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Issue Highlights
- Still room for energy savings
- Optimize pump life
Cut column energy consumption
With increasing energy prices and public sensitivity to energy consumption, many plants are paying more attention to optimizing distillation. Simple and low-risk operational changes often can provide substantial savings.
Optimize pump life cycle
Understanding an operating system reduces costs and improves reliability. Getting the most out of your pump demands a well-thought-out, holistic strategy.
Distillation deserves a high profile
Columns often present abundant opportunities for improvement, says Editor in Chief Mark Rosenzweig in his monthly column.
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Process Puzzler
A corrosive material is transported by vacuum pneumatic conveyor from a dryer to silo. The condition at the discharge of the dryer is about 90°F and 75% relative humidity. Since commissioning during the summer, the blower has suffered reliability problems: seal corrosion, bearing failure, motor trips and noisy operation. In particular, bearing failure has been the number one problem with this blower. Failures are worse in the fall and winter than in the summer. Current readings on the blower tend to increase slightly during the winter but the draw seems normal until sudden failure of the seals or bearings. What is the likely cause and what can we do to reduce reliability problems?
E-mail us at ProcessPuzzler@putman.net. Send us your comments, suggestions or solutions for this question by June 8, 2007. We'll include as many of them as possible in the July 2007 issue and all on CP.com. Send visuals — a sketch is fine. E-mail us at ProcessPuzzler@putman.net or mail to ProcessPuzzler, Chemical Processing, 555 W. Pierce Rd., Suite 301, Itasca, IL 60143. Fax: (630) 467-1120. Please include your name, title, location and company affiliation in the response. And, of course, if you have a process problem you'd like to pose to our readers, send it along and we'll be pleased to consider it for publication.
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Upcoming Events
Hidden Costs and Side Effects Associated with Safety Systems Embedded with Control Systems
June 5, 2007, On-Demand Webcast
Pilot Plant and Scale-up Methods for Industrial Mixing
June 12 - 14, 2007, Philadelphia
2007 Corrosion Solutions Conference
Sept. 9 - 13, 2007, Sunriver, Ore.
