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    Water serves a wide variety of roles at plants, including as a vehicle to dilute or transport materials, as a means to clean equipment and, sometimes, as a reactant. Cooling water often is used for reducing the temperature of process streams. Likewise, steam, which is a very efficient heat-transfer medium, frequently handles heating duties.

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    Water Purity Challenges in Chemical Plants

    Water Purity Challenges and Wastewater Compliance Strategies in Chemical Plants

    Amanda Tyndall
    How process operations can meet regulatory challenges for managing source water, process water and wastewater contamination.
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    Key Insights from the 2023 Electric Utility Chemistry Workshop: Optimizing Water/Steam Chemistry

    Brad Buecker, Buecker & Associates, LLC
    Event explores microbiological control, cooling system maintenance, advances in film-forming products and others at power and co-generation plants.

    Process Monitoring Maintains Productivity, Mitigates Downtime

    Analytical equipment needs to be robust, reliable and responsive in order to detect change and enable corrective action. It also should be easy to use and provide high uptime....
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    How to Identify and Address a Water Hammer Event

    Stephanie Villars
    Prevent costly damage and downtime with these preventive and mitigation strategies

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    Evonik Ends Coal-Fired Power Generation At Marl

    Sept. 3, 2019
    Evonik will replace last coal-fired power plant at Marl Chemical Park with a modern, flexible gas and steam turbine power plant.
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    Wastewater Work Wins Membrane Award

    July 23, 2018
    Researcher receives honor for broad-based efforts
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    Siemens Reaches Additive Manufacturing Milestone

    April 23, 2018
    Siemens develops replacement parts 3D-printed from metal for an industrial steam turbine.
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    Armstrong Reveals New Website

    Aug. 10, 2015
    Armstrong International announces new website.

    White Papers: In Depth Research

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    Steam eHandbook: Best Practices for Steam Systems

    May 21, 2014
    Operating and maintaining a reliable steam system is vital to chemical processing plants and can have significant cost impact on a plant's annual budget. Typical profit drainers...
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    Heating Water by Direct Steam Injection

    Pick Heaters
    May 3, 2012
    Direct steam injection provides a solution where large volumes of hot water at precise temperatures are required, and saving space and energy are factors in the system design....
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    Reducing Water Consumption in Compressed Air Systems

    Hitachi
    Feb. 14, 2012
    Compressed air systems are sometimes called the "4th Utility" due to their presence in almost all industrial processes and facilities. As US water consumption continues to increase...
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    Direct Steam Injection Hot Water Systems for Jacketed Heating

    Pick Heaters
    Feb. 14, 2012
    This white paper takes an in-depth look at the advantages and disadvantages of steam and hot water for jacketed heating, and compares indirect and direct steam injection systems...
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    Optimize Combustion Using A Digital Twin

    Kevin L. Finnan
    July 9, 2021
    Improving fired asset operation always requires attention to implementation issues
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    Poll Results: Water Resources

    May 18, 2021
    We asked readers: How has the attention your site gives to its water resources changed in the past three years?
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    Energy Saver: Get Less Steamed Up

    Alan Rossiter
    March 23, 2021
    Software programs can make quick work of optimizing steam and power systems
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    Water Quality Matters

    March 18, 2021
    Safety and the bottom line can be compromised if water impurities aren’t addressed.