Lithium-ion batteries are now an essential part of our everyday lives. They have proven themselves for many years due to their high efficiency as rechargeable energy storage in small appliances such as mobile phones, notebooks, cameras, tools and model making. Lithium-ion batteries have now also made their way into electric cars, bicycles, forklift trucks and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Biological Service Ensures High Gas Yield of Waste Plant
A biogas plant of WELTEC BIOPOWER recently went live in Saitama Prefecture, 40 km north of Tokyo. The facility – which is equipped with a 450-kW cogeneration power plant – is the fourth project to be rolled out by the German manufacturer in Japan. In terms of substrates, the operator makes use of organic leftovers from the vicinity. Since the raw material mix varies, WELTEC ensures a steady biogas output with its biological service. This special service of the biogas specialist also comprises another plant of the same customer.
Even after the reactor accident in Fukushima back in 2011, Japan continues to use nuclear power. However, renewable energies are consistently expanded and already account for a fifth of the power generated. Above all, leftovers are the preferred substrates in Japan. The biogas plant in Saitama, too, digests some 12,000 t of organic waste into energy. The substrate mix consists of organic waste and cattle manure from a nearby farm that belongs to the operator. The largely liquid organics are introduced to the digester by means of a central pump. Solid feedstocks are transported by a dosing feeder with a capacity of 27 m³.
To ensure efficient digestion of this mixture, WELTEC BIOPOWER has set up a stainless-steel digester with a capacity of 2,823 m³. Its diameter measures 25.34 m, and its height is 6.3 m. The upstream substrate storage tank, which is made of stainless steel, has a capacity of 336 m³, a diameter of 9.31 m and a height of 5.03 m. The 525-m³ digestate storage tank (diameter 11.64 m, height 5.03 m), too, is made of high-quality stainless steel.
Onshore production of Oil and Gas is used for the extraction of Oil and Gas from reserves deep below ground. Responsible for approximately 2% of total UK supply, it is still a vital source of Oil, producing approximately 14000-15000 barrels per day.
To achieve maximum recovery of oil from wells, water is injected into underground wells, flooding the area, and as oil is less dense than the water, oil is brought to the surface and recovered using Oily water separators.
The water used to undertake this process is known as produced water, where after recovery it is recycled and reinjected back into wells. Often Saline or Brackish in nature, it can contain dissolved solids, silt and other particles present within a wells environment.
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Contactless, highly precise and now also individually color-customizable: The new SCHURTER TTS RGB extends the technical finesse of the TTS switch introduced last year with the popular RGB functionality. |
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The TTS family is getting a new member in the form of a color-customizable variant, called: TTS RGB. All TTS switches use the highly precise Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology. Light is emitted by a transmitter and reflected by one or more objects. The reflected light beams are then detected and the distance is determined from the time of flight.
Colorful ring illumination
In addition to the pre-programmed bicolor switches, which are available in "Momentary" and "Latching" versions, the new RGB variant makes things much more colorful. Depending on the wiring, the customer can easily set the ring illumination color as desired.
The flour milling industry plays a vital role in feeding the population but it hides an often-underestimated danger. Flour explosions are a risk to flour mills and can lead to the destruction of property and serious harm or death for workers. Here Isaac Noble, product manager at electrical connector specialist PEI-Genesis, discusses the hazards in flour mills and how connectors can be used to minimise the risk of explosion.
Flour explosions are typically caused by the build-up of flour particulates over time. The danger lies when airborne flour dust comes into contact with a spark from an ignition source, such as a faulty wiring circuit, which ignites the flour in the air. Flour is also 35 times more combustible than coal-dust. It’s mostly made of starch, a highly flammable complex carbohydrate that consists of glucose molecules. Only one to two grams of dust per cubic foot of air makes the mixture ignitable.
How can electrical connectors minimise flour explosions?
Preventative maintenance and consistent cleanliness are crucial to stopping dust build-up but plant operators can also take other measures to avoid incidents. Electrical connectors can minimise dust explosions by ensuring there won’t be any sparks coming from the connector to ignite the dust. Having a controlled and protected area where the wires go into the connector, or where the contacts mate, can reduce the chance of a spark. Connectors also need to be ingress protected to keep dust out of the connector.
