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As pointed out in prior columns, the second leading cause of pump breakdowns is bearing failures. This is due in part because fewer than 10 to 30 percent of all ball bearings run long enough to ...

No single flowmeter technology can accurately measure all types of media or meet all application needs. So, how do you decide where to use each one and why? Find out more. It’s time to get to grips ...

Granular activated carbon (GAC) is a hybrid mixture of a wide variety of graphite platelets that are interconnected by nongraphitic carbon bonding. The adsorptive capacity of GAC makes it ideal for ...

Many industrial facilities have extensive feedwater, steam, and condensate return systems whose primary material of construction is carbon steel (see Fig. 1). The focus here is on the condensate ...

Because mechanical shaft seal failures are the number one cause of pump downtime, the writer decided to dedicate this column to mechanical seal basics. Years ago, most pump shafts were sealed using ...

Combustion processes produce a variety of undesirable products depending on the type of fuel used. Because combustion is an oxidation process, flue gases contain carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ...

There are no primary or secondary regulations for general silicates in drinking water, although there is a maximum contaminant level of seven million fibers longer than 10 microns for asbestos. Dr.

When operating in exceptionally challenging conditions or handling difficult materials such as sewage and wastewater sludges, even the best designed heat exchangers will be susceptible to fouling. The ...

Many industrial processing plants use seawater for a wide range of applications, including cooling purposes. A chlorination package (or a sodium hypochlorite package) should function to inhibit algae ...

During much of the last century, many central power stations came on-line to satisfy the rapidly growing need for electricity in the post-WWII United States. Large power stations were a wonder of ...

Under a September 2016 provision of the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) passed in 2011, nearly every U.S. facility that processes food or beverages is required to have a written hazard ...