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Desalination membrane based on nanowood
A nanostructured wood membrane was demonstrated to be more efficient relative to petroleum-based plastic membranes commonly used for desalination.
Old offshore rigs find new use in carbon dioxide pumping and storage
The lengthy and costly decommissioning process might be scrapped in favor of repurposing rigs as pumping stations for sub-seabed carbon dioxide storage sites.
Fast turnaround on custom heaters
U.S.-based Durex Industries, a manufacturer of electric industrial heaters, sensors and systems, recently announced a quick ship program for its screw plug, flange immersion and circulation heaters.
Minimizing pump cavitation: What is the ideal NSPH margin?
Learn about the damaging phenomenon known as cavitation in pumps and how to avoid it by designing systems with sufficient NSPH margin to provide acceptable pump performance and service life.
Improve jacketed heating systems with direct steam injection
Despite jacketed heating's underlying desirable attributes, steam presents several problems for its applications.
Blockchain-based app smartens process applications
Ondiflo's blockchain-based application for fluid hauling provides an automation platform for the optimization of field-tracking activities.
Wyssmont self-cleaning Turbo-Dryer
The Turbo-Dryer from Wyssmont Company provides even, thorough and rapid drying by intermittently redistributing material with a plug-flow operation.
Australian company offers unique technology to release seized valves
Ultrasonic vibration releases the particles that build up in a valve and cause it to seize in either a fully open or fully closed position.
Selecting the correct valve rotor
Valve rotors are each designed for a particular application and ACS has introduced their ICS rotor valves that are available with a number of different rotors to address metering, feeding and airlock applications for a number of industries.
Watch: Water desalination with solar steam technology
A solar steam generation system designed to desalinate seawater harvests salt in addition to producing potable water.
Six reasons to choose NorPro as a preferred supplier for support media
Saint-Gobain NorPro introduced Denstone® catalyst bed support media for fixed catalyst bed applications more than 70 years ago.
Progressive die stamping vs. transfer die stamping
The selection of the optimal stamping method for production of automotive, medical device and electronic components requires consideration of part complexity, batch size and process economics.
Basics of electric heaters
Electric heaters come myriad of types, sizes, applications and designs, depending upon what is being heated, the degree of heating needed and the method by which the heat is applied.
What is MQTT?
A quick overview of Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), a lightweight messaging protocol that is ideal for IoT applications.
How an IIoT system enables remote monitoring of factory processes
A look at how an IIoT network collects and reports process data from sensors throughout a factory for display on remote devices such as smartphones and computers.
Cornell University awarded $1.8 million in grants for food packaging and beverage concentrate research
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), a federal agency within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), has approved $1.8 million in grants to Cornell University for two of their food science research projects.
Infrastructure challenges escalate the amount of gas being flared in the Permian Basin
In the first quarter of 2019, flaring and venting of natural gas in the Permian Basin reached record heights with an estimated average of 661 MMcfd.
What is the ideal refrigerant?
Choosing a refrigerant is a balancing act that seeks to maximize a number of competing refrigerant characteristics, including environmental attributes, safety factors and thermodynamic properties.
One system delivers both solar power and potable water
Clean drinking water supplies and electric power are simultaneously produced with conventional solar panels modified by researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
New research shows development surge for chemical injection pumps
After registering a nearly 4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) during 2014 through 2018 and sales closing in on $4 billion in 2018, the market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of nearly 5% through 2029.