Equipment
Energy savings through the renewal of cooling tower fan blades
The cooling water system in a refinery consists of four loops that can be operated independently.
Maximizing the advantages of electric actuator diagnostics
Driven by stringent greenhouse gas emissions regulations and technical improvements, electric valve actuators are becoming increasingly common in applications throughout the process industry.
Executive Viewpoint: Overcoming challenges to build a scalable, reliable clean-H2 economy
The success of the energy transition hinges on creating a sustainable, reliable and affordable energy system for all.
Innovations
Emerson, a global software and engineering leader, is improving perimeter security for the DeltaV™ distributed control system with its new NextGen Smart Firewall, a purpose-built control system firewall designed to provide easy-to-install and easy-to-maintain perimeter security for all industries.
Digital Feature: The perfect match: How to evaluate chemical resistance and fluid compatibility of materials
Matching the right elastomer to an application is key to ensuring an o-ring's optimal performance and mitigating premature failure.
SCG Chemicals to test run its Vietnam petrochemical complex in Nov, Dec
Long Son Petrochemicals, a unit of Thailand's SCG Chemicals, will test run its new petrochemical complex in southern Vietnam in November and December.
China's CNOOC, two chemical firms looking at Shell Singapore assets
CNOOC, Eversun Holdings and Wanhua Chemical are among those that have started early evaluations of Shell assets that include a 237,000 bpd refinery and a one MMtpy ethylene cracker.
Axens and ZPJE established Nectis: a JV dedicated to the promotion and sale of Spiral Tubes Heat Exchangers
Nectis and Zhenhai Petrochemical Jianan Engineering Co. Ltd join forces in establishing Nectis, a France-based company targeting the promotion and sales of STHE to the process industry outside of China.
Honeywell offers renewable fuels technologies to refiners in Asia Pacific
Honeywell announced the availability of technologies and digital solutions to enable customers in Asia Pacific to produce renewable fuels from multiple sources of renewable feedstocks.
Emerson's vision to break down silos and bring boundless automation
At the Emerson Exchange Immerse 2023, Emerson displayed its various technologies and contributions to its partners and users. The opening briefing focused on process control systems and software solutions, such as DeltaV Automation Platform, Ovation and AMS Machine Works. Claudio Fayad, VP, Technology, Process Systems and Solutions for Emerson, kicked things off by providing an update on the company’s Boundless Automation Vision, which regards breaking down silos.
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