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Ammonia separator
Chemical Industry
In the ammonia separator, the reaction gas mixture (ammonia, hydrogen, nitrogen, traces of methane) is cooled to the boiling point of ammonia (-33 °C). This condenses the ammonia gas. A bypass tube is...
Ammonia tank
Chemical Industry
The diffusion behaviour of ammonia is extreme, which means it can eventually pass through any conventional process fitting or elastomer seal. To avoid any long term leaks and unwanted outages, gas-tig...
Bulk storage tanks
Chemical Industry
Dependable storage is not only the basis for reliable production and supply, it also protects against raw material shortages and price volatility. In addition to regulations on the use of overfill pro...
Chlorine storage tank
Chemical Industry
Chlorine production and storage places high demands on the chemical and the diffusion resistance of the materials in the production equipment. Extensive process knowledge and experience is required wh...
Column trays
Chemical Industry
Accurate level control of the distillation unit ensures product quality of the hydrocarbon at the different cuts, but this is made difficult due to hot liquids flashing, buildup and high temperature....
Coupling vessel
Chemical Industry
The main reaction in colour pigment production takes place in the ‘coupling’ vessel. So named as a type of coupling reaction occurs here to form a synthetic ‘azo dye’, which is then converted into dif...
Diazotization vessel
Chemical Industry
In the diazotization process, the individual raw materials for colour pigment production are prepared so that they will react to become diazonium compounds ready for the subsequent ‘coupling’ vessel w...
Discharge chute of the belt dryer
Chemical Industry
The final, still wet pigment cake is heated on a belt dryer. At the end of the belt dryer, the dried coarse pigment powder is discharged into a silo ready for final milling and grinding into a fine po...
Dissolving tank
Chemical Industry
The precursors for the manufacture of colour pigments are dissolved in the dissolving tank. These precursors are mainly Naphtha based, and, depending on the formulation, water and sodium hydroxide sol...
Distillation column
Chemical Industry
The process temperatures in a distillation column place high demands on the measurement technologies deployed. The boiling point of the distillate frequently exceeds 400 °C. The aim is to achieve the...
Filling silo for colour pigment
Chemical Industry
In the last production step, the finished pigment powders are pneumatically conveyed into packing silos. The conveying system generates very high dust levels and air movement inside the silos. To con...
Flare knockout drum
Chemical Industry
The unrecoverable residues of oil and gas production are collected in the flare knockout drum and liquefied at high pressure. The recovered liquid, the condensate, collects at the bottom of the vessel...
Gas scrubber
Chemical Industry
Carbon dioxide is separated from a gas mixture via two scrubbing columns. The gas mixture consisting of nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide passes through a gas pipeline into the first stage gas scr...
Heat recovery boiler
Chemical Industry
In the heat recovery boiler, hot process gas is passed through heating pipes. This means the gas is cooled and the necessary process heat for the plant recovered to be reused. To prevent the heat reco...
IBC-Tank (metallic)
Chemical Industry
In many of the production processes in the chemical industry, small quantities of various chemicals are needed in order to improve the characteristics of certain products. The media are often provided...
IBC-Tank (plastic)
Chemical Industry
In many of the production processes in the chemical industry, small quantities of various chemicals are needed in order to improve the characteristics of certain products. The media are often provided...
Medium-sized silos for bulk solids
Chemical Industry
Many different kinds of bulk solids are produced or used as raw materials in the chemical industry. To ensure reliable measurement of the silo contents, several factors must be considered: different b...
Pool condenser
Chemical Industry
In a pool condenser, ammonium carbamate is produced from a mixture of carbon dioxide and ammonia under high pressure. The ammonium carbamate, in turn, is the starting material for the subsequent main...
Preflash drum
Chemical Industry
In the preflash drum, the medium is heated before it is fed into the distillation column. Accurate and reliable level control is a critical factor in ensuring efficient operation of the distillation c...
Primary reformer
Chemical Industry
In the primary reformer, methane gas and water vapour react into hydrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide at a pressure of around 30 bar and a temperature of 870 °C. Since the temperature...
Propane storage in bullets and spheres
Chemical Industry
Propane, a flammable, colourless and odourless gas, is one of the many types of liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) that exist. It is produced from natural gas via a special refining process. Propane is c...
Reaction vessel
Chemical Industry
Changing media, as well as process pressures and temperatures, characterize the typical reaction processes in a reaction vessel. This is a big engineering challenge, because any sensors used to contro...
Reactor
Chemical Industry
High temperatures, pressures and vacuums are techniques usually employed to make reaction processes more efficient and economical. This is a big challenge for engineering, because the sensors used ha...
Reboiler
Chemical Industry
Evaporators are heat exchangers that are deployed at the bottom of distillation columns. In the evaporator, the residue is boiled up from the sump and fed back into the distillation process. Precise c...
Reflux accumulator drum
Chemical Industry
The efficiency of a distillation column is increased with the help of return flow. The return flow in this case is that portion of the condensed liquid head product that is fed back to the upper part...
Separation vessel
Chemical Industry
These processes often involve the separation of water-based media from hydrocarbons. In most applications, the upper, lighter medium is electrically non-conductive. Guided radar level measurement make...
Silos for bulk solids
Chemical Industry
In the chemical industry, many different kinds of bulk solids are produced or used as raw materials. To ensure reliable measurement of silo contents, many factors must be considered: different bulk de...
Steam boiler
Chemical Industry
High process pressures and a highly compressed vapour phase are the normal operating conditions inside boilers. The size of the steam generator is what determines the quantity of saturated steam that...
Storage and buffer tanks
Chemical Industry
Storage and buffer tanks enable a reliable material supply for various ongoing processes. The plant operators need to have exact level data from these tanks at all times to ensure timely replenishment...
Storage tank
Chemical Industry
In the production of pigments, aggressive raw materials such as chlorobenzene, hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide are used. They are stored in horizontal cylindrical tanks and filled through a dip...
Storage tanks for highly toxic liquids
Chemical Industry
For extremely toxic substances such as phosgene, absolute control over the process is a necessity. In industrial applications, these products are only used in hermetically closed circuits. To minimize...
Storage tanks for toxic liquids
Chemical Industry
Some chemical processes generate extremely toxic intermediates that have to be stored under the most stringent security measures. In order to be used in this application, the measurement technology mu...
Stripper
Chemical Industry
Impurities are separated from urea in a special process tank, the so-called stripper. The unwanted substances are removed from the urea by means of a counter current of carbon dioxide to the flow from...
Tanks for solvents
Chemical Industry
Low viscosity solvents can degrade many types of plastics. This places increased demands on the process instrumentation. A separate level detection system is required for protection against overfillin...
Urea reactor
Chemical Industry
In a Urea reactor, ammonium carbonate is decomposed into urea and water. Nearly pure urea is discharged from the reactor via the long pipe, which projects into the upper part of the vessel from the bo...
Urea reboiler
Chemical Industry
In the production of urea from ammonia, high process temperatures and the urea itself limit any sensor material selection considerably. The thick container walls further complicate the installation of...
Ammonia reactor
Chemical Industry
In the ammonia reactor, nitrogen reacts with hydrogen to form ammonia. The temperature in the reactor can be anywhere up to 500 °C at pressures of 200 bar. To monitor the system pressure, the measurem...
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