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Leveraging Emergency Preparedness to Align with Business Continuity Planning

May 9, 2013

Utilities need to ensure that critical systems and processes can be restored in a timely manner during a crisis, with reduced negative operational and financial impacts. The marcus evans Business Continuity & Organizational Resilience for Utilities Conference will address major topics such as preparing for major storms and natural disasters, ...

ZE: 908 Acoustic Interface – The simple way to integrate noise measurements in industrial settings

May 9, 2013

Cirrus Environmental, a leading specialist in the design and manufacture of environmental noise monitoring solutions provide a specially designed acoustic interface, ZE: 908, which allows users to add a noise measurement capability to an existing process control system. The ZE: 908 is a small, lightweight power supply and acoustic conditioning ...

Overview of mercury control in coal-fired power plants

May 8, 2013

During combustion, the mercury (Hg) in coal is volatilized and converted to elemental mercury (Hg0) vapor in the high temperature regions of coal-fired boilers. As the flue gas is cooled, a series of complex reactions begin to convert Hg0 to ionic mercury (Hg2+) compounds and/or Hg compounds (Hgp) that are in a solid-phase at flue gas cleaning ...

New research may solve the problem of plastic wastes

May 8, 2013

Plastic - it is an indispensable part of our everyday lives and an almost indestructible part of the garbage that daily ends up in our landfills, incinerators, junk yards, in our rivers or oceans, or in the bellies of fish or animals that form part of our food chain. Every year, over 2,000,000 tonnes of plastic are produced globally. That is ...

11 Things to assess before buying an Industrial Trash Compactor

May 6, 2013

For business owners to have an efficient and cost effective business, it is necessary to have a proper trash management system in place. Industrial trash compactors make the waste management process trouble-free and environment friendly. Compactors significantly shrink the size of the waste, which in turn helps reduce pressure on dumpsters, ...

How to Win the Race for Everyone: Waste Management Solutions for Business

May 2, 2013

Industry will always lead the way in the adaptation of new technology, and especially the technology of conservation.  This is not necessarily for any ideological reason, but because the people who manage water use better understand the economic incentives for adopting new technology.  Current technology of wastewater treatment is a ...

Proposal for a “harmonized” strategy for the assessment of the HP 14 property

May 1, 2013

In Europe, the decision whether waste is hazardous or not is based on 15 properties, among them the HP 14 property (“ecotoxic”: waste which presents or may present immediate or delayed risks for one or more sectors of the environment). This document describes a strategy for assessing the HP 14 property, based on a combination of two ...

PureAire Combines Oxygen and CO2 Sensors to provide a Dual Gas Monitor to the Marketplace

Apr. 30, 2013

As a recognized leader in O2 safety monitoring, PureAire recently explored the need for an O2 monitor where carbon dioxide is used. There are four key cryogenic gases; nitrogen, helium, argon, and carbon dioxide (CO2), which can create an oxygen deficient atmosphere. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) covering cryogenic gases cite that a cryogenic ...

Automatic calibration saves big

Apr. 30, 2013

Automatic gas sensor calibration technology was developed by Rel-Tek and proven over a decade of industrial applications involving large alternative fuel, transit bus garages.  CNG, LNG, LPG and hydrogen fuels present the possibility of explosive gas buildup indoors, so sustaining the accuracy of the installed gas monitoring system is a ...

Managing Legionella in Facilities

Apr. 26, 2013

The Energy Institute (EI)’s Occupational Health and Hygiene Committee (OHHC) is soon to publish an updated, second edition of its technical guidance on Legionella risk management and control, and new technical guidance on the control of Legionella in cooling towers. Legionellosis, also known as ‘Legionnaires’ disease’ ...


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