HAZOP News
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Rotork CK actuators ordered for major effluent treatment upgrade in Turkey
Nearly 100 actuators will control the flow on the Ergene Basin Deep Marine Discharge Project, which will be one of the longest sea discharge lines in Europe, starting in the city of Tekirdag and serving the Turkish capital Istanbul. The project involves the construction of a 4,500 metre long discharge line 50 metres below sea level. This will be achieved using a steel pipe with a 2,200 mm ...
By Rotork plc
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TECH NEWS: Partnership to deliver blast automation
Orica and Epiroc Rock Drills will jointly develop an explosives delivery system using automation, enabling safer and more productive blasting operations in underground mines. As mines go deeper and ore bodies become more remote, the case for blasting automation becomes clearer. The partnership will bring together the deep expertise and experience of two global industry leaders to address the ...
By VUKA Group
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Why water powered aerators are the future?
Main reasons for this unfortunate phenomenon is the lack of reliability of traditional aerators as it is commonly manufactured from poor materials when maintenance usually is followed incorrectly, if it is followed at all. Over the course of the past 2 years, we have found several major issues with the most common product on the market – the paddlewheel aerator. It is not safe to operate ...
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The HAZWOPER Training
Certain industries are more at risk for being exposed to harmful substances than others. Employees who are regularly exposed or have the potential to be exposed to hazardous substances and wastes will benefit greatly from completing the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard or HAZWOPER training. Particularly, this includes those who are engaged in operations involving ...
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Haz-Matters Emergency Management
When you require training for dealing with hazardous material environments, look no further than HAZ-MATTERS, HAZWOPER training, Canada's leader in specialized Hazardous Materials Operations and Hazardous Chemical handling and training. We innovate... Over the past few months, I've received a number of requests for assistance in helping clients identify various mixtures and outdated/unlabelled ...
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Cerex Introduces the New AirSentry FTIR Open Path Analyzer
Cerex Monitoring Solutions is pleased to announce the release of the third generation model AirSentry FTIR multi-gas open path FTIR analyzer. The decision was made to fully redesign the analyzer to take full advantage of advances in hardware and software technology. The third generation design represents a full reconfiguration of the instrument. Goals were to reduce initial and operating costs ...
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Rotork Schischek simplifies petrochemical sampling and analysis
Rotork Schischek compact explosionproof valve actuators have been selected as the reliable solution for a critical petrochemical analysis process. Ecopetrol is the largest petroleum company in Colombia, engaged in oil and gas exploration, production and refining. The company uses Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR) to perform quantitative sampling separation of hydrocarbons. The process separates ...
By Rotork plc
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EPA Honors 17 Environmental Job Training Program Graduates in Columbus, Miss.
During a ceremony today at the Genesis Dream Center in Columbus, Miss., representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized 17 graduates from the Superfund Job Training Initiative (SuperJTI). EPA provided the two-week environmental job training program in conjunction with the ongoing cleanup at the Kerr McGee Chemical Superfund Site. The SuperJTI program was offered to ...
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EPA to Provide Nearly $200,000 for Environmental Job Training in Puerto Rico
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced that the EPA has selected a leading nonprofit organization, PathStone Corporation, to receive $192,300 to provide green job training in Puerto Rico. PathStone provides services to low-income families and economically distressed communities throughout Puerto Rico, as well as in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, ...
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EPA Joins Philly Nonprofit in Recognizing Graduates of Environmental Jobs Training Program
EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin today recognized the Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA) and graduates of ECA’s jobs training program for successfully completing training for possible careers in environmental cleanup work. The jobs training was made possible through a nearly $200,000 EPA Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grant to ECA. ECA graduated its inaugural ...
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Abanaki Releases New Coolant Maintenance Catalog
Abanaki Corporation, the world leader in oil skimming technologies, announces the release of its new Coolant Maintenance Catalog. This newly constructed guidebook is a complete source to Abanaki's extensive coolant maintenance line, with up to date product information, model numbers, and drawings. With its in-depth expert commentary, it is an invaluable resource guide for those dealing with ...
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Public Health Report Stresses Worker Protection As Key Component of Homeland Security
The federal government must help train emergency personnel and provide updated safety guidelines so the workers are better protected against hazards such as they faced at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, according to a public health workshop report released today by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a component of the federal National Institutes of Health. The ...
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U.S. EPA to hold information sessions for free environmental job training program in Rialto, Calif.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is offering job readiness training to local residents for environmental jobs that will aid in the cleanup of the Rockets, Fireworks and Flares Superfund site in Rialto, California. As part of the free job training program, participants will be trained in pre-employment skills, hazardous waste operations and emergency response and CPR/First Aid. The agency ...
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EPA Provides $600,000 in Brownfields Cleanup Funding In New York City
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing $400,000 to the City of New York to assess abandoned and contaminated properties in neighborhoods, including areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and is providing a $200,000 job training grant to St. Nicks Alliance in Brooklyn. The funding was awarded through the EPA’s Brownfields Program, which helps communities assess, clean up and reuse ...
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Report: Nuke dump fire preventable
The truck that caught fire a half mile underground at a southeastern New Mexico nuclear waste dump was 29 years old, improperly maintained and operating without an automatic fire-suppression system, according to a report to be released Friday. The report also will detail deficiencies in emergency training and responses at the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) near Carlsbad. "It was ...
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NEUE HERBOLD - Two Shaft Shredder for size reduction of pipes
Size reduction machines - NEUE HERBOLD – PIPESHREDDER Type HZR 1300/2 NEUE HERBOLD Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, Sinsheim-Reihen, Germany presents its portfolio in the field of size reduction of plastic scrap. Besides their large range of granulators as well as their machinery range for the entire process chain of plastics recycling ( size reduction-, washing-, separation- and drying ...
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Pulsar's Sludge Finder 2 Helps Severn Trent to Generate Extra Electricity
Pulsar Process Measurement have supplied eight Sludge Finder 2 sludge interface monitors to Severn Trent's Stoke Bardolph site as part of a process improvement project that has allowed the company to significantly increase electricity generation on site and return energy to the National Grid In common with many large sewage treatment works, Stoke Bardolph uses the gas produced in the digesters ...
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EPA Requires Hudson, NH Manufacturing Company to Pay a Fine and Make Hazardous Waste Operations Safer for Community
A manufacturer of printing equipment in Hudson, NH has agreed to pay a penalty of $116,000 to resolve claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that it violated hazardous waste laws. In an agreement signed recently with EPA’s New England office, Presstek, Inc. (Presstek) agreed to pay the penalty and to comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Last September, ...
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Purafil ESD prevents Accidental chlorine releases at Detroit Water Treatment Plant
Springwells Water Treatment Plant is a 540 million gallon per day (mgd) surface water treatment plant located in a mixed residential and light industrial area on the west side of Detroit. The largest freshwater treatment plant in Michigan, Springwells draws water from the Detroit River, disinfects it with chlorine, coagulates it with alum, and filters it through high-rate dual-media rapid sand ...
By Dimtech S.A
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Auburn Systems Illustrates the Advantage of DC/AC Technology for Detecting Baghouse Emissions
Auburn Systems' schematic illustrates the new, unified DC/AC platform which represents the latest major technology for particulate monitoring and detecting baghouse emissions where industrial pollutants are problematic. Particulate monitoring is a critical factor for manufacturing plants where industrial pollutants are problematic. Many dusts are hazardous or combustible, and those operations ...
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