High-performance butterfly valves play a key role in equipment operation, isolation, and maintenance throughout the chemical and petrochemical industries. Crucial design features dramatically impact the performance and reliability of these valves, as discussed in my...
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Careful Valve Material Selection Prevents Premature Failures
In refineries and petrochemical plants, frequent contact with process media can result in premature corrosion of valves and related components. To help prevent this, vendors can provide expert advice and, in some cases, lab testing to verify compatibility between...
Prototype Sensing Technologies are at the Forefront of Innovation
On June 4-7, experts in process analytical technology (PAT) gathered for the 2023 IFPAC conference. While there, they discussed the latest developments in PAT, quality by design, and overall process monitoring and control within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology,...
Remote Proof-Testing of Level Measurement Devices Supports Safer Tank Operations
Storage tanks containing hazardous materials require safety instrumented systems (SIS) to prevent overfills. Digital technology in the latest level measurement devices used in SIS enables them to be proof-tested remotely, which provides significant advantages. The...
Solving Level Measurement Challenges for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants
At the Oct 26-28 Emerson Exchange Asia conference, we will be discussing many more features around the Level portfolio in the presentation including topics of Functional Safety for Level Measurement including Proof Testing, Interface measurement and Reactor Level measurement specific.
Outlook for Chemical and Specialty Chemical Manufacturers
In the news every day we see the changes in economic activity in the upstream oil & gas exploration and production business caused by the significant drop in oil prices over the past several months. But what have been the implications for downstream producers in...
On a Path to Four Zeros Operational Goals
The Industry Forums, scheduled for Monday, October 8, 1:00-2:30pm are always an informative part of the Emerson Exchange technical conference. You can find the industry forum lineup for next week's conference here. Emerson's Peter Cox is leading Industrial and...
Bringing the Emerson Businesses Together in Dubai
Over the past several years, the Middle East has been a growing source for new process manufacturing facilities such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants and petrochemical complexes. Emerson has increasingly been involved in providing technologies and expertise for...
Assessing, Implementing, and Sustaining Reductions in Energy Usage
You don't have to look too hard to find news stories (here, here, here) of rising oil prices and their impact on process manufacturers around the globe. Refineries and petrochemical manufacturing processes can especially require vast amounts of energy to process the...
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