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Refinery Safety Depends on Well-Trained Employees
Refinery System Safety Depends on Well-Trained, Empowered Employees Ken Backus, Field Engineer High-octane gasoline, plastics and many other everyday necessities are the result of complex processes that take place inside petrochemical plants and refining facilities. Those processes utilize a varie...
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How to Fix Common Grab Sampling Deficiencies
How to Fix Common Grab Sampling Deficiencies Danny Van Den Burg, Regional Area Manager, Field Engineering (EMEA) Grab sampling is a critical function in many industrial fluid systems and building best practices with respect to the sampling process helps operators achieve quality results in a safe ...
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Fluid System Leak Detection and Inspection
Common Causes and Costs of Fluid System Leaks Fluid system leaks are a common occurrence in most plants. Because you’re charged with maintaining your plant’s safety and profitability, even the smallest leak can present an issue. That’s why it’s helpful to understand how and why leaks occur, how to ...
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Critical Components for Forward-Thinking Fuel Systems
How New Flyer Develops Forward-Thinking Fuel Systems with Swagelok New Flyer is the largest bus maker in North America, employing more than 2,300 people at its manufacturing hub in Anniston, Alabama. Citizens around the world depend on its buses for reliable transportation, meaning New Flyer doesn’...
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A Practical Guide to Gas Sampling Systems and Methods
A Practical Guide to Gas Sampling Methods Matt Dixon , Senior Principal Design Engineer, Swagelok Optimizing your chemical processing costs and maintaining high-quality product outputs require regular capture of representative process fluids for laboratory analysis. Grab sampling —also called spo...
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Maximizing Hydrogen Electrolyzer Efficiency
Optimize Hydrogen Electrolyzer Efficiency with High-Performance Fluid Systems Hydrogen continues to gain traction as a low-carbon energy source with major potential. Here’s one point of evidence: The European Commission aims to produce 10 million tons and import 10 million tons of renewable hydrog...
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How to Avoid Fluid System Leaks
Why System Performance Depends on Proper Tube Preparation Quality tubing and highly engineered fittings form some of the most critical connections in any refinery. A number of variables must be considered when ensuring each of these connections is optimal—material type, tube size, wall thickness, ...
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7 Tips for Industrial Fluid System Handling
7 Tips for Building Safer Industrial Fluid Systems Ken Backus, Field Engineer, N. America In an industrial plant or refinery, potential safety risks lurk around every corner. As a plant manager, one of your primary responsibilities is to reduce those risks to not only ensure safety, but also maint...
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How Fluid System Fabrication Can Alleviate Resource Constraints
How Fluid System Fabrication Can Alleviate Resource Constraints Fluid system operators today are tasked with generating as much value from their systems as possible. At numerous points throughout a fluid system, some common inefficiencies can make this challenging. In today’s industrial environmen...
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Orbital Welding Training: Tools for the Emerging Welding Workforce
Orbital Welding Training: Tools for the Emerging Welding Workforce Finding skilled welders is becoming difficult and will only become more difficult in the near future. According to the American Welding Society (AWS) , more than half of the existing welder workforce is nearing retirement; the avera...