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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…

INSTITUTIONS: PEOPLE

Added: 15 Jan 2000

IMechE finds new Commander

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 …