CFC-free measurements on site: the ERACHECK goes below 1 ppm The advent of Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) as a new, powerful mid-IR light source has opened the possibility to develop a fast and ecolo...
The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, in the US has recently added an alternative work practice to the Method 21 leak surveys that gas processing plants and the like must perform annually. In thi...
The Refinery Gas Analyser (RGA) analyses various streams of gases that are normally produced in an oil refinery. Examples are LPG, stack gases, flare gases, reformer gases and by-products of cracking...
As oil prices rise and regulations mandate the production of cleaner, high value fuels, petrochemical and refining companies are seeking breakthrough catalysts and processes to power their product...
Conservative oil drain intervals protect the performance and health of engines, transmissions, hydraulic fluid systems, gear boxes and other lubricated operating equipment. Yet, the world demand and...
As wireless networks and applications become more pervasive in the industrial market, users are faced with the decision of choosing a network based on one of two emerging technologies, ISA100.11a or...
Ecology is not only a subject that is talked about: despite some – mainly economic – problems, specific eco projects are successfully realized. The example of a biodiesel production shows that the ri...
After a convincing long-term test, TOTAL Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland GmbH now very successfully applies the fibre-optical trace moisture measurement instrument HYGROPHIL F 5672 made by BARTEC in ord...
Fieldbus is becoming more and more common in today’s instrumentation. But what is fieldbus and how does it differ from conventional instrumentation? Fieldbus transmitters must be calibrated as well,...
An important parameter in the analysis of natural gas is the chromatographic determination of the calorific value, which is essential in many applications for monitoring the delivered quantity of en...