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Ensuring your plant design is not an incident waiting to happen

Many recent safety incidents can be attributed to poor plant design, these incidents could have been avoided if fundamental design errors had been spotted

Rupture disc offered with 90 or 95 per cent operating ratio

HPX rupture disc is a scored reverse acting rupture disc

Sealing materials improves asset reliability

Thermiculite sealing technology was developed by Flexitallic to provide a successful seal across the widest spectrum of chemical processing technologies

Thermal imaging cameras for automation applications

Thermal imaging cameras can be used for a wide variety of applications

Travelling barrel heater plate HBR10 up to 100°C

Hillesheim’s latest development is a heated barrel dolly HBR10 for heating up to 100°C of 200 litres DIN drums

Permanent shaft sealing solution

The Inpro/Seal Air Mizer is a permanent shaft sealing solution on product handling applications across multiple industries

Two-way valves

Quality of the two-way valves results from specific know-how with respect to press-moulded half-shell production

Keeping the smart grid strategies simple

The two prerequisites for the smart grid are a smart meter to measure energy usage at the point of delivery, and consumer tools to control energy consumption. Ulla Pettersson says that rather than combining the two in a single device, it makes more sense to separate them

Investment focuses on improving transmission networks

Around the world, from Europe to China and the USA, billions of Euros is being invested in improving transmission networks. Sean Ottewell reports

A smart grid versus smart meters

Intelligent distributed control applications are extending the smart grid beyond metering. Michael Anderson reports

Specialist maintenance companies provide comprehensive solutions

As downtime costs money, maintenance strategies have to be carefully planned and involve experienced specialists. Eugene McCarthy reports

Improved sustainability in the power market

Today's power market is characterised by extremes. Lots of energy is required, resources are becoming scarce and more expensive and on that top of that waste regulations are becoming increasingly stricter. Femke Schaefer reports

Getting the best value smart meter for your money

Utilities and governments must think ahead when planning a smart meter rollout - early obsolescence is an expensive error. Customise and build in future-proofing to stay ahead of the game, advises Mark England

Middle and Far East markets drive demand for turbine technologies

Demand for efficient turbine technology remains high as a raft of new power generation projects are announced around the world, particularly in the fast-growing Far East and Chinese markets

Turbine lubricants: meeting the latest challenges

The latest methodologies in tribology - the science of lubricants - is now helping to develop new technology that can deliver trouble-free service and improved efficiency levels for turbine lubrication. Ronald Bakker reports

Air filtration challenges in the power sector

Fouling is costly, either due to the loss of power, the 'extra' fuel cost and/or the necessary standstill for water wash or other maintenance work. Peter Sandberg reports.

Hybrid schemes feature in solar investments

Among many new investments in solar technology are a number of hybrid schemes - including combined cycle gas plants and wind farms

Quality assurance of wind turbines using displacement sensors

The use of modern testing methods for wind turbines provides high quality and reliable operation. Erich Winkler reports.

Co-generation plant powers ski resort

A remote ski resort is relying on an energy-efficient combined heat and power solution to deliver world-class hospitality. Amelia Poparad reports

High quality photovoltaic installations at a low cost

Increasing automation in module manufacturing is cutting the cost of photovoltaic installations

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