NO-analyzer Articles
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mini LoP improved performance - Case Study
Meeting very stringent total phosphorous requirements is a challenge for a treatment plant that is receiving wastewater from a dairy process. With a total phosphorous limit less than 100 ppb, a reliable, precise, highly accurate ortho-phosphorous measurement is required to monitor and control the tertiary phosphorous removal process. Small town plants in the upper Midwest commonly encounter this ...
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Lower costs, fewer delays - a highway expansion project applies XRF technology to obtain cost-effective remediation.
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry is a non-destructive, analytical method used primarily to detect the metal composition in soil/solids samples. Portable XRF instruments can provide rapid, accurate analysis of heavy metal levels in soil on new construction or redevelopment sites. In response to the growing need for field analysis of metals, many of these units have been adapted for use in the ...
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Request from the Laboratory in an Oil Refinery to Testing and Analyzing Equipment Manufacturers
Oil refineries are always required, as social duties, to strictly ensure "safety" and appropriately manage "environment, health and quality" and "stable supply" and, as economic duties, to seek and manage "productivity." The mission of the laboratory of the oil refinery is to support good management, and it is essential for the laboratory to select and manage appropriate testing and analyzing ...
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Doing it with data - Case Study
In 1994, the Bonnybrook Wastewater Treatment Plant in Calgary, Alta., completed the first phase of an upgrade to biological nutrient removal (BNR) after several years of testing. Bonnybrook was not the first treatment plant to upgrade bioreactors for nutrient removal: Other communities had struggled with the technology. Bonnybrook operators determined that real-time information on final effluent ...
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Comply with Highly Regulated Oil in Water Measurements Using Portable Infrared Analyzers
The Petroleum Industry – both offshore and onshore -- has regulations that limit the amount of oil in discharged water. Fixed filter infrared (IR) analyzers have been used to test oil levels in produced water on drilling platforms for over 45 years for a number of reasons. On oil rigs where real estate is at a premium, infrared analyzers such as the Wilks InfraCal TOG/TPH Analyzers are ...
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Portable IR Analyzers Provide Petroleum & Wastewater Industries with Accurate Oil Content Measurements
Fixed filter infrared (IR) analyzers have been used to test oil levels in produced water on off-shore and on-shore drilling platforms for well over 45 years. U.S. EPA methods 418.1 and 413.2 were used extensively on a worldwide basis until the Montreal Protocol called for Freon (the solvent used in the analysis) to be phased out. Infrared analysis using tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) is ...
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Exceeding expectations: Safer and better – for all!
In order to reduce emissions to a minimum and increase the employee’s safety at the facilities, Elkem cooperate with NEO Monitors.At Elkem’s plant in Salten, Norway, silicon is produced from quartz in a high temperature process using coal and coke as reducing agents. The silicon is typically used in key components in technical and electronic products, chemical industry, medical ...
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Using On-site Oil Analysis to keep the Engines Running at the Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally 2021 finishes up in Saudi Arabia, and the event is known for how tough it is on race vehicles and support teams. We learned a lot about how the Minilab 123 EL solution is used by Motul for on-site oil analysis, with the SpectrOil oil analyzer, in their mobile lab during the 2018 Dakar rally. See Motul’s 2018 article below to learn how testing the oil of an engine is like ...
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Comparing TGA, FTIR and fixed filter infrared analyzers for measuring soot levels in in-service lubricants
Measuring soot in diesel engine oil has become more important as soot levels get higher due to exhaust gas recirculation. As soot isone of the key indicators for the condition of the oil, diesel engine maintenance programs performing regular soot checks can realize cost savings by extending drain periods and reducing used oil disposal. TGA (Thermal Gravimetric Analysis) is the traditional method ...
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US EPA Method OLM04.2 SVOA (CLP Semivolatiles) by GC-MS on the Supelco SLB™-5ms
Application Report 478 US EPA Method OLM04.2 SVOA (CLP Semivolatiles) by GC-MS on the Supelco SLB™-5ms The Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) is a nationwide network consisting of testing laboratories, contractors, and EPA employees. Its primary function is to provide analytical data in support of EPA’s Superfund program. To ensure the data is of consistent and documented quality, ...