Statistics from the Department of Transportation reveal that 21,539 hazardous material incidents occurred within 2021 in the United States alone. These incidences can have a detrimental effect on the environment and public health, in the long and short term. With increasing scrutiny on companies and individuals to meet stricter environmental targets, mitigating and preventing hazardous material incidents is a key step to creating a cleaner, greener future.
To protect both the environment and public health, it is first important to identify what hazardous materials are and understand how they are categorised. Following this, examining what processes are currently in place, and how these can be improved to prevent hazardous materials from endangering people, entering waterways, and contaminating soil, is the crucial step to reducing the impact of hazardous material spills.
Health and safety professionals are the key to understanding, maintaining, and reducing the risks associated. To reduce the rate of incidents, education and awareness of hazardous materials and their impact are critical tools that should be added to any health and safety professional’s toolkit.
ION Science, a leading UK OEM for gas detection instrumentation, has partnered with Health & Safety Matters to deliver a free webinar on this topic. The webinar will cover the importance of understanding the dangers associated with hazardous material spillages, and the consequences on public health, wildlife, and the environment.
This webinar will include focus on the following areas:
Register for free today and join this webinar with ION Science and Health & Safety Matters on the 20th April 2022 at 10.30am GMT. Find out more about how you can help prevent hazardous spills and identify, detect and prevent hazardous material spills from impacting the public and the environment.
Sign up today: https://events.streamgo.live/hazardous-materials-spills-soil-contamination-20th-april-2022/register
CheMondis, the leading marketplace for chemicals in Europe, has partnered with trustshare, an escrow infrastructure for online B2B marketplaces. CheMondis will offer all buyers and suppliers a simple, fast and cost-efficient way to pay while ensuring maximal protection for both parties.
The platform helps buyers and suppliers to establish new business relationships, it automates order flows for existing business relationships and it provides profound data insights for market participants to improve their business efficiency. The platform has now made the next step to facilitate digital trade: the launch of online payment and escrow services for their users.
The new feature is enabled by a partnership with trustshare, an escrow infrastructure developed primarily for B2B marketplaces like CheMondis. It allows buyers and suppliers to choose a safe way of payment directly embedded into the platform. Next to the mere transfer of funds, this payment service includes an escrow option, which adds extra security and trust to the network. The buyer pays in advance; yet funds are only released after successful and satisfactory shipment and delivery.
With a history of developing its own range of advanced industrial doors such as its Speedor high-speed doors, demand from South East Asia has led Hart Doors to develop a new version of its Typhoon security shutters range which can withstand wind speeds of circa 165mph.
“With our knowledge of the intense pressures generated by powerful storms we decided to develop the Typhoon shutter even further, urged on by our contacts in South East Asia,” says Doug Hart, Chairman, Hart Door Systems.
“The result has been remarkable. For the purpose of testing we trawled Europe for a suitable third-party testing facility and found just one that was capable and that was in south west Germany. Given the time, distance and costs that would be incurred we designed and built our own test rig.
“With a steel cage adequate for the pressures, retaining a flexible pressure vessel with a 8m wide and 2.5m high shutter for testing, we were able to sustain pressures at 5050 pascals, equivalent to the pressures generated by a Typhoon blowing at around 165mph.”
Mr Hart added: “This is a remarkable achievement. We have been able to design and construct a security shutter that can withstand some of the highest wind speeds
known.
“With the so much interest in the protective qualities of our Typhoon shutters, and now the ability to withstand exceptional wind pressures, we are confident of more demand from parts of the world where storms up to severe Typhoons/Hurricanes are found.”
www.hartdoors.com t: +44 ( 0 ) 191 214 0404
The CHEMUK 2022 EXPO returns on the 11th & 12th May 2022 at the NEC in Birmingham. The event, now established as the UK’s only major expo for the UK chemical industries, will showcase 350+ specialist exhibitors and 150+ expert speakers across two co-locating shows; ‘The Chemical, Process & Plant Engineering Show’, and ‘The Chemical Industries Supply Chain Show’.
