Articles
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Are your heat exchanger calculations really right? Commercial programs give dramatically different pressure drop results |
07/16/2008 |
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Plants can solve a range of problems by leveraging design models |
06/04/2008 |
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Simulation Software Rocks for Training, but Its Benefits Go Way Beyond Teaching to Aiding Design, Optimization, Maintenance and Life-Cycle Management. Heres How Savvy Users are Gaining Simulations Full Advantages |
04/24/2008 |
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Loggers Keep Feeding Data-Hungry Users Recorders and DAQs Have Survived the Advent of PCs, Adapted to Cooperate with Software-Based Historians and Continue to Serve in Applications Where Computers Can't Go |
04/24/2008 |
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Complimentary design software for tower internals Sign-up for design software from Sulzer Chemtech. |
09/17/2007 |
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Membrane Boasts Material Benefits As economical separation of contaminants from natural gas becomes increasingly important, simulation eases the design of innovative module to remove carbon dioxide. Membranes offer potential advantages over other methods. |
09/11/2007 |
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The Seven rules for successful simulation need to be revisited and revised because of advancements in computers. Simulations that once took weeks to compute an answer now take mere hours. |
09/06/2007 |
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Flame Modeling Provides Matchless Results A computer simulation helps solve a refinery combustion problem. Finding ways to limit NOx from fired heaters, especially under stringent environmental regulations, has become a major concern for the petroleum refining industry. Complying with new stricter regulations, a Texas refinery upgraded the burners in one of its large cylindrical furnaces. |
04/13/2007 |
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Understand and Control Hot Vapor Bypass Contributing Editor Andrew Sloley says pressure control technique works well if implemented properly, in this month's Plant InSites column. |
01/08/2007 |
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Better Design Is No Pipe Dream The benefits of using pipeline simulation tools at the piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) level, rather than running simulations just on the process flow diagram, can often be overlooked. |
07/17/2006 |
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Efforts aim to boost the use of dynamic models by process and control engineers. |
03/27/2006 |
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Dig Deeper to Find More Capacity Pipeline simulation software can uncover hidden causes of capacity bottlenecks. |
11/09/2005 |
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The Synergy of Simulation, Experimentation and Technical Support Activities in a Research Consortium For the business of designing process heat exchangers, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools are still not practical for everyday use. However, in a research consortium such as HTRI, integrating advanced analysis tools like CFD with industrial-sized experimentation and then applying them to real-world technical problems provides a significant synergistic benefit to the consortium members. |
11/06/2005 |
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Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography Offers Real Attractions A continuous purification technique, simulated moving bed chromatography combines high yields and purities with easy scale up and reasonable throughputs. |
08/31/2005 |
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Keep heat-transfer-system repairs uneventful A good plan is the key to avoiding risks in the maintenance of systems using high-temperature organic fluids. |
08/26/2005 |
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Summit greases its gears to serve global marketplace A lubricant manufacturer increases order accuracy and speeds fulfillment by implementing enterprise resource planning software. |
08/25/2005 |
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Software Drives OEM Toward Efficiency and Energy Savings ABB designed software for its ACS800 drive so Curtis-Toledo could improve the operation of its rotary-screw compressors. The customized software can control the system pressure, air delivery, oil temperature and duty cycle directly from the drive. |
06/23/2005 |
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Effective Simulation Requires a Broader Scope of Process Heat Transfer Measurements Accurate measurements under controlled conditions form the cornerstone of the development of methods for the successful design of heat transfer equipment. |
06/22/2005 |
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Process Engineering: The Real Story of HSE Fieldbus' high speed ethernet protocol technology is behind a trend of predictive modeling in the industry. |
04/06/2005 |
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Process engineering: In the trenches of Fieldbus War II Like the 20th Century’s Great Conflict, the first Fieldbus War never really ended. But what will the outcome be this time? This article from CONTROL makes an educated prediction on how the battle may turn out. |
03/10/2005 |
