Featured Story – Predicting defined and undefined problems in process plants
Enabling staff to accurately identify undefined problems ahead of time and the cause of defined problems allows plants to operate much more reliably and efficiently, says Precognize’s Chen Linchevski. OEM independent SAM GUARD can be easily applied to all process industry facilities, he stresses.
Featured Story – WORKING WITH A MYRIAD OF HEAT EXCHANGERS: An interview with...
Located at Rotterdam in The Netherlands, Shell’s Pernis facilities form part of the largest refinery in Europe and one of the biggest in the world. They cover an area of more than 1000 football pitches and employ over 1900+ staff spread over 60 plants. Working there is Arjan Woerden, a materials and corrosion engineer who is charged with looking after the crude distillation units (including hydrotreating units), the platforming unit, and the hydroconversion (hycon) unit.
Featured Story – Freedom! 3D printing will revolutionize heat exchanger design and manufacture
Until recently, heat exchanger design has been restricted broadly to two types, shell-and-tube and plate-and-frame. The manufacturing processes – welding, brazing or gasketing – are time-consuming and expensive. All this is changing, thanks to 3D-printing. This new technology has opened up heat exchangers to new designs, allowing them to be tailor-made for a given application.
Featured Story – Workshop report: heat exchangers connecting industry together
During the Stainless Steel World 2019 Conference & Exhibition, which was held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, November 26–28, a special workshop was dedicated to the huge variety of heat exchangers that perform critical duties in fundamental industries. Over sixty participants freely shared their experiences with an expert panel.
Featured Story – The bright future of heat pipe technologies
Brian Axcell, Professor at the Institute of Energy Futures at Brunel University and expert advisor on the EU-funded ETEKINA project, speaks with the ESCI about his career to date and the potential of heatpipes.