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Our Featured Story archive is a collection of unique articles specially chosen by the Editor. In addition to industry updates, market news and topical issues of the day the Feature Story provides an interesting mix of company profiles, in-depth technical articles, and reports from major end users. The section also features projects in a variety of industries ranging from oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical to the power generation and food and beverage industries.

Want to stay up to date with your industry? These are the stories you need to read!

Featured Story – Bowman intercoolers save the day and thousands of dollars!

Two Cummins 4BTA Marine Diesel Engines were given a new lease of life and over US $8,000 saved by replacing the OE intercoolers with Bowman charge air coolers.

Featured Story – Life as a welding and materials engineer at Fluor Amsterdam

Jan-Willem Rensman works in the Energy & Chemicals Downstream business line at Fluor in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where he is a Welding and Materials Engineer. There, he is responsible for reviewing the welding procedures and vendor fabrication practices related to welding, corrosion, and materials performance. Taking time out of his busy daily schedule, he talked to us about his passion and enthusiasm for what he does, particularly regarding his work with heat exchangers.

Featured Story – Designing a myriad of heat exchangers An interview with Mr. Bandaru...

When it comes to talking about designing static and rotary equipment for use in the light chemical, specialty chemical, and allied industries, Mr. Bandaru Somasekhar is no novice. Leading a medium-sized team of twenty engineers and designers he exudes enthusiasm and knowledge about his chosen profession.

Featured Story – Field report: cleaning of shell & tube heat exchangers

Looking at some ways to clean heavily soiled shell & tube heat exchangers, with an assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of these methods.

Featured Story – Ward Vessel & Exchanger Focusing on people first

As a manufacturer of industrial heat transfer equipment, Ward Vessel & Exchanger is committed to providing secondto-none service and exceptional value, while enhancing the success of their employees, customers, and suppliers. The company’s main mantra is, ‘It is not what we do, but how we do it’, and their focus is ‘People First’, whether it be employees, family, or communities served – which are at the heart of the company’s core values.

Featured Story – Industry trends the alloy you need for REACs

With an increased demand for cleaner fuels, refineries are taking a new approach to a variety of feedstock–from sweet to sour crude–that exposes their process equipment to harsher environments. This has been the case with REAC units in hydroprocessing systems, which have benefitted from design changes and metallurgical upgrades.

Featured Story – Heat-cured phenol coatings

This article looks at the use of heat-cured phenol coatings to provide safe corrosion protection for heat exchangers. Some case studies are examined and cost-saving advantages in both lifecycle costs and maintenance are pointed out.

Featured Story – Transformers, boilers and pressure vessels: megatons moved on air

Moving huge transformers, boilers, and pressure vessels, through production lines without causing slowdowns, or even shutdowns, can pose significant challenges. However, many companies do not realize that this type of equipment is easy to manoeuver around using air caster technology. In this article the technology is explained, and examples of how it works and eases the movement of heavy, complicated shapes are given and endorsed.

Featured Story – The use of titanium for heat transfer in the chemical processing...

The transfer of heat from one fluid to another is an essential component of all chemical processes. Whether it is to cool down a chemical after it has been formed during an exothermic reaction, or to heat-up components before starting a reaction to make a final product, understanding the elements to design an effective, efficient heat transfer system is the key to cost-effective manufacturing of most chemicals today.

Featured Story – Milk fouling in heat exchangers

Some heat exchangers are used in very distinct industries with basically the same design. Take the Plate Heat Exchanger (PHE) for example. Companies in Oil & Gas and Food Processing employ this equipment, but the solutions developed in each field to cope with problems do not necessarily migrate between both industries. Even the manufacturers tend to segment their business lines and correspondent technical representatives, which may further prevent the flow of information.