White Paper: Helping Business Users Understand and Measure Data Quality

Many companies have invested heavily in mission-critical business software initiatives. Much time and effort has gone into deploying sophisticated customer relationship management solutions, adaptive supply chain software, ambitious data migration projects, and other endeavors. All too often, however, these worthy but expensive initiatives fail to deliver anticipated benefits because they’re hobbled by poor data. Download this white paper to learn how to understand and measure your business data for successful application.

Gas Analysis Made Easy – Plug and Play Tunable Diode Lasers

Oxygen monitoring is central to many process and safety applications, yet many solutions are cumbersome to install and costly to maintain. Tunable Diode Laser (TDL) technology has gone some way to simplifying matters. Now, new developments in TDL sensors mean measuring oxygen has never been easier or more affordable.

From Concept to Manufacture - Optimising the design and implementation of Process Plant.

The pressure of international competition is being felt in the field of plant engineering with a demand for shorter development times and reduced project costs. A consistent and efficient approach to plant design can help to dramatically save both time and money. Download this white paper to learn more.

ChemicalProcessing Special Report: Pilot Plants

Read about the 10 factors that will impact the design, construction and operation of these next-generation pilot plant units.

Learn about new pilot plant development methods.
Understand the role operational guidance plays in successful pilot plant development.

Dangers Lie in the Dust - A Chemical Processing Special Report

The dangers posed by combustible dusts are no longer being swept under the rug. Tougher regulations and greater corporate resolve are making dust hazard management an increasingly important topic for every manufacturing sector including the chemical, food and pharmaceutical industries. This Special Report, brought to you by Chemical Processing details the dangers posed by combustible dusts and includes: the latest thinking on both hazard identification and mitigation; it identifies how to mitigate dust hazards in oral solid dosage facilities; it takes an in-depth look at regulations and the thinking behind suppression technologies as a result of past activity; more!

Improve Plant Safety - A Chemical Processing Special Report

In chemicals processing, significant hazards exist -- such as those from fire, explosions or toxic release. The processes themselves, the chemicals being processed and the procedures followed, or lack thereof, can all contribute to the risk exposure of these hazards. What can processors do to mitigate these risks? For chemicals processors, it's crucial to implement processes and solutions to detect and prevent these hazards from occurring in the first place.

Chemical Processing has taken an in-depth look at plant safety -- how to identify the hazards and implement processes and procedures to ensure a safer working environment. This comprehensive Chemical Processing Special Report titled: Improve Plant Safety is now available to download for free.

Real Time Online Liquid Analysis to Prevent Product Loss, to Reduce Energy Consumption and to Minimize Waste Treatment Costs

Product losses and energy and waste treatment costs can be reduced significantly with Total Organic Carbon (TOC) monitoring. Reducing product loss results in savings in raw materials, energy consumption, and in water treatment charges. This means more products in production and less product in the waste water treatment plant.

Avoid Instrument Failure: Ensure Proper Filtration and Delivery of Samples to On Line Process Analyzers

Precise process control strategies have accelerated the use of on-line chemical composition analyzers in plant applications. Contaminants in plant samples are the most frequent cause of problems with on-line analyzers. Trace contaminants can rapidly build up and cause instrument failure.

CP Powder eHandbook: Tips for Effective and Safe Handling of Solids

One of the trickiest materials to process, solids are comprised of powders or particulates, a continuous gaseous phase (usually air) and, almost always, a liquid component. Processors that handle solids know only too well the types of throughput problems that come up on a recurring basis. Effective, economical and safe slurry management; flowability during processing, accurate inventory and volume level management are all very real challenges faced by processors of solids. In this Chemical Processing Powder eHandbook, we take a look at how to effectively handle solids including:

• Properly accounting for how bulk solids actually will flow in a vessel or overall process -- we take a look at some simple parameters that can often provide a good sense of flowability
• Strategies for avoiding slurry trouble
• Mitigating pipe segment force imbalances with Reactor Excursion and Leakage Analysis Program
• Acoustics-based level measurement for accurate powder measurement in bins, tanks and silos
• Explosion protection methods including suppression, isolation and venting

Dangers Lie in the Dust - A Chemical Processing Special Report

The dangers posed by combustible dusts are no longer being swept under the rug. Tougher regulations and greater corporate resolve are making dust hazard management an increasingly important topic for every manufacturing sector including the chemical, food and pharmaceutical industries. This Special Report, brought to you by Chemical Processing details the dangers posed by combustible dusts and includes: the latest thinking on both hazard identification and mitigation; it identifies how to mitigate dust hazards in oral solid dosage facilities; it takes an in-depth look at regulations and the thinking behind suppression technologies as a result of past activity; more!

Properly Model and Control Batch Reactors

This paper covers key aspects for modeling and design of batch reactors, including: heat-up and cool-down performance, sensitivity analysis for reactor parameters, boil-up rate predictions, thermal stability under exothermic conditions, control system design and loop tuning parameters, condenser rating, and process emissions predictions.

Maximize Returns from Precious-Metal-Bearing Catalysts

Many catalytic reactions rely on platinum, palladium and other precious metal catalysts. When the activity of the catalyst declines to the point that it must be replaced, the used catalyst can be sent to a refiner to recover precious metal. This 8-page paper discusses the variouis factors that should be considered when using a refiner.

The 7 Steps to ICS and SCADA Security

The past two years have been a real wakeup call for the industrial automation industry. For the first time ever it has been the target of sophisticated cyber attacks like Stuxnet, Night Dragon and Duqu.

In addition, an unprecedented number of security vulnerabilities have been exposed in industrial control products and regulatory agencies are demanding compliance to complex and confusing regulations. Cyber security has quickly become a serious issue for professionals in the process and critical infrastructure industries.

If you are a process control engineer, an IT professional in a company with an automation division, or a business manager responsible for safety or security, you may be wondering how your organization can get moving on more robust cyber security practices.

In order to provide you with guidance in this area, Tofino Security and exida Consulting LLC have condensed material from numerous industry standards and best practice documents. They also combined experience in assessing the security of dozens of industrial control systems.

The result is an easy-to-follow 7-step process.

Chemical Processing Special Report: Cyber Security

The technology advances in control systems and open systems have afforded us improved efficiency, productivity and the ability to advance our operations. However, these improved technology advances have also come with risks that threaten these efficiencies. Viruses; an increased dependency on uptime, availability and reliability; operator errors and increased regulations are just some of the threats today's manufacturers need to contend with when managing their operations. In this Putman Media Special Report, we take a look at the cyber security issues today's manufacturers need to contend with; identify control systems vulnerabilities and offer a three-step approach for building better cyber security at your operations.

A Treatise of Filter Cake Washing Mechanisms in Pressure and Vacuum Filtration Systems

During many chemical operations, cake washing is required since no filter system can remove all of the mother liquor by pressure or vacuum dewatering only. The topic of how to most efficiently wash the cake is important. This article introduces pragmatism into cake washing theory and will help engineers during their decision-making processes.

What Does It Cost To Own Your Dust Collector Filters?

When choosing filters for your cartridge dust collector, a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculation allows you to make the most economical and sustainable choice. TCO is a step-by-step evaluation that explores energy use, maintenance and other factors to compare the real costs of operating a dust collector with different filters. This white paper explains how to perform TCO calculations to save money, time and energy.