Technical Articles
Emerson Automation Solutions – Rosemount has published these technical articles:
(Gas Sensing)
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The probe-type In Situ oxygen analyzer has become an indispensable tool for monitoring combustion process efficiency....
(Gas Sensing)
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The XA Series of gas chromatographs share a common electronics platform that reduces complexity and training needs, while providing a range of measurement options to suit the individual application....
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Assuring hydrogen and nitrogen gas purity is critical across multiple processing industries and applications. For several key processes, the purity of the gas must be precisely monitored and...
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Existing manual measurement and control methods were unsatisfactory for maintaining the temperature of fatty nitriles and amines in the 40 tanks where they were stored before shipment to customers....
(Gas Sensing)
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a component that is often present in natural gas. There are many reasons for wanting to measure it. One of the most important reasons is that H2S is a highly toxic gas that...
(Gas Sensing)
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Atlas Pipeline Partners L.P. is a full service midstream company providing reliable gas gathering, compression, processing and treating services to its customers....
(Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology)
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Emerson Process Mangement determined that pH measurements could be improved by using HART™ digital field communication protocol in the transmitters that communicated with AMS™ Suite,...
(Gas Sensing)
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Amine systems are widely used to remove CO2 and H2S from rich gas streams in natural gas processing. When foaming occurs in the amine system, the efficiency of the acid gas extraction dramatically...
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This paper describes the basics of how a BTU analyzer works. In a typical natural gas application the gas is separated into eleven different components. Hexanes and heavier components such as heptane,...
(Gas Sensing)
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Industrial gas bottling and blending plants require accurate gas concentration monitoring of bulk and specialty gas products to ensure purity requirements for a variety of end users. Emerson offers...
(Calibration Instruments, Standards and Reference Sources)
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A toroidal conductivity sensor consists of two wire wound toroids encased in a plastic body. When an alternating voltage is applied to one of the toroids, it induces an ionic current in the solution...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Cogeneration facilities produce electrical energy as a by-product of their steam production. The steam is produced either for heat or as a requirement of a manufacturing process....
(Gas Sensing)
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Emerson provides Rosemount Analytical gas analyzer technology for on-line analysis of ammonia plant streams. Strategically placed gas analyzers improve the process efficiency and the purity of the end...
(Environmental Sensors)
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The hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) has many potential sources of combustion gas emissions. These include process heaters, fluid catalytic crackers (FCC), power boilers and sulfur recovery units...
(Environmental Sensors)
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires that a continuous emissions monitoring system must perform according to the performance specifications contained in Title 40 of the Code of Federal...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Typically, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires two types of tests; a certification test and a compliance test, for facilities which must monitor stack emissions. The certification and...
(Chemical Sensors)
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Numerous industrial applications require solutions of a specific chemical strength. Such specific concentrations are achieved by mixing a full strength solution with water in the desired proportions....
(Safety and Personal Protective Equipment)
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Croda Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Croda International Plc, a U.K.-based manufacturer and worldwide supplier of oleo and industrial chemicals. The Mill Hall plant had a problem monitoring...
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Water is clarified using the processes of coagulation and flocculation, which remove suspended solids (turbidity) from water by causing the suspended particles to aggregate into a slime, that settles...
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With combustion analysis from Emerson, you'll create a more efficient operation with lower operating costs while meeting regulatory compliance. No one offers a more complete, trouble free solution...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Oil drillers search for oil by drilling deep holes into the earth in locations where substantial deposits of petroleum are expected. The petroleum deposits are generally found within certain...
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As the dairy industry moves to continue to grow and thrive, while remaining globally competitive, one of its biggest challenges will be how well the industry can maintain best practice processes that...
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With our continuous emissions monitoring systems, Rosemount Analytical designs and engineers the right system for your specific needs, and provides startup and commissioning support, training, and...
(Chemical Sensors)
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Regulatory requirements to monitor and report emissions are a responsible practice for global industries. However, understanding evolving regulatory standards changes and options about technologies to...
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Aluminum is refined from raw bauxite ore in an energy intensive process that uses substantial amounts of caustic soda (NaOH) as the dissolving agent. Caustic is used because it is readily available...
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Many manufacturing processes require large amounts of water to provide cooling. Most notable of these are electric power generation plants for steam, oil refining, and petro-chemical manufacturing. In...
