Vacuum tower revamps and internal upgrades can improve the yield and product quality of vacuum distillation units (VDU), a must in today's competitive markets. These modifications, though, require a considerable influx of capital. Improvements in cross sectional tower …
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Building a new plant? Plan on retooling your instrumentation, too.
Robert Torgerson | Know-howNew technology is enabling a contemporary industrial revolution. Producers of everything from beverages to rocket fuel are clamoring to be the fastest, most efficient, and best in their class. Technological breakthroughs are making it happen. Regardless of what …
Instrumentation Matters When Reopening a Mothballed Plant
Robert Torgerson | ApplicationsReopening a mothballed plant offers a cost-effective alternative to new construction, but only if the overall structure is in good condition and major equipment is in good working order. It makes economic sense particularly if the plant's original design was flexible …
Knowledge Management Cuts Costs and Boosts Safety
Robert Torgerson | Know-howKnowledge management has emerged as one of the most important tenets of 21 st -century business management. Modern information technology has revolutionized our ability to transmit knowledge, and businesses have discovered they can dramatically improve business …
Overlooked Instrumentation Can Lead to Safety Incidents
Robert Torgerson | Know-howThe devil truly is in the details. Level indicators and temperature measurement devices are classic examples of the kind of small—but important—instrumentation that people in the oil and gas industry must be ever vigilant about. Instruments must provide …





