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COmpUTErS & COnTrOlS
Smart wireless solutions solve
compliance and complexity issues
Fig. 1. The
Two European chemical
temperature
companies have turned to of the water
smart wireless solutions: extracted from
the first to help meet
the river is
local environmental
transmitted
regulations and the
wirelessly to a
second to improve
condition monitoring of
Smart Wireless
filters. Sean Ottewell
gateway.
reports.
Image courtesy of
Emerson Process
Deux sociétés
Management.
européennes chimiques
se sont tournées vers des
solutions intelligentes
sans fil : la première en
vue de répondre aux
réglementations
environnementales
locales et la seconde afin
d’améliorer le suivi d’état
des filtres. Article de
Sean Ottewell.
Zwei europäische
Chemieunternehmen
haben sich für
intelligente
Funklösungen
entschieden: Das erste
Unternehmen, um die
lokalen Umweltschutz-
bedingungen zu erfüllen,
und das zweite, um die
Zustandsüberwachung
bei Filtern zu verbessern.
Sean Ottewell berichtet.
W
ireless technology has long pulp cellulose, Tencel offers a combination of
overcome its traditional the most desirable properties of man-made and
drawbacks. However, as two new natural fibres. According to the company, this
projects demonstrate, smart makes it as soft as silk, strong as polyester, cool
wireless solutions are proving to be the ideal as linen, warm as wool and absorbent as cotton.
answer in the difficult process situations that The Heiligenkreuz plant uses water drawn
regularly occur in the chemical industry. from a local river for cooling purposes. Local
The first project is at the Lenzing Fibres environmental regulations require that the
mill in Heiligenkreuz, Austria. Here Emerson water returned to the river must not be more
Process Management has successfully applied than 3˚C higher than the water extracted. The
its Smart Wireless solution to monitor river regulations also stipulate that the company
water temperature. must maintain a constant check and record of
Lenzing Fibres is the world’s largest the water temperature at both inlet and outlet
producer of Tencel fibres. Made from wood points.
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