect' set to model processes and sensors
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has chosen Sira and National…

Zellweger eases chlorine problem
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Adding chlorine to drinking water is a tricky business. Its bactericidal action makes it ne…

BP Amoco links up with Elf Atochem in PP joint venture
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Elf Atochem and BP Amoco are to pool their European polypropylene activities, a move which …

Software logs incinerators
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Windmill's new software, Test-Seq for incinerators, records emissions and checks whether th…

Sounding out the chemicals in 25mm
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Danfoss' new 25mm Sono4100 ultrasonic flowmeter is targeted at the chemicals industry where…

INDICES: their use and abuse
Added: 15 Jan 2000
As an aide-memoir, this month we review the basics of plant cost indices - from their surprisingly …
Long-life bellows seal valve
Added: 15 Jan 2000
`The longest service life for any valve in its class' is the claim made for ARI Armaturen's…

Nuclear core comes clean
Added: 15 Jan 2000
AEA's metamorphosis in the last three years has spun off some interesting environmental solutions. …
California switches on to web I/Os
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Switching on a light in California from an office in Soho, and reading its changing tempera…

Fisher-Rosemount aims for Coriolis cuts
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A new series of Coriolis meters from Fisher-Rosemount allows the Coriolis technique to be u…

PINCH POINTS the way to integration
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A fundamental tool in process integration, pinch technology has widened its scope far beyond its or…
German exports up, but home market is still weak
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Foreign demand, aided by the weakness of the German mark, helped the German chemical indust…

Tracking pollution helps to keep Bristol drinking
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Four multiparameter monitoring stations are currently helping to detect and track down poll…

New sieve sizes
Added: 15 Jan 2000
New 400mm and 900mm diameter versions of the Airswept sieve have been introduced by Russell…

Chem Resist has answer to zirconium
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A leading UK manufacturer of high quality inorganic fine chemicals approached Chem Resist t…

Replacing packs cuts downtime
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Rather than test plate heat exchangers for cracks and regasketting, Tetra Pak will now supp…

Scrumpy Jack's all right, thanks to filtration
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Essential filtration procedures, vital to quality control at the Hereford factory of cider …