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Equipping a biomass plant with process instrumentation for billing steam quantities

The Industrial Park Kleefse Waard (IPKW) in Arnhem, the Netherlands, was once an important production site for cellulose and nitrocellulose. Today, the industrial complex is home to manufacturing companies from various sectors and has become a pioneer in the sustainable production and use of energy. The operating company has set itself the goal of making the IPKW the most environmentally ...

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Hydrostatic level measurement of buffer tanks in a brewery

Since the end of 2020 König Brewery has been brewing in a climate-neutral way. It has achieved this by primarily avoiding and reducing emissions. Residual emissions that are currently still technically unavoidable are being compensated for, and the company is constantly working on further optimising its processes at the site. This effort also included the commissioning of a new pressurized ...

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Zonal differential pressure measurement to control thermal waste treatment in a waste incinerator

MVA Bielefeld-Herford GmbH runs a thermal waste treatment plant with a capacity of approx. 400,000 t/year at the Bielefeld site. Thanks to energy recovery using combined heat and power (CHP), approx. 55,000 households are supplied with electricity and approx. 23,000 with heat in an eco-friendly manner. The plant is continuously being modernised and expanded.

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Hydrostatic level measurement in edible oil storage tanks

Special Refining Company (SRC), located in Zaandam, the Netherlands, is an independent contract refiner dedicated to refining vegetable oils and fats for third-party customers as a service. To meet current and future challenges in food safety, SRC built a new refinery and upgraded their existing one to the latest technology.

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Differential pressure measurement for the energy flexible use of heat exchangers in air separation units

An international industrial company operates a test site at one of its locations in Germany to permanently optimise the efficiency of air separators in fluctuating power capacities. Air separators are systems that run on a continuous basis. Energy is used to extract nitrogen, oxygen and noble gases as gaseous or liquid products. The cryogenic process requires gas to be condensed, which in ...

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Differential pressure flow measurement of raw water

The Nuclear Power Production Center (CNPE) is a French nuclear power plant located on the Loire in the municipality of Dampierre-en-Burly, in the Loiret department. The plant produces an average of 24 billion kWh per year, which represents 5% of the French electricity production and seven times the consumption of the Loiret region. The facility includes four 910 megawatt power generation ...

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Differential pressure measurement for an ultra-high-pressure application in an oxo plant

At one of its European sites, a global chemical company operates a plant for the large-scale production of aldehydes and alcohols via oxosynthesis as well as acetic acid esters (acetates). The production facilities are set up to operate almost continuously.

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Determination of steam quantities in a gas-fired boiler plant

A new boiler plant was integrated by E.ON Power Plants Belgium into the existing steam distribution grid at the Dow Benelux site in Terneuzen. The boiler has dual-fuel capabilities and can be operated on all mixtures of natural gas, hydrogen of up to 45% and the by-product fuel gas of the naphtha crackers.

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