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21 A good year for gas sensor specialists


Sensorix GmbH is a highly reputable manufacturer and supplier of gas sensors based in Bonn, Germany. Founded in 2019, the company has been responding to the global demand for high-quality German-made gas sensors.


In 2022, Sensorix expanded its portfolio of standard gas sensors, increasing the number of gas sensor types from 27 to 38 and the number of gases from 16 to 22. The company offers all its standard gas sensors in fi ve different formats: 4S, 7S, Mini, Classic, and Smart.


Among the highlights of the year, Sensorix has developed sensors for hydrides and hydrogen chloride, offering a comprehensive range of gas sensors for the semiconductor industry. The company has also expanded its range of gas sensors for the detection of ammonia gas and introduced a new electrochemical gas sensor for phosgene gas concentrations of up to 100 ppm.


In addition to these developments, Sensorix has introduced a new product line called Satellix, a replacement sensor for the Satellite XT transmitter. The Satellix sensor is compatible with the Satellite XT and can detect over 30 toxic, corrosive, and combustible gases used in semiconductor processes.


Looking ahead to 2023, Sensorix will continue to work on new products, as well as improving the quality and delivery of its gas sensors. The company will also be attending its fi rst exhibition in Nuremberg, Sensor+Test 2023.


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59434pr@reply-direct.com New outdoor protective housing for infrared cameras


under harsh environmental conditions High or very low temperatures, humidity and dust - such environmental conditions pose great challenges for electronics. To be able to use sensitive devices without problems, protective measures are usually necessary. To be able to use the infrared cameras of the PI and Xi series, for example, even under adverse conditions, Optris now offers a new outdoor housing that ensures optimum protection for the sensitive devices. The new housing offers for the fi rst time the possibility to integrate an infrared camera and an HD video camera together in one compact system. A compact USB server is also integrated in the housing.


The new housing complies with protection class IP66 and can therefore also be used in dusty or humid environments without any problems. In order to be able to use the infrared camera even at very low temperatures, an electrical heating element is included that switches on automatically at temperatures below +15 °C. A ventilation fan distributes the warm air evenly within the housing. This means that the system can also be used at temperatures as low as -40 °C. In warmer areas of use, temperatures up to +50 °C are possible.


The optionally available air purge unit, which continuously purges the protective window of the housing with compressed air, ensures that no dust or condensing moisture can collect there. The infrared camera thus always has optimum visibility and can measure temperatures reliably.


Together with the optional video camera with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, combined thermal and optical condition monitoring or fi re protection applications can be ideally implemented.


To transfer the images from the infrared camera and the video camera, the USB server, which is also integrated in the housing, can be used. Here, the data from both cameras is combined into a single stream; transmission then takes place via an Ethernet line. This enables easy integration of the cameras into existing video control systems.


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Could waste help refi neries produce low-carbon fuel?


There’s a lot of talk about how the petrochemical industry is going to transition to low-carbon feedstocks. New analysis by the Energy Institute and Concawe has suggested one idea – and it will help with clearing up waste, too.


The report investigates those waste-to-product (WTP) technologies that could plausibly be deployed in Europe’s refi neries in the next few decades, keeping refi nery assets in use whilst shifting the industry towards low-carbon materials. And with 2bn tons of waste produced annually across the globe, there’s a chance that such a scheme could tackle two of the world’s most signifi cant environmental challenges in one fell swoop.


The fi rst phase of the research, published this year, gave a detailed examination of four waste-to-fuel (WTF) refi nery pathways using seven different waste-feedstocks, which were selected on the basis of projected volumes as well as the level of interest shown by professionals in both industry and academia. In the course of the research, these seven were reduced to four: mixed residual waste (MRW), non-recyclable mixed plastic waste, sewage sludge and municipal biowaste were. In general, MRW has the largest annual volumes (approx. 222 million tonnes annually) but it is predicted that municipal biowaste could yield signifi cant volumes with


improved processes. The researchers rejected the use of landscape-care biomass, automotive shredder residue, and used tyres.


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A wide range of possible conversion pathways exist. With expected declines in gasoline and heating oil moving forward, due to electrifi cation, the researchers focussed their efforts on conversion pathways oriented to distillates, i.e. diesel and jet, which account for roughly 40% of refi nery outputs. For MRW, the report deems gasifi cation using Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis as the most suitable conversion technology, since the feedstock is not separated and gasifi cation is a little less sensitive to various contaminants than other technologies, producing wax for use in refi ning. Pyrolysis is given the green- light for converting mixed plastic waste into refi nable pyrolysis oil. When it came to sewage sludge, the researchers saw a potential conversion-pathway using hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) which renders HTL oil, given its ability to deal with the large amounts of moisture present in the waste-stream.


At the moment, refi neries in the EU receive between 20 and 50 kilotons of crude oil every single day, which is an exceedingly high benchmark for these new fuels to meet. As a result, the research expressed concern regarding the existing scale of


WTF production in comparison with conventional refi ning and suggested that the industry would not achieve well-to-wheel net-zero emissions without also exploring complementary low- carbon feedstocks, like e-fuels, and technological mitigation, like carbon capture and storage (CCS). Furthermore, there are product quality risks. Although working with a single waste-supplier would make it easier to regulate product quality, genuinely scaled-up production facilities would require more than one supplier and would be expected to have large variability in terms of product quality.


But just how close is the industry to implementing any of these ideas? Currently, some of the conversion pathways discussed in the report are approaching technology maturity, particularly the Fischer-Tropsch process, but more research is required for the technologies producing pyrolysis or HTL oils.


In the near future, researchers for the Energy Institute and Concawe will go on to consider what other uses that these waste-streams can be put to outside of the refi nery supply- chain as well as the availability of these feedstocks. Finally, in the third phase of the project, the partnership will compile a report on the comprehensive viability of WTP pathways until 2050 to be used by a number of different stakeholders.


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