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New Feedstock Beckons for Transportation Fuels
Biomass-based material provides alkenes via simple route.

OSHA Aims to Harmonize Standards
Aligning chemicals labeling with global rules involves major efforts.

Innovations Promise Better Energy Efficiency
Five developing technologies may profoundly impact plant practices.

Bio-Based Projects Blossom
Chemical companies nurture efforts to make fuels and feedstocks.

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White Papers: In Depth Research

The Green Solution
Author: PdMA Corp.
Posted: 03/08/2010
The ever present emphasis on technological efficiency is just one of several forces behind the pressure on companies to "go green" despite a trying economy. The ultimate criterion that determines whether a motor is truly green is energy efficiency. Technology, long the key to efficiency, can help resolve this issue.

Measurement of Oxygen Concentration in Blanketing and Inerting Operations
Author: Mettler Toledo
Posted: 01/06/2010
Gaseous oxygen measurement with amperometric sensors is the most direct and easiest solution for oxidation and explosion protection.

Unwelcome oxygen Tank blanketing is the process of filling the headspace in storage vessels and reactors with an inert gas to prevent its contents from exploding, degrading or polymerizing and to protect equipment from corrosion. A blanketing system is normally designed such that it operates under higher than atmospheric pressures, therefore preventing outside air from entering the vessel. As oxygen and moisture in the air can be undesired in numerous processes and applications, blanketing is done in a wide range of industries, varying from (petro)chemical to food and beverage, pharmaceutical to pure water.

Choosing the Right Emissions Control Option
Author: Durr Systems Inc.
Posted: 10/19/2009
Determining the most economical option to control airborne emissions during chemical process operations presents several unique challenges. As with any add-on control system, the goal is to minimize the annualized total costs while maintaining proper operation. In this white paper, learn the different options that are available and which ones fit your process the best.

Closed System Technology Drives the Trend Toward Safer, More Cost-Efficient Chemical Dispensing
Author: Colder Products Company
Posted: 02/13/2009
In dozens of industries and in millions of applications around the world, dangerous chemicals are transferred from their original shipping containers into smaller jugs or buckets or applied to other end-use processes. Historically, the predominant dispensing method in many of these applications has been through an open system where the liquid is poured out of the container. With a poured system, the container is often flipped on its side and the liquid is poured into a secondary container. The user then just carries the bucket to wherever it needs to go. A mental image of this technique quickly reveals its potential dangers and inefficiencies.

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Timeless Resources

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air pollution resources
The Environmental Protection Agency provides a variety of references and studies on air pollution.
Process manufacturing & The Clean Air Act
Read the entire Clean Air Act to see if your plant is compliant.

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