Take the “Fault” Out of Asphalt Pumping
Anthropologists have determined that the tarlike petroleum byproduct known as bitumen, defined as “a black, viscous mixture of hydrocarbons,” was first used...
Removing Struvite from Wastewater Systems
Named after Henrich Christian Gottfried Von Struve, who discovered the magnesium ammonium phosphate crystals in medieval sewer systems in Hamburg in 1845, struvite is...
Expanding the Benefits of Reverse Osmosis
The nexus between water use and energy consumption has never been more critical to both our sustainability and our economy. In myriad ways around...
Proactive Motor Testing Protects Ethanol Plant
Ethanol has been a clean-burning fuel used in the United States since the 1850s. Ford’s Model T automobile was designed to run on ethanol,...
Bringing the “Baker Test” Up to Date
One of the largest independent engineering service providers in South East England, Mid Kent Electrical Engineering Group, has performed electric motor rewinds and overhauls...
Challenges with Shaft Alignment in Chemical-Transfer Applications
While many chemical fluid-transfer operations may take place in harsh environmental conditions, the pumps and systems used to facilitate product transfer are in actuality...
Laser Cladding as a Technical Improvement Over Traditional Spray and Fuse Nickel Chrome Boron...
Sand, sludge, corrosives, abrasives, and myriad other challenging fluid components tear into the working surfaces of pumps hour after hour, gradually or catastrophically deteriorating...
Innovative Solutions to Drinking Water Decontamination in Small and Medium Treatment Plants: Part 1of...
Though drinking water tends to be relatively clean compared with water that is being considered for other uses, it sometimes can contain contaminants. Air...
Ultrasonic vs. Differential Pressure Flowmeters for High Pressure Steam Service: Part 2 of...
As we discussed in part 1 of this series, the measurement of steam flow during dramatic power boiler load changes is challenge that will...
Seven Rules for Using Vespel® CR-6100
For the past two decades, pump users have had remarkable success upgrading critically important process pumps with Vespel®, a composite material made...