Featured Story – Teadit: Leading R&D for critical process sealing solutions
As a worldwide development and manufacturing leader of critical process sealing solutions, Teadit continues to exceed customer expectations by providing high-quality service, impressive testing capabilities, and a full line of award winning products that are guaranteed to meet the demands of the most stringent environments.
Featured Story – Vermeer Eemhaven International: a heat exchanger maintenance knowledge center since 1955
Vermeer Eemhaven International is one of six healthy and experienced companies making up the VE Group. Established in 1955, it has been supplying innovative custom-made solutions to the process industries for almost sixty-five years. Working from seven modern production halls, it specializes in the design, manufacture, repair, and maintenance of shell & tube heat exchangers, airfins, and pressure vessels for the oil & gas, chemical, and petrochemical industries in a variety of materials.
Featured Story – Fouling and plate heat exchangers
The fouling factors, which are used in the design of heat exchangers are normally specified by the client based on his experience of running his plant, or on processes to simulate dirt accumulation on the heat transfer surfaces. If this fouling is not restricted to adequate levels then it can totally negate any benefits generated by skillful design.
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.