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The Rebel Accelerates Process-Development Cycles and Maximizes Bioreactor Utilization
908 Devices launched its new bioprocess analyzer, the Rebel™, at last month’s Bioprocessing Summit in Boston. The benchtop analyzer allows biopharma researchers to accelerate process-development cycles and maximize their bioreactor utilization by running media analysis at-line, anytime. “We’re focused on building disruptive products that enable customers to make critical ...
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What the Wastewater Industry can learn from the Petroleum Industry when it comes to measuring oil in water
I recently read a comment in the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson that different divisions within a company do just what the name implies—divide a business. Integration across and communication between the departments was essential to smooth functioning product. I think the same is true in the analytical analysis/measurement world—there seems to be a divide in communication ...
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FTIR meets Fire Testing needs for toxic gas analysis - Case study
One of the most dangerous aspects of a fire is the toxic gases that can arise from the process of combustion. To save lives and develop safer materials for airplanes, trains, and buildings, it is vital to identify and measure the gases that are released when products and materials are burning. The BASF Fire Technology Laboratory in Ludwigshafen, Germany, conducts fire testing on materials to ...
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New ASTM Test Method Offers Quick and Easy Oil and Grease Measurement for Water and Soil Samples
Onsite Field Measurement of Oil and Grease A quick and easy field analysis method for determining oil and grease concentration levels is important for both offshore oil platforms and soil remediation sites.. Prior to the Montreal Protocol, infrared (IR) analysis using Freon as an extraction solvent was a widely used field and laboratory method. In 1999, the U.S. EPA promulgated Method 1664A to ...
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Water Quality Sensors
Background Water is the source of life, human life and production activities can not do without water. The quality of drinking water is closely related to human health. Water quality monitoring and control has become an important subject of modern science. The on-line water quality monitoring system can accurately, timely and comprehensively reflect the current water quality and development ...
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Cutters cut costs with oil analysis - Case Study
Oil analysis plays a critical role in the mission readiness of the United States Coast Guard’s fast response cutters and national security cutters by alerting engineers to problems that have the potential to damage vital equipment and help them efficiently deploy resources for critical maintenance activities. The traditional approach to oil analysis is to ship samples to a central ...
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Water quality monitoring in a watershed requires easy to use field meters that are accurate and reliable.
For watershed monitoring, samples are needed from multiple locations that are typically far from each other. As traveling to remote locations is itself very time consuming, the time spent on doing the water analysis, from sample collection to getting the results, becomes even more critical. In West Virginia, some of the types of water bodies in the watershed, like blackwater rivers, possess ...
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Portable IR Analyzer Provides ASTM Field Test Method for Measuring Soot Levels In Diesel Engine Lubricating Oils
The InfraCal Soot Meter, from Wilks Enterprise, gives users an approved ASTM testing method for measuring the percent level of soot in diesel engine lubricating oils -- ASTM Method D7686-2011 entitled “Test Method for Field-Based Condition Monitoring of Soot in In-Service Lubricants Using a Fixed-Filter Infrared (IR) instrument.” While there is widespread disagreement on used-diesel ...
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phx42 - The LDAR analyzer for today and tomorrow
In January 2013, we began a research and development project to create the successor for our tremendously successful phx21. This process was fueled by two factors: Innovation – 8 years of working with phx21 and hundreds of customers has taught us that there were things we could do even better. Expanded Safety Certifications – responding to world-wide demand requires that we ...
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Large City Fleet Saves $2M Using Oil Analysis to Extend Oil Drain Intervals - Case study
Condition-based maintenance saves time and money and increases productivity A large municipality in the northwestern United States operates over 1.700 vehicles and over 3.000 pieces of motorized equipment ranging from riding lawn mowers to bulldozers Oil changes constitute a major expense. For example, the 500 heavy duty trucks in its fleet previously had their oil changed every 2,500 miles at a ...
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