Adoption of sustainable practices often is stifled by lack of information, data and quantifiable results. These unknowns need to be addressed in order to validate findings and reassure decision-makers about their efforts to embrace alternate solutions.

While preparing for $35 million plant expansion between 2017 and 2018, the engineering team at Wako Chemicals U.S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of FujiFilm, realized they needed to increase cooling capacity and provide a level of redundancy. At its facility in Richmond, Va., the producer of antibodies, enzymes, molecular biology, and bio and organic chemicals opted to replace and upgrade the facility’s primary R-22 process cooling chiller system.

Temperature control units are relatively simple in their design and operation, but the impact they have on industrial processes can be significant. To better understand this, it is important to review.

Choosing a cooling system for an electrical enclosure is an important task that is not always as simple as it might seem. Even with access to resources such as cooling capacity calculators, selecting an appropriate cooling system can be challenging, especially if you have never gone through the process before.

Dirty and fouled cooling tower water often plagues maintenance teams that manage industrial cooling towers. A dirty cooling tower can have a detrimental effect on the overall health of the plant’s water infrastructure, leading to lower efficiencies and increased costs.

Anhydrous ammonia is the most widely used toxic chemical in the United States. In fact, ammonia is expended at a rate 10 times greater than any other regulated chemical. 

A case study explores how investing in a condenser-monitoring system with proper flow measurement provided an immediate return for the plant operator.