Articles covered in this issue:
Pumps for high temp liquids
S. Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant
This article addresses unique problems posed by high-temperature pumps. It also underlines the steps field engineers must take to preserve the built-in design features for trouble-free hot pumping service to ensure high productivity in mega power plants, refineries, fertilizers and other chemical process plants.
Surge prevention in centrifugal compressors
S. Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant
Centrifugal turbo-compressors are the workhorses of process industries and axial turbo-compressors of gas distribution systems. However, adequate protection is necessary against surges, a destructive phenomenon, which is adequately done through modern instrumentation.
Formula One racing and the outlook for fertilizers
Jim Gremillion, Emerson Process Management
What has Formula One racing to do with fertilizers? You can’t junk costly cars but you can incorporate latest technology and upgrade them. Similarly, new technology can give a competitive advantage to older, less efficient fertilizer plants through modern process control techniques.
Development of process technology and integration of technology with engineering
Shreedhar Chitanvis, Aker Powergas
This article reviews how a process needs to be scaled up and engineered to get a successful commercial technology.
Upgraded cooling system halves energy costs
Peter Montagna, King Industries
As energy costs go up, existing cooling systems should be upgraded to optimize energy use. This is a case study of how cooling systems can be upgraded to realise such benefits.