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Biopharmaceutical Chromatography Systems are designed for separating and purifying proteins and bio-engineered products. Flow systems are compact in design to maximize throughput. No dead legs in...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Mining and electroplating processes generate waste materials containing alkaline, rare earth metals, and other heavy metals such as iron, nickel, zinc, cadmium, copper, silver, and gold. The wastes...
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Cyberpax Co. Ltd was formed in May 2001 through a technical agreement between Toyo Aerosol Industry Co., Ltd. (the largest in Japan) and Packserv Co., Ltd. (the largest in Thailand). It is one of the...
(Chemical Sensors)
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Many oil fields, especially mature ones, can produce high levels of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S), which is deadly at even low concentrations. As drilling and completions are often in remote locations,...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Safe and reliable liquid analysis....
(Environmental Sensors)
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By January 30, 2019, 40 CFR Part 63 requires Petroleum Refinery owners or operators of flares used as control devices for emissions point to meet the requirements of §63.670, regardless of the...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Traditionally, the company assigned an operator to perform tank draining on a quarterly basis. In the draining process, the water is pumped through a drain pipe. If the operator sees the oil start to...
(Flow Sensing)
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Gas volume and energy metering stations using gas chromatography and ultrasonic metering are becoming a mainstream field operation and a new challenge to metering personnel. They are easy to adapt to...
(Gas Sensing)
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combustion flue gas analysis products...
(Environmental Sensors)
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FMC makes ingredients for consumer products such as toothpaste, baking mixes, and other food products. The plant makes carrageenan out of seaweed using a sequence of chemical processing steps that...
(Safety and Personal Protective Equipment)
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The adoption of functional safety standards continues to grow rapidly worldwide. This trend is especially evident in process industries. Risk factors such as injury to personnel, production down time,...
(Gas Sensing)
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Gas chromatography is one of the most widely used techniques for analyzing hydrocarbon mixtures. Some of the advantages of chromatography are the range of measurement (from ppm levels up to 100 %),...
(Chemical Sensors)
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Hydrocarbon dew point is the temperature, at a defined pressure, at which hydrocarbon liquids begin to form. The determination of the hydrocarbon dew point (HCDP) for natural gas has become a critical...
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Conductivity measurements are widely used in a variety of industries and applications, including leak detection, clean-in-place, water treatment, interface detection, and notably, in desalination. As...
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Burner Control is critical for Power and Industrial plants as it affects emissions, energy costs, and process efficiencies. For natural gas burners, variations in gas composition can have direct...
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Sulfur plant tail gas incinerators are used to oxidize sulfur compounds that cannot be released directly into the atmosphere. These sulfur compounds include H2S, COS and CS2. Incinerators are operated...
(Chemical Sensors)
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Inferred pH means pH calculated from straight and cation conductivity. The calculation can be applied to condensate, feedwater, and boiler water. Although not widely used in the United States,...
(Separations)
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Separators are processing units that are used to separate water (aqueous phase) and an immiscible (nonmixing) liquid (non aqueous phase). Separators are used in a variety of industries: - chemical...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Environmental legislation required that water from heat exchangers must be carefully monitored for contamination before it is returned to the sea. Failure to comply could require production to be...
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A Pulp and Paper Mill in North America struggled to properly control calcining in the lime kiln. In fact, the kiln was operating so poorly that it had become a choke point. The mill bought a new...
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Wet scrubbers are used in utilities, paper mills, and chemical plants to remove sulfur dioxide (SO2) and other pollutants from gas streams. Undesirable pollutants are removed by contacting the gases...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Emerson has online liquid analytical solutions for many industries....
(Environmental Sensors)
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Wet scrubbers are used in utilities, paper mills, and chemical plants to remove sulfur dioxide (SO2) and other pollutants from gas streams. Undesirable pollutants are removed by contacting the gases...
(Oil, Gas and Mining Equipment)
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Oil field steam flood steam generators have been in use to aid in the recovery of heavy oil (ex. 13 API gravity) for more than thirty years. These steam generators burn fossil fuels such as natural...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Some gold ore deposits can be processed by simple grinding, followed by extraction with cyanide, but many refractory deposits contain gold that cannot be so easily separated. The most common example...