The Chemical, Process & Plant Engineering Show will feature specialist exhibitors and speakers showcasing and discussing latest innovation covering process, plant & flow technologies; control valves & actuators; thermal technologies; digitisation & automation; chemical metering & dosing, materials handling, filtration & separation… plus lots more
Industry partners supporting this show include BPMA - The British Pump Manufacturers Association, BVAA – The British Valve & Actuator Association, Process Intensification Network; CPI – Centre for Process Innovation, GAMBICA, NEPIC, TSA – Tank Storage Association and the UK Gasket & Sealing Association.
The Chemical Industries Supply Chain Show will present chemical industry supply chain organisations specialising in chemicals, raw materials & ingredients; logistics & transportation; HSE management & regulatory compliance; contract, toll & outsourcing; and business services.
Industry partners supporting the supply chain show include CBA – Chemical Business Association; Chemical Northwest & Chemical Industries Association; BASA – British Adhesives & Sealants Association, BCMPA – The Association for Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Fulfilment & Logistics; Composites UK; CATCH; British Surface Treatment Suppliers Association (BSTSA); SIA - Solvents Industry Association; and UKLA – United Kingdom Lubricants Association.
Show organiser, Ian Stone, comments: “CHEMUK is deliberately set out to be a total industry meeting point, creating a fusion of cross-sector energies, inputs and connectivity, however we also recognise the contrasting needs of attending ‘engineering & plant technical management’ and the wider ‘industry supply chain’ focused attendees, on themes such as supply chain chemicals & ingredients, logistics & outsourcing, HSE, regulatory compliance, R&D management and more….
Separating into two complimentary yet contrasting exhibition shows can only help to get attendees locked into discussions with their primary targets quicker, as well as providing an easy ‘under one giant roof’ experience to take in the broader trends of the sector”
NEW FOR 2022:
DATES FOR THE DIARY
CHEMUK 2022 takes place on Wed 11th & Thu 12th May 2022
Venue: NEC - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, B40 1NT
CHEMUK 2022 Opening Times:
Day 1: 9.30am – 5.00pm
Day 2: 9.30am – 4.00pm
Register for your FREE entry badge at www.chemicalukexpo.com
What you need for ATEX and UKCA Explosive Atmosphere Certification for the UK and EU Markets
Selling products for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in both the UK and EU will now require 2 marks, not just the ‘ATEX’ and ‘CE’ mark that was accepted when the UK was part of the EU. If your product previously required, an ‘ATEX Notified Body’ you will need to now use a UK Government UKCA Appointed Body that has explosive atmosphere certification (‘Ex’) on its scope.
ATEX Notified Body
ExVeritas ApS is a Notified Body, Number 2804, with full scope for (ATEX) 2014/34/EU Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. Notification can be verified online at the European Commission. ExVeritas ApS are accredited by the National Accreditation Body of Denmark (DANAK) against the EU ATEX Directive, Registration Number 7044.
UK Government UKCA Appointed Body for ‘Ex’
ExVeritas UKCA Approved Body Number 2585. The Approved Body listing can be viewed on the UK Government Website and ExVeritas hold UKAS Product Certification, Quality System Certification & Test Laboratory Registration Number 8613.
As ExVeritas are also an IECEx Certification Body and Test laboratory, we can conduct 1 project (and one manufacturing audit) and you will get all 3 Certificates (ATEX, UKCA an IECEx) for the widest possible market access.
Quality Audit Requirements
If you previously needed an ATEX QAN you will now also need a UKCA Ex QAN, although it is based on the same audit Standard, there are differences for the UKCA Mark (such as use of UK Designated Standards). Companies such as ExVeritas can conduct just one audit to issue a UK QAN, an ATEX QAN and an IECEx QAR. In addition, we are a UKAS Certification Body for ISO9001 we can also combine that audit to further reduce cost and audit times.
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