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    • Reliability & Maintenance

    To keep plants running smoothly, testing and troubleshooting tools are evolving to improve maintenance workers’ efficiency and productivity. Condition monitoring technologies free up resources and give professionals the information they need about asset health. In addition, as more real-time asset health information becomes available plants can turn to a proactive rather than reactive approach.

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    Cooling Towers: A Critical but Often Neglected Plant Component – Part 2

    Brad Buecker, Buecker & Associates, LLC
    How unchecked microbial growth can cripple industrial cooling systems and trigger catastrophic failures.
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    Prevent Backflow into Vacuum Towers During Upsets

    Andrew Sloley, Plant InSites columnist
    Modifying vacuum systems using a sealed vent leg in the hot-well improves safety and reliability.
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    Cooling Towers: A Critical but Often Neglected Plant Component – Part 1

    Brad Buecker
    The first article in this three-part series discusses the importance of cooling towers in chemical process applications and fundamental design details.
    workers in an industrial plant for the production and processing of crude oil

    Leverage Unplanned Shutdowns to Enhance Safety Testing

    Chris Powell, aeSolutions
    Discover how unplanned shutdowns can facilitate proof testing of safety instrumented functions, improving safety protocols and minimizing downtime.
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    Fight Foam Accumulation

    Andrew Sloley, Plant InSites columnist
    Jan. 31, 2023
    This month’s Plant InSites column explains the struggle of accumulation of foam in chemical storage, and how one company addressed the issue.
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    How to Identify and Address a Water Hammer Event

    Stephanie Villars
    Jan. 23, 2023
    Prevent costly damage and downtime with these preventive and mitigation strategies
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    Are TEMA Fouling Values Still Relevant?

    Andrew Sloley, Plant InSites columnist
    Jan. 5, 2023
    Traditional approaches to measuring heat exchanger fouling may be a recipe for equipment failure.
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    Single Use Technology Poised for Growth

    Seán Ottewell
    Jan. 4, 2023
    Vendors report high demand as customers look to increase efficiencies.