Chemical Industry Digest- Oct 2016

Articles covered in this issue:

Tata Strategic report on Pumps, Valves & Process Equipment
This report analyses the current status of pumps, valves and process equipment particularly with regard to their innovation and technology capabilities. The report says that there is a dearth of new technology inputs except in a few cases. Only innovations and new product development can drive growth.

Seal Pressure Instruments without Sweat
S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant
Seal pressure instruments pose many problems. In this article, the author elaborates on the alternative he developed to tackle these problems. The alternative is cost effective, avoids risky blind plant runs, and increases safety and productivity of a total recycle urea plant.

Recover Heat from Air Compression
Deepak Vetal, Atlas Copco Compressors
Compressed air is one of the most important utilities for the process industry, but the process is energy consuming. The electrical energy used to compress air is transformed into heat as byproduct. This article explains the use of byproduct heat to save energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions during air compression.

Hydroprocessing of Heavy Feeds- Improvement in Recycle Gas Hydrogen Purity
Subrata Das, Ashish Logani, Fluor India Pvt Ltd
This paper explains the effect of different parameters that can be utilized along with modifications during the hydroprocessing of heavy feeds in the process flow scheme, to increase the recycle gas hydrogen purity without losing valuable hydrogen

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