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07.28.10 -- Top 10 Things To Consider When Buying A Storage Tank

July 28, 2010

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Top 10 Things To Consider When Buying A Storage Tank
By Mark Eklund, P.E., Product Manager, Columbian TecTank
Storage tanks are as unique as the materials they are meant to store. Whether you plan to store potable water, wastewater, chemicals, or other liquids, it is important to remember that each tank and each material is unique and has its own specific requirements.


Increase The Flexibility Of Your Claus Unit
By Gary J. Nagl, Vice President, Merichem
With the introduction of sophisticated ratio control, O2 enrichment, improved burner design, etc., great strides have been made in the ability of Claus units to adjust to rapidly changing feed conditions, which are experienced in both petroleum refineries and natural gas processing facilities.


Economics Of Feeding: Total Cost Approach To ROI
By K-Tron Process Group
Feeding systems perform the important function of dosing ingredients into a food, plastics, pharmaceutical, or other product in exactly the correct proportion — an extremely critical function for one small piece of the manufacturing line. An efficient and accurate feeding system, whether gravimetric or volumetric, can pay for itself quickly by producing material cost savings and keeping the process line up and running reliably.

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Brochure: Protection For Chemical/Petrochemical Facilities
Sauereisen's roots run deep in the field of corrosion. We bring a century of experience in developing, manufacturing, and marketing corrosion protection and specialty materials. Our tradition of innovation, dating back to 1899, continues today.

Brochure: Aquatech International
Aquatech International Corporation, a leading supplier of industrial water and wastewater treatment systems and services located in Canonsburg, PA, has provided technology leadership and performance excellence to the industry since 1981.

White Paper: EQMS Coexistence In An Enterprise Environment
Quality and IT executives alike face increasing pressure to implement solutions that allow the highest level of holistic control and oversight on the quality of their operations. This pressure is further compounded by the current economic climate, in which companies face constant demand to drive cost out of operations by eliminating redundant technology and supporting infrastructure.

Brochure: Bulk Material Handling Products
Schenck Process MoveMaster Belt Conveyors are used throughout the world for various industries to convey bulk materials. They are capable of carrying a variety of products in large and small capacities at required speeds for the application. Commonly handled materials include coal, stone, chemicals, and grain.

Datasheet: Three-Piece Mixer
C.W. Brabender customers frequently need to conduct a variety of mixing tests on different types of materials. Therefore, we offer a product line of mixer/measuring heads that are commonly used for general mixing studies of flowable materials.

Application Note: Ross Versamix Makes Consistently High-Quality Carbopol Solutions For Cosmetic Applications
Carbopol resins are a family of water-soluble acrylic acid polymers and are available in dry, white powder form. Carbopol is used in many cosmetics applications to thicken — producing a wide range of viscosities, to suspend insoluble ingredients, and to stabilize emulsions.

Brochure: Modular Circular Polarimeter — MCP 200
The MCP 200 series of polarimeters provides accurate measurements of the optical rotation of liquids at an economic price. It utilizes the latest technology to ensure high measuring accuracy with great ease-of-use.

Application Note: Oil Quench In The Ethylene Process
Worldwide demand for ethylene is approximately 100 billion pounds per year and growing. In the production process, it is downstream of the pyrolysis furnace where the need for nozzles occurs. It is necessary to cool the process stream in order for the chemical reactions to take place correctly.
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Industry News

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New Brochure Describes Torbar Self-Averaging Pitot Tubes From ABB
CMAI Outlines Bayer Materialscience's Strategic Chemical Business Position
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Video: Taskmaster Titan Unique Design High-Flow Channel Grinder
Video: Taskmaster Titan Unique Design High-Flow Channel Grinder
The Taskmaster Titan is a channel grinder that features an engineering breakthrough. This unit's design features one cutter stack that intermeshes with a second one that has a much larger cutter diameter.

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On Demand Webinar: Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis: A Powerful Methodology For Streamlining The Study Of Complex Organic Reactions
On Demand Webinar: Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis: A Powerful Methodology For Streamlining The Study Of Complex Organic Reactions
Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis (RPKA) streamlines kinetic studies by exploiting the extensive data available from accurate in situ monitoring of global reaction progress under "synthetically relevant" conditions, where the concentrations of two or more reactants are changing simultaneously — in fact, in the same manner that they are expected to change during practical synthesis.

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