The process engineers at a major chemical manufacturer were stumped. They were regularly getting very poor response times from their process temperature sensors and simply could not figure out why. The response times to temperature changes were consistently close to 30 …
Temperature
WIKA Quick Ship Program Offers Thermocouple Replacement Within Five Days
| Adam DeLancey | TemperatureIf you don’t have a thermocouple replacement part in stock, you don’t have to let your critical processes sit idle while you wait for a new one to arrive. In the past, you may have experienced long lead times for getting the electrical temperature measurement …
Improving Vacuum Tower Yield and Product Quality Through Advanced Temperature Measurement
| Robert Torgerson | TemperatureVacuum tower revamps and internal upgrades can improve the yield and product quality of vacuum distillation units (VDU), a must in today's competitive markets. These modifications, though, require a considerable influx of capital. Improvements in cross sectional …
Coke Formation in Vacuum Distillation Columns: A Controllable Problem?
| Robert Torgerson | TemperatureThe Refinery eHandbook is an excellent source of information about topics concerning refineries and distilleries. Recently, Chemical Processing tapped Gayesco-WIKA’s knowledge on the subject. The result was an article that focused on addressing coke formation in …