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Emerson Smart Wireless network at Dyno Nobel AN plant combines pump protection & process monitoring |
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Emerson Process Management's Smart Wireless network has replaced local hardwired high-temperature trip protection on 20 hazardous duty chemical pumps at the Dyno Nobel Inc. ammonium nitrate production facility at Louisiana, Missouri. The new Ammonium Nitrate Pump High Temperature Protection & Monitoring System has produced a significant improvement in plant safety, increased operator awareness of the condition of these pumps, and reduced the potential for plant or environmental damage due to a fire and/or chemical release. In addition, the company saved $30,000 to $40,000 on system engineering and installation. Read more ...
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Nitrogen & Syngas 2014: Call for Papers |
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Your opportunity to participate in the industry's leading technical conference now in its 27th year. Following the success of Nitrogen + Syngas 2013 in Berlin, which attracted a record attendance with over 600 international delegates, the industry's most respected technical conference will be taking place once again on 24-27 February 2014 in Paris. Make sure you put these essential dates in your diary to take part in this important annual networking event. CALL FOR TECHNICAL PAPERS NOW OPEN - Deadline for abstracts 9 September 2013. Click here for more information. |
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Huge Blast at Texas Fertilizer Plant Kills at Least 5 |
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While it is still not clear what caused the explosion at a fertilizer plant that destroyed or damaged much of West, Tex., on Wednesday April 17, 2013, the disaster is a reminder that for all the good that fertilizers do in increasing crop yields, they can also prove lethal under certain conditions. Although most fertilizers are quite stable, there have been problems of fires and explosions with materials such as ammonium nitrate. Most fertilizers release toxic fumes with little or no warning when exposed to fire complicating severely the fire fighting efforts. Read more... |
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