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HP Automation Safety: New safety standard impacts the HPI

exida LLC: Goble, W.

The final parts have passed! IEC 61508 is an international standard, titled: "Functional safety of electrical / electronic / programmable electronic safety-related systems." This new st..

A look at the new ISO 9000:2000

Eagle Group USA, Inc.: Kitka, J.  |  Pearch, C.

Here are answers to questions such as: What’s the difference between the old and revised standard? Will it be more difficult to implement? Will it change the way a business is run?

Use safety transmitters to reduce costs and improve reliability

Here’s how transmitters designed for critical use can save thousands of dollars and still provide a high level of plant safety and fewer false trips

Loose change

Cris Whetton, Contributing Editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com ..

Understand dry gas seals

Qatar Petroleum: Godse, A.

Use these guidelines for a successful installation

HP Insight: Petrochemical cycles – either you 'love it or hate it'

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

Commodity petrochemicals are a "love/ hate" business. When margins and profits are high, HPI operating companies are blissful and eagerly embark on spending sprees. They plan and build new capacity to..

HPIn SHE: The mysterious underworld

ility Engineering: Whetton, Chris

In Britain's north Yorkshire, there is a curious well in which the water regularly – and mysteriously – rises and falls. Not surprisingly, it is known as the Ebbing and Flowing Well. While n..

Improve liquid/gas coalescer performance

Pall Corp.: Wines, T. H.

Using surface treatment for coalescer media, separator drainage capabilities can be significantly increased

HP Insight: A new era for the HPI

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Romanow, Stephany

Will the new millennium push the HPI into a new era? For many years, we have discussed how the HPI would become a global industry. Interestingly enough, it has evolved into a globalized industry. So, ..

HPIn SHE: DIS-UNITED STATES

ility Engineering: Whetton, Chris

At the beginning of December, I flew over to England. I was running a week's course in reliability and maintainability as part of a MSc degree in process safety. On the way over, I had an interesting ..