Chemical Processing - August 2007 - (Page 5) AUGUST 2007 • VolUme 70, ISSUe 8 Help your operators 27 Get your proper bearings Solids and Fluids Handling D on’t head off in the wrong direction when replacing motors. The type of service and the orientation of the motor determine which bearings it should have. Using the wrong bearings can lead to significant problems. Automating procedures within control systems can serve to make your operators more effective and more consistent. With studies showing more than 40% of all plant incidents stemming from some form of human error, it makes sense to give automation a larger role in day-to-day operations. 32 Diagnostics dig deeper Instrumentation and Control T oday’s plants come ready equipped with their own team of doctors in the shape of the many diagnostic and monitoring systems incorporated into instrumentation as well as other process equipment. And, like any good doctor, today’s plant diagnostics can look beyond the symptoms of poorly performing instruments and provide insights into the health of the process itself. ColUmnS 7 DePArTmenTS 13 In Process • ew catalyst promises N better way to biodiesel • oute recovers monomer R from nylon From the editor A droitly address equipment problems. 36 Chill out about cooling costs Making it Work P lastic towers can offer economic and operational advantages, and now come in modular designs suitable for bigger loads. Converting to a plastic cooling tower can yield substantial savings. 9 ChemicalProcessing.com Pump up your process knowledge. 11 Field notes Know when to call for help. 39 Process Puzzler R emove operating problems not just an impurity. 17 energy Saver S urvey reveals cost saving strategies. How’s our content? T ell us what you like or what you would like to see but didn’t in this issue of Chemical Processing. Use this link www.surveymonkey.com/ s.asp?u=1108330896 to provide your feedback. 44 equipment & Services 45 Ad Index 46 Classifieds 46 Product Spotlight 19 Compliance Advisor Candidate contaminants get reprieve. 41 Plant InSites D on’t look at precondensers in a vacuum. 50 end Point Auctions bid for know-how sales. Chemical Processing (ISSN 0009-2630) is published monthly by Putman Media Inc., West Pierce Road, Suite 301, Itasca, IL 60143. Phone (630) 467-1300. Fax (630) 467-1109. Periodicals postage paid at Itasca, IL, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Chemical Processing, P.O. Box 3434, Northbrook, IL 6006-3434. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Qualified reader subscriptions are accepted from operating management in the chemical processing industries at no charge. To apply for a qualified subscription, fill in the subscription card. To nonqualified subscribers in the United States, subscriptions are $68 per year. Single copies are $14. Canadian and foreign annual subscriptions are accepted at $11 surface per year. Single copies are $16. Canada Post International Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement No. 40028661. Canadian Mail Distributor information: Frontier/BWI, PO Box 101, Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, L2A N8. Copyright 2007 Putman Media Inc. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the consent of the copyright owner. REPRINTS: Reprints are available on a custom basis. For price quotation, contact Foster Reprints, (866) 879-9144, www.fostereprints.com Putman Media also publishes Control, Control Design, Food Processing, Industrial Networking, The Journal, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Plant Services, Wellness Foods. Chemical Processing assumes no responsibility for validity of claims in items reported. www.chemicalprocessing.com August 2007 • http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=110833089655 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=110833089655 http://www.fostereprints.com http://www.chemicalprocessing.com
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