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- High temperature flowmeters — Plant Engineering 4/23/2007 1:05:00 PM
- Nuclear plant software contains info available on the Web
- Honeywell Technology selected for world’s largest paraxylene plant
- Honeywell Technology Selected for World’s Largest Paraxylene…
- Modern Equipment to buy Trak plant
- The Race To Build Really Cheap Cars
- US Centrifuge Work Revived in Updated Form
High temperature flowmeters — Plant Engineering 4/23/2007 1:05:00 PM
Plant Engineering – Apr 23, 2007
The electronics for the meter lines are attached at the end of a flexible conduit and away from the heat of the sensor. Customers are able to choose any transmitter option for integral transmitter mounting. The meters are suited to harsh operating environments and applications they are part of the broad range of intelligent digital field devices from Emerson that power the PlantWeb digital plant architecture to improve plant efficiency by 2%. Micro Motion high temperature meters have higher operating limits and users can realize greater profitability through lower operating costs and reduced raw material costs.
Nuclear plant software contains info available on the Web
East Valley Tribune – Apr 23, 2007
The training software allows users access to details of plant control rooms and reactors. David Lochbaum director of nuclear safety for the watchdog group Union of Concerned Scientists said numerous plant workers already have access to such information and that it could be found in a more fragmented form on a government Web site. He said the software and details of the plant could prove valuable for businesses seeking to earn money by fixing problems at nuclear plants of similar design. “The more plant-specific data you have you are more likely to have the answer than the guy down the street” Lochbaum said. While operators said the alleged unauthorized use of the software didn’t compromise plant security Arizona Corporation Commissioner Kris Mayes said she wants to meet with plant operators to determine how they will prevent a repeat of the problem. “This was an unacceptable incomprehensible mistake” Mayes said. Alavis a Palo Verde employee from 1989 until last August is accused of using a Palo Verde user identification to download training materials from Tehran… He is charged with a single count of violating a trade embargo that prohibits Americans from exporting goods and services to Iran. Authorities said the company had shut down Alavi’s access to the software after he resigned but that the engineer later used his logon to get onto a Web site run by the vendor of the software. Plant operators failed to notify the vendor that the engineer had resigned. Jim McDonald spokesman for Arizona Public Service the Phoenix-based utility company that operates the plant said the company now notifies all its vendors to cut off the access of former employees. McDonald said the unauthorized use of the software didn’t pose a security risk because it contained no information on plant security. “It doesn’t have fine details of the plant or system” McDonald said noting that the information in the software was available at public libraries. Victor Dricks a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said plant security wasn’t compromised and declined to comment on what Alavi may have been trying to do with the software.
Honeywell Technology selected for world’s largest paraxylene plant
Process & Control Today – Apr 23, 2007
Experion Honeywell’s industry leading process control and automation platform that funnels critical information to operators will ensure smooth and efficient production at the $1. 2-billion Sohar Aromatics plant located at man’s Port of Sohar. The contract was awarded by GS Engineering and Construction based in Seoul. Experion is widely used in chemical plants throughout the globe to streamline production by integrating critical subsystems. It gives operators greater insight into how subsystems affect the overall plant as well as better information to make decisions on the plant floor. Experion can also integrate safety-instrumented systems (SIS) like Safety Manager to more safely automate start-up and shutdown sequences for example. This integration is crucial in a facility such as a chemical plant where volatile products make for dangerous working environments… It gives operators greater insight into how subsystems affect the overall plant as well as better information to make decisions on the plant floor. Experion can also integrate safety-instrumented systems (SIS) like Safety Manager to more safely automate start-up and shutdown sequences for example. This integration is crucial in a facility such as a chemical plant where volatile products make for dangerous working environments. In addition to Experion and Safety Manager Honeywell will provide Uniformance® PHD its data historian as well as project management and engineering services. The project is expected to be completed by December 2008 and production at the Aromatics man LLC-owned facility is slated to begin in 2009. “Experion is a proven technology that gets the right information to the right people on the plant floor and Honeywell is a proven leader in safety project delivery and engineering” said JT Chung vice president of GS Engineering & Construction. “Those were critical factors in deciding which technology to implement in this world-class facility.
Honeywell Technology Selected for World’s Largest Paraxylene…
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 23, 2007
Experion Honeywell’s industry leading process control and automation platform that funnels critical information to operators will ensure smooth and efficient production at the $1. 2-billion Sohar Aromatics plant located at man’s Port of Sohar. The contract was awarded by GS Engineering and Construction based in Seoul. Experion is widely used in chemical plants throughout the globe to streamline. CPYRIGHT 2007 Business Wire.
Modern Equipment to buy Trak plant
Bizjournals.com – Apr 23, 2007
a foundry equipment manufacturing firm has agreed to buy the former Trak International Inc. plant in Port Washington and plans to move into the facility from its current leased site in that city. Modern Equipment employs about 70 workers at manufacturing sales and engineering offices in Port Washington. The company currently is in the last year of a lease on its south plant and has limited options to continue at its north plant according to officials from the zaukee County Economic Development Corp. and the city of Port Washington. As part of the purchase agreement Modern Equipment will be applying to both the city of Port Washington's and zaukee County's revolving loan fund for a combined $800000 loan. The economic development agency and the city said Monday in a press release that the new facility at 369 W.
The Race To Build Really Cheap Cars
BusinessWeek – Apr 23, 2007
At a plant-opening ceremony in India Apr. 4 he was already talking up the industry’s next challenge: a… Toyota (TM) Volkswagen (VLKAY) Fiat (FIA) and Peugeot have all vowed to build cut-rate Logan-killers. General Motors Corp. (GM) intends to use its Korean subsidiary GM Daewoo to design a model that will sell for about $7000. Chrysler (DCX) is developing low-cost cars with Chinese manufacturer Chery. Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is making India its global hub for small-car production and expects to double its output to 600000 cars annually by yearend many of them destined for Europe. “Automakers will have to live with a trend of lower-cost vehicles.
US Centrifuge Work Revived in Updated Form
Washington Post – Apr 23, 2007
The most remarkable aspect of USEC’s American Centrifuge project though is its resurrection from the dead. The basic design originated more than two decades ago at the Department of Energy’s ak Ridge National Laboratory in. In the early 1980s the DE constructed an enormous centrifuge enrichment plant at the Portsmouth Reservation… These plants were privatized along with USEC in the late 1990s. Gaseous diffusion however is inefficient. The one plant that USEC still operates at.