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BP FPSO2

Big tanks go for advanced level sensing

Added: 4 Sep 2012

London – ?Tank-fill level can be a relatively straightforward parameter to monitor, but level senso…

Waiting for a single wireless standard

Added: 17 Aug 2012

?Imagine you have just powered up a brand new smartphone, say the popular Samsung Galaxy, only to f…

Process blast

Proactive maintenance key to plant safety

Added: 25 Jul 2012

?Process operators, it seems, are starting to realise the close relationship between safety and the…

Emerson Barking

Sensing safety

Added: 25 Jul 2012

?Recent advances in the field of sensor technologies are proving timely for process operators in th…

CPI

Bridging the divide

Added: 23 Jul 2012

The UK process industries need to resolve long-standing differences between academics and businesse…

SABIC CAMERA Teesside

Thermal imaging for hazardous environments

Added: 19 Jul 2012

?Thermal imaging offers clear advantages in ATEX-rated and other hazardous environments, but the la…

KSB at Solvay

Reducing pumps energy use at chemicals facility

Added: 2 Jul 2012

London – ?Solvay Fluor GmbH has reduced power consumption by a quarter at a modernised re-cooling s…

tank cleaning flow

Chemical tank cleaning: Small things make a big difference

Added: 24 Jun 2012

Technical article by Ivan Zytynski, marketing director of BETE Ltd:

The cleaning of tanks and vessel…

Dounreay coast

Major Dounreay hazard destroyed

Added: 19 Jun 2012

One of the most dangerous legacies of Britain’s early atomic research has been destroyed

Apps ease maintenance woes

Added: 1 Nov 2011

While CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) software helps maintenance managers to trac…

The Energy Loss Cascade

Bayer tracks down hidden efficiencies

Added: 15 Mar 2011

Bayer Technology Services (BTS) has developed a process optimisation programme that is being applie…

Skills Academy, chemicals industry link to improve process safety management

Added: 17 Aug 2010

London – The National Skills Academy Process Industries and the Chemical Industries Association (CI…