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In high pressure boilers, it is necessary to monitor the return condensate before it goes back to the boiler to ensure that it is not contaminated beyond acceptable limits. In smaller boilers, the...
(Chemical Sensors)
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Recently a report was published that investigated the effect of methanol on the analysis of natural gas by various gas chromatographs. The report was in response to measurement issues in some offshore...
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Utility operators have long known that contaminated steam can cause severe damage to the turbine, leading to lengthy unplanned outages, expensive repairs, and loss of revenue. Every plant has...
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Monroe County Pure Waters, Van Lare plant in Rochester NY and the Northwest Quadrant (NWQ) plant in Hilton, NY. These wastewater plants are located on the south shore of Lake Ontario. Van Lare dates...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Monroe County Pure Waters, Van Lare plant in Rochester NY and the Northwest Quadrant (NWQ) plant in Hilton, NY. These wastewater plants are located on the south shore of Lake Ontario. Van Lare dates...
(Gas Sensing)
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When a portable oxygen analyzer is utilized to check the calibration of an in situ oxygen analyzer, the portable analyzer will often produce a measurement which is higher than the measurement produced...
(Gas Sensing)
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Odor-Tech in Pineville, LA makes odorants for natural gas. These odorants are a safety precaution, as they give gas an unpleasant "rotten egg" smell to indicate its presence. Their customers may...
(Environmental Sensors)
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When glass electrode impedance is measured by imposing a voltage, the glass electrode polarizes in proportion to the applied voltage. This polarization sets up an opposing voltage, which increases the...
(Gas Sensing)
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Emerson provides several Rosemount Analytical gasanalyzer technologies to meet the process control and purity monitoring needs of air separation plants....
(Gas Sensing)
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Ammonia is used in the production of a variety of products including fertilizer, nitric acid, nylon, pharmaceuticals, and refrigerant. Production of ammonia (NH3) is a two step process. The first step...
(Gas Sensing)
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Emerson provides several Rosemount Analytical gas analyzer technologies to meet the process control and purity monitoring needs of air separation plants....
(Gas Sensing)
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Emerson provides gas analysis technology for on-line analysis in ethylene production plants. Strategically placed gas analyzers improve the process efficiency and the purity of the end product....
(Gas Sensing)
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...Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCU) will continuously route coked catalyst into a regenerator unit where oil remaining on the surface of the catalyst is stripped off with steam or solvent....
(Gas Sensing)
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The measurement of oxygen (O2) inside a rotating kiln provides a good indication of combustion efficiency. This oxygen measurement can also provide an inferred indication of calcining rates and the...
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Finding a balance between safety and efficiency at gas compressor stations is a challenge for most major operators. For one company in Asia, this balance had reached critical proportions. This...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Indigo dye is used for dyeing cotton and other cellulosic fibers such as rayon. In its pure form, indigo dye is not soluble in water, so the dye bath contains additives to solubilize it....
(Environmental Sensors)
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In pigmentation process applications, the liquor influent entering a process tank is composed primarily of ferrous sulphate (FeSO 4), in addition to manganese, zinc, cadmium, and other alloying...
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A typical batch fermentation process starts with sterilization so that all micro-organisms found in the mash and reactor are completely destroyed. The mash is heated in the fermenter or a special...
(Environmental Sensors)
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A typical batch fermentation process starts with sterilization so that all micro-organisms found in the mash and reactor are completely destroyed. The mash is heated in the fermenter or a special...
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Corn wet-milling is the most common method used to process corn in the US. In this process, corn kernels are separated into their component fractions and then further treated to yield cornstarch, corn...
(Environmental Sensors)
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A pH sensor for EVERY job: General Purpose sensors for clean, non-coating liquids, and Tough Process sensors for dirty liquids, aggressive chemicals, and/or high temperatures....
(Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology)
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The customer determined that pH maintenance accounts for 46% of all the field work. Customer wanted to increase pH reliability and eliminate rework/scrap due to poor pH measurements. They also wanted...
(Fire Detection and Suppression)
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One of the most common sources of Fire and Gas detection system failure is power supply interruption and disturbance. Power supply specifications of an instrument refer to the voltage that must appear...
