Environment & Safety
Consider water reuse options for your facility
This major company identified cost-effective and practical water minimization and regeneration opportunities for a petrochemical facility
Update your industrial water treatment operations
Improved membrane filtration designs and equipment are revolutionizing utility systems
Reduce cooling water consumption
New closed-loop cooling method improves process cooling tower operations
Optimize wastewater reuse options in your plant
Ultrafiltration pretreatment before reverse osmosis systems can provide economical solutions in water conservation programs
Determining the proper hazardous area classification
Here's a common-sense approach using a basic four-part process
What you should know about liquid thermal expansion
Decision flowchart aids in correct thermal relief valve requirements
Inspecting inaccessible piping
Long-range ultrasonic testing is a useful technique
Aged interconnecting piping integrity management
The approach is based on an innovative matrix
Determining system depressurizing requirements
Use these guidelines to prevent loss of containment during emergency situations
Considerations for safe and effective design of feedwater heaters
Accounting for dry wall safety margins will impact estimates for condensing area and desuperheating area within the heater

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