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Compressed Air System Retrofit Increases Productivity at a Petroleum Packaging Facility

A compressed air system improvement project was implemented at the Mobil lubrication plant in Vernon, California. The compressed air system was modified because the plant was retooled into a distribution facility that uses comparatively less energy. The impending need to replace the aging compressors, coupled with the change in the...

Tags: Engineering, Plant, Telecom & Utilities, Petroleum, U.S. Department Of Energy

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FMC Chemicals: Burner Management System Upgrade Improves Performance and Saves Energy at a Chemical Plant

FMC Chemicals Corporation is one of the world's foremost, diversified chemical companies with leading positions in agricultural, industrial and consumer markets. In December 2001, the Green River Plant's personnel underwent some DOE-sponsored training on steam system efficiency and methodologies for evaluating industrial steam systems. By replacing the poorly functioning Burner...

Tags: Chemicals, U.S. Department Of Energy, Performance, Engineering, Telecom & Utilities

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Improved Steam Trap Maintenance Increases System Performance and Decreases Operating Costs

Velsicol Chemical Corporation is a mid-size specialty chemical company. Environmental responsibility and competitive operating performance are important goals of Velsicol Chemical Corporation. The steam system energy efficiency was somewhat low due to steam trap failures that created system performance problems and resulted in the loss of condensate. The results of...

Tags: U.S. Department Of Energy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Performance, Engineering

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Reducing Steam Header Pressure Provides Attractive Operating Cost Savings

Nalco Chemical Company is a large producer of specialty chemicals for water and industrial process treatment systems. For many plants, lowering the nominal system pressure is achieved by reducing the boiler output, which reduces fuel consumption. By evaluating its steam system and end-use equipment, Nalco realized that a lower header...

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SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. Awarded Phase II Research Contract

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SCIA) , a manufacturer of ceramics and metals for advanced applications such as photonics, solar, thin film batteries, and semiconductors for select growth markets in the physical vapor deposition industry, today announced that it has been...

Articles 2008-08-18

Larsen & Toubro and NPCIL Joint Venture to Set Up $750 Million Nuclear Integrated Melting and Forging Facility, an Industrial Info News Alert

Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas) -- Indian engineering major Larsen & Toubro(BOM: 500510) (L&T) Mumbai and the Nuclear Power Corporation of IndiaLimited NPCIL Mumbai are likely to establish a $750 million jointventure to manufacture forgings for nuclear power plants. This month, NPCILreceived an in-principal approval from Prime Minister...

Articles 2008-07-30

Universal Display Corporation Awarded $1.9 Million U.S. Department of Energy Contract to Accelerate Development of White OLED Lighting Products

Universal Display will team with Armstrong World Industries to combine its energy-efficient UniversalPHOLED[TM] and other OLED technologies with Armstrong's product design and engineering expertise into an integrated ceiling lighting system EWING, N.J. -- Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ:PANL), a key innovator behind today and tomorrow's displays and lighting through...

Articles 2008-07-23

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Beneath white tents and paper fans on July 9, Project Chair Claudette Reichel welcomed visitors to a preview of the Louisiana House - Home & Landscape Resource Center. The ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception heralded the completion of the project, which began in response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Partnering...

Articles 2008-07-15

U.S. Department of Defense Selects IBM Supercomputer to Help Prevent Disasters at Sea

The Naval Oceanographic OfficeNAVO Major Shared Resource Center MSRC will house a powerful new IBM(NYSE: IBM) supercomputer that will be used principally to support theoceanographic modeling and analysis needs of researchers at the Departmentof Defense. The supercomputer, a Power 575 Hydro-Cluster, has a peak speed of 90teraflops (90...

Articles 2008-07-10

CH2M HILL Chosen to Help Reduce Clean-Up, Protect Public Health and Safety After Disasters in Seattle Area

The Seattle Urban Area Security InitiativeUASI region has selected CH2M HILL's Preparedness Solutions Group todevelop Phase II of a debris management area-wide program. CH2M HILL'sPreparedness Solutions Group, which is a part of the company's EnterpriseManagement Solutions EMS business unit, provides services to help privateand public sector companies with...

