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Process Engineer Handle
May 2012 For Engineers… by Engineers
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Contents Process Engineer For Engineers… by Engineers
Controllers tackle all aspects of operations
Quality automation
Focus on heat exchanger effi ciency
upgrades drive process plant expansion
Positive displacement pumps are finding new roles within the process industries, espe- cially in applications which require minimal friction. See page 31.
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11 PROCESS EQUIPMENT UPDATE 4 Efficiency focus on heat exchangers 4 Mixing critical to process success
European Chemical Engineer
4 Gearing up for REACH 2013 – easing the pressures for SMEs 4 Nitrogen oxides in nitric acid plants
25 PLANT MANAGEMENT 4 Automation upgrades drive plant expansions
31 MATERIALS HANDLING 4 New Applications for positive displacement pumps 4 Crane technology saves money and environment
39 INSTRUMENTATION 4Robust temperature measurement solutions for processing
46 AUTOMATION & CONTROL 4 Controllers tackle all aspects of plant operation
10 Repeatable tensioning 16 Flow in storage bins 20 Combating corrosion 22 Crude sampling 23 Heating hoses 36 Filtration solutions
37 Aqueous coalescing 42 CO2
measurements
42 Heating cables 44 Wireless solutions 48 Temperature control 48 Index of Advertisers
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