Coalescing 101: Sizing and Considerations
Submitted by Joe Bodle and Norm Hall || Valin Corporation
In the world of industrial filtration, one of the most common activities involves the removal or displacement of water from another liquid. However, this process is further subdivided into three distinct phases. Chronologically, the first of these phases is particulate filtration (sometimes referred to as prefiltration).
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Oil Reclamation Technology
Submitted by Norm Hall || Valin Corporation
Investing in oil reclamation technology can help reduce the costs associated with oil usage. Learn more in the article below.
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Does Strainer Technology Make Sense for Your Process?
Submitted by Kari Kohonen || Valin Corporation
The key to developing the ideal filtration mix which achieves the desired results is to gather as much information as possible so that the right decisions about filtration can be made. Kari Kohonen from Valin Corporation examines whether introducing strainer technology can be advantageous.
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Marking Filtration as a Top Priority for Peaker Plants
Submitted by Greg Neneman || Valin Corporation
For a power plant to run as efficiently as possible, proper filtration is a critical part of the equation.
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Understanding the Feedstock with Valin
Submitted by Norman Hall || Valin Corporation
The only way to achieve a specified purity level is to select and install proper filtration, with the job intended and the task fully understood. Norman Hall, Filtration Business Unit Manager for Valin Corporation, suggests a correct approach.
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Developing a Corporate Filtration Strategy
Submitted by Tim Tritch || Valin Corporation
Proper filtration is essential to process flow operation. Improper or lack of filtration can wreak havoc on components, reducing their life and changing the final product. This can lead to equipment failure, process upsets, increased quality issues and in some cases, unplanned shutdown. Learn more.
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Magnetic Filtration – Are You Using it?
Submitted by Frank Schollmeier || Valin Corporation
In many machines, as much as 90% of all particles suspended in the oil can be iron or steel and can be particularly troublesome to operators. This article looks at the advantages and benefits of magnetic filtration and how it can often outperform traditional methods.
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The Case for High Flow Cartridges
Submitted by Tim Tritch || Valin Corporation
For many years, the industry has been guided to a liquid filter cartridge with an outside diameter (OD) measuring 2.5" or so with an inside diameter (ID) measuring 1", and a length that varied from 5" to 40". Of course, there are always a few exceptions. Learn more.
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Improving the Cleanliness of a Cleanroom
Submitted by Brian Sullivan, Frank Schollmeier, Tim Tritch || Valin Corporation
Depending on the industry and specific environment, different rooms will have different cleanroom classification requirements. There is information out there regarding how classifications are tested and determined, but not as much about how to improve a specific room's classification ranking.
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Optimization: Filtration for Processes Inside Refineries
Submitted by Chris Sullivan || Valin Corporation
Proper filtration is one of the most important functions performed inside refineries. Filtration is the removal of contaminants through some type of synthetic, paper, pleated, or wound media. The goal of this process is to achieve a specific level of cleanliness.
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The Metal Advantage | Filtration in Semiconductor Fabrication
Submitted by Tim Tritch || Valin Corporation
Semiconductors are the basis of most electronic circuits and exist in virtually all electronic devices. The manufacturing of these integrated circuits, also referred to as chips, is a multi-step process involving an intricate design system. Learn more
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Liquid to Liquid Separation Process and Technology
Submitted by Tim Tritch
Liquid-to-liquid separation, at the very basic level, is a process where water is removed from a hydrocarbon. Over the last decade, there have been three prominent machines or mechanisms that can perform a liquid-to-liquid separation. Learn more.
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Coal-Fired Power Plants Best Practices: Filtration and Lube
Submitted by Casey Sullivan
According to the United States Energy Information Administration, coal power accounted for 39 percent of the country's electricity production last year.
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Oil Mist Eliminators...Worth the Investment
Submitted by Cory Calderon
Inside power generation plants, there is a need to eliminate the dangerous oil mist produced by lubrication systems. Wherever there is significant metal-on-metal contact, there should be some form of lubrication system installed that will increase the lifespan of the machinery.
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Filter Solutions for Turbomachinery Operators in Power Plants
Submitted by Cory Calderon
Dry Resin Ion-Exchange Cartridges have become the international choice for reducing Total Acid Number (TAN) in lubricating, hydraulic and insulating oil systems.
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Parker Fulflo EcoBond Cartridges - High Purity Filtration
Submitted by Parker
Parker's Fulflo® EcoBond™ Cartridges are the most economical high-purity filter cartridges available. Featuring a graded density matrix of uniform polypropylene fibers, the EcoBond™ provides consistent filtration for a wide variety of fluids.
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Filtration Solution Leads to Three Years Between Shutdowns
Submitted by Frank Schollmeier, Featured in Processing Magazine
A primary goal of many a plant manager is maintaining continuous and cost-effective operation of a plant's turbine engines. When considering this goal, it is important for plant managers to be aware of recent advances in filter designs for turbine air intakes.
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