Articles 2008-07-10

New Palm-Sized Server from Plat'Home Provides Low Energy, Low-Cost, Simple Way to Monitor Hundreds of Network Devices

Industrial-Strength KANSHI BlockS Pro Monitoring Server Uses No Moving Parts While Monitoring Real-Time Sports Video Streams SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Plat'Home(TOKYO:6836)(ISIN:JP3833000007), Japan's Linux technology pioneer, today announced the general availability of its KANSHI BlockS[TM] Pro solution in the United States. A palm-sized "micro server" built...

Articles 2008-07-09

Thorium Power Adds Nuclear Technology Experts

Thorium Power Ltd. (OTCBB: THPW), the leadingdeveloper of non-proliferative nuclear fuel technology and a key providerof comprehensive advisory services, today announced the appointment of twonuclear industry stalwarts. Robert Ihde will serve as Thorium Power'sSenior Vice President for Nuclear Technology, while Dr. Claudio Filipponewill serve in the capacity of...

Articles 2008-07-09

TransCanada: Kibby Wind Power Project Receives LURC Approval

TransCanada Corporation (TSX: TRP) (NYSE: TRP) TransCanada today announced that the Kibby Wind Power Project has received unanimous final development plan approval from Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission LURC. Construction plans are now underway for the 132 Megawatt MW wind project located in Kibby and Skinner Townships in...

Articles 2008-07-09

Industries Honored for Being "Good Corporate Citizens"

Certificates of Recognition were sent to 459companies by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County for being "goodcorporate citizens" for the year 2007. These companies were consistent intheir compliance with all their industrial wastewater dischargerequirements in 2007. They met their limits for wastewater discharge, theywere free...

Articles 2008-07-09

Thorium Power Adds Nuclear Technology Experts

Company Expands Scope of Research and Development MCLEAN, Va. -- Thorium Power Ltd. (OTCBB: THPW), the leading developer of non-proliferative nuclear fuel technology and a key provider of comprehensive advisory services, today announced the appointment of two nuclear industry stalwarts. Robert Ihde will serve as...

Articles 2008-07-09

ExxonMobil and Hispanic Heritage Foundation Names National Winner of Hispanic Heritage Youth Award in Engineering and Mathematics

Awards National Recipient with Educational Grant KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- ExxonMobil and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation named Cynthia Reyna, a graduating student of Charles H. Milby High School in Houston, TX, as the national winner of the 2008 Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards in Engineering and...

Articles 2008-07-09

U.S. Congressman Ron Klein Introduces Cyclone at Energy Independence Press Conference

Cyclone Power Technologies' (PINKSHEETS: CYPW)CEO Harry Schoell spoke Thursday at a press conference called by Rep.Ron Klein (D-FL) to announce the U.S. Congressman's bold initiative towardsAmerican Energy Independence. Rep. Klein presented a five-point plan to "bring-down gas prices in theshort term and break our national addiction to oil in...

Articles 2008-07-08

PureSpectrum, Inc. Conducting Performance Testing at the Request of Lighting Manufacturers

PureSpectrum, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PSPM) hascommissioned extensive performance at the request of lighting manufacturersas the lighting technology continues to make progress toward thefinalization of a licensing agreement for its innovative ballasttechnologies for fluorescent lighting. PureSpectrum owns several patents and patents pending related to electronicballast and dimming technology for both...

Articles 2008-07-08

Port of Corpus Christi Upgrades Surveillance Capabilities and Security With Expanded Siveillance SiteIQ Video Analytics Platform From Siemens

Largest SiteIQ deployment in U.S. will help secure critical port facility operations BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- To accommodate a major expansion of the video surveillance system now protecting port operations, officials with the Port of Corpus Christi Texas have selected Siemens...

Articles 2008-07-07

SAIC Successfully Tests Advanced Modular Gun Demonstrator for Navy Project

SAN DIEGO and McLEAN, Va., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation today announced that it has successfully tested the Advanced Modular Gun Demonstrator AMGD at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centers' Wallops Flight Facility, located in Wallops Island, Va. The AMGD is...

Articles 2008-07-07