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Process Analytical March 20 2015

Inert Coatings: One Way To Find Impurities In Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Hydrogen fueled vehicles are popping up around the country. Vehicle manufacturers are offering hydrogen power as a way to achieve low carbon emissions. Unfortunately hydrogen fuel cells are...

sulfur analysis February 27 2015

How To Maintain Subpart JA Compliance? SilcoTek Can Help

Flare emissions monitoring can be a challenge. High heat, low ppm sampling, tedious calibration, and unreliable sampling systems all seem to conspire to make flare and stack sampling seem like an...

Process Analytical July 30 2014

Tier 3 Emissions Standards Are Coming, Are You Ready?

The US Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing new passenger car and truck emissions regulations. Starting in 2017 through 2025, Tier 3 will set new passenger car and truck emission standards...

Process Analytical May 30 2014

Use Inert Coatings to Improve Product Performance

SilcoTek® customers make the most of their products by using inert coatings to improve performance: SilcoTek® Customer Core Laboratories offer SilcoNert® 2000 to prevent sulfur and H2S...

sulfur analysis May 23 2014

Subpart Ja: Inert Coatings Assure Refinery Compliance

Subpart Ja regulations for US refineries will cover almost all refinery flares by November 2015. Refiners are now upgrading and modifying flare systems to comply with the New Source Performance...

Process Analytical May 16 2014

Want To Learn About Refinery Corrosion?

The American Petroleum Institute (API) offers widely distributed guidelines and best practices for identifying and preventing common corrosion issues and improving reliability in refineries. Read the...

Process Analytical May 09 2014

Inert Coatings, Not Passivation The Answer For Accurate Sulfur Test

An article in Process Worldwide highlights the need for inert coatings not passivation for accurate sulfur/H2S analysis. The article lists several advantages over passivation: Accurate sulfur data...

Process Analytical May 02 2014

SilcoNert® Assures Consistent Flare Gas Sulfur Sampling

A recent study by Timothy Davidson, et al, (BP West Coast Products, Carson, CA) and Andrew Pierce (Mangan, Inc, Long Beach, CA) compared low pressure sampling performance of 5 flare analyzer systems....

Process Analytical March 28 2014

SilcoNert Used to Evaluate Sulfur Adsorption in SNG Plants

A recent paper by Hong Cui, Scott Q. Turn & Mark A. Reese of the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa studied methods to effectively remove sulfur compounds and measure...