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Treatment Plant Gets 7 Chemical Scrubbers The Brightwater Treatment Plant, a $1.8 billion project in King County near Seattle, will have the capability to process 36 million gal of wastewater per day by 2011 without any detectable odors.

Nanofluids Used in Liquid-Cooling Loop Research findings by two engineering assistant professors show up to an additional 14.4°F (8°C) reduction in chip temperature when a one percent volume fraction of alumina-in-water nanofluid was used as the coolant in a liquid-cooling loop in place of deionized water.

Cigarettes Stay Cool in Production A cigarette factory startup in Poland keeps its cool with an energy efficient refrigeration and air-conditioning system from Voith Paper Air Systems, Bayreuth, Germany.

Nanoscale Zinc Oxide Coating Could Greatly Improve Heat Transfer A new way to apply nanostructure coatings provides heat removal at a rate four times faster than the same materials prior to coating, using inexpensive materials and application procedures, say researchers.

Water Curtain Cools Rig Days after the blowout and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig off the Louisiana coast, an emergency response crew set out to provide rig-cooling services.

	Adding Leak Detection, Monitoring to Your Operation Industrial plants can add hydrocarbon leak detection and monitoring to their operations — wirelessly.

	Refinery Upgrades DAF Separator With an old wastewater treatment facility and the need to remain compliant with its discharge permit, the North Salt Lake Refinery of Big West Oil LLC in North Salt Lake, Utah, needed to upgrade its plant.

Technology Analyzes Process Water Samples End users in the process industries now have an easier method to analyze difficult industrial water samples.

Maintaining Cooling Units During the summer heat, problems with industrial cooling units can be minimized by taking a few extra preventive maintenance steps.

	Preventing Icing in Walk-In Freezers There are two typical icing conditions in a walk-in freezer, and both can be eliminated by finding and correcting the root cause, according to Russell Coil, Ellicott City, Md.

	Installation of Cooling Panels Begins at Vitrification Plant Crews at the Hanford Vitrification Plant have begun a series of complicated cooling panel installations in the low-activity waste vitrification (LAW) facility.

	DOE Energy Management Trainees Focus on Data Centers The first participants have completed DOE’s Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) training program.

	Heat Pipes Capture, Reuse Energy Building exhaust represents a significant opportunity to conserve energy, especially if the building has a large fresh air requirement.

Dry Cooling Systems Supplied to Riyadh Power Station A $41 million contract has been awarded for the design, manufacture and installation of two air-cooled condenser dry cooling systems.

Dehumidification Uses Solar Hot Water Kathabar has developed an energy-efficient dehumidification method for space cooling that uses solar hot water.

Process Design on an iPad? Would you consider doing serious process design on your phone?

	V-Belt Efficiency Calculator for iPhone The app can be downloaded to iPhones and iPod Touch mobile devices at no charge through Apple's iTunes store.

ASHRAE Adds Online Marketplace Global online store includes ASHRAE standards, guidelines and research.

Semiconductor Foundry to Use GE’s Water Purification System GE has signed a contract to supply an ultrapure water system to GlobalFoundries’ new semiconductor manufacturing facility currently under construction at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in Saratoga County, N.Y.

Technology Could Help Clean Up Oil Spills A type of membrane that separates oil from water — developed by Purdue University material engineers — may be used to clean up oil spills such as BP's massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Get a Rubber Polymer and Material Selection Guide Engineers looking for components that will perform multiple functions in challenging conditions can download a guide and get free advice from a maker of rubber products.

Solar Project Aims to Save Water, Money A collaborative research project is underway to build a water desalination plant powered by solar electricity to reduce water and energy costs.

Metso Breaks Ground for Valve Factory Ground-breaking ceremonies in Vantaa, Finland, signal Metso Corp.’s investment in special valves production.

Ooval Valves Added to Amiad Product Line Amiad Filtration Systems, Oxnard, Calif., added Ooval automatic diaphragm valves to its product lines for the United States and Canada, serving the industrial, irrigation and municipal markets.

Devices Locate Pipe Joints, Detect Methane Two new products that are expected to deliver operating and maintenance cost savings, enhance safety and reduce greenhouse gas emissions are coming to market soon.

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