(Chemical Sensors)
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Nitrogen oxides (NOX) result from the combustion process in turbines, crackers, combustion engines, boilers, and other locations within a plant. As a powerful pollutant, it is important to control and...
(Gas Sensing)
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Emerson provides Rosemount Analytical gas analyzer technology for on-line analysis of ammonia plant streams. Strategically placed gas analyzers improve the process efficiency and the purity of the end...
(Gas Sensing)
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Almost every industrial setting poses some potential safety risk to personnel working in such environments whether it is something that can be seen such as rotating machinery or unseen, such as...
(Food and Beverage)
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The PUR-Sense™ line of sensors was designed for the highly regulated Life Sciences and Food & Beverage industries and their inherently stringent requirements. Hygienic concerns and material...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Aerosol manufacturers are looking to improve safety, lower risk, and increase quality while ensuring compliance and profitability of their production lines. Emerson's Cascade Aerosol Micro Leak...
(Gas Sensing)
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The majority of online gas chromatographs with Thermal Conductivity Detectors (TCD) use Helium as a carrier gas. Recently, many suppliers of chromatograph grade helium have been experiencing supply...
(Environmental Sensors)
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The chlor-alkali process produces chlorine gas (Cl2) and caustic soda (NaOH) from a concentrated brine solution using large amounts of power in the overall chemical reaction: 2NaCl + 2H2O ? Cl2 + H2 +...
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Analytical systems and integration projects are often complex, costly and have multiple stakeholders involved throughout the completion process prior to commissioning. With so many factors to consider...
(Safety and Personal Protective Equipment)
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All organisational and technical risk reduction measures act as a counterweight to the risk potential. The values SIL 1 to SIL 4 (SIL = Safety Integrity Level) are derived from the risk analysis. The...
(Fire Detection and Suppression)
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flame detectors and gas monitoring systems...
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SMART analyzers and sensors eliminate one of the largest problems with measuring pH - field calibration. Traditional calibration methods require hauling buffers and rinse solutions from the lab to the...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Barrick, the biggest gold producer in the world with large land positions on some of the most prolific mineral districts, is the owner of the Zaldivar Plant in Chile, an open-pit, heap-leach copper...
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Every plant with boilers or steam turbines faces the issue of corrosion, but if your application requires high-pressure boilers using high-purity water, the challenge doubles. Most general-purpose pH...
(Environmental Sensors)
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With water ever-present, corrosion is the enemy that threatens every metal surface in a power plant. Keeping water chemistry in balance is the only way to keep corrosion in check, thus ensuring the...
(Chemical Sensors)
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Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is a strong, heavy acid with a density of 1.84 g/cc and a marked tendency to absorb moisture from the air, generating considerable heat. Concentrated sulfuric acid (93-98 %) is...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Emerson Process Management's Analytical Group is committed to design, manufacture, sell, support and service Rosemount Analytical products that meet or exceed customer expectations 100% of the time....
(Environmental Sensors)
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In fermentation and cell culture, one of the most critical process challenges is to maintain the optimal pH level. Fermentation process utilizes a living organism such as a yeast, bacteria, or fungus...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Biopharmaceutical Chromatography Systems are designed for separating and purifying proteins and bio-engineered products. Flow systems are compact in design to maximize throughput. No dead legs in...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Biopharmaceutical Chromatography Systems are designed for separating and purifying proteins and bio-engineered products. Flow systems are compact in design to maximize throughput. No dead legs in...
(Environmental Sensors)
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The site required a quick installation solution to comply with state regulatory standards. The outlet pressures of the four district regulator stations at this site needed to be monitored by the SCADA...
(Chemical Sensors)
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A fundamental requirement for gas safety and contract sale of natural gas is to measure the amount of H2S and Total Sulfur. The level of these contaminants and sulfur-based odorants is strictly...
(Gas Sensing)
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An "emerging" sensing technology has recently taken its place as a field-proven solution in the gas detection industry. For many years now, detecting combustible gas leaks has been accomplished...
(Environmental Sensors)
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Typically, wastewater treatment includes four basic treatment stages: primary, secondary, sludge and final treatment. In the primary treatment stage, larger solids are removed from wastewater by...
(Environmental Sensors)
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The metal preparation industries are heavy users of water resources and, with water prices increasing with population growth, are under considerable pressure to reduce consumption and waste...