Visualizing Vibration with VVA
Video Vibration Amplification (VVA) is a powerful tool to help visualize and understand vibration. It is easy to tell that the equipment is vibrating, but it is much more difficult to understand how. That is where VVA can make a big difference. It uses special algorithms to amplify... read More....
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Oct 2025
An Overview on Acoustic Emission Testing
When materials are cracking, deforming or otherwise becoming damaged, they produce a kind of sound. Sometimes, these sounds are loud and obvious. Other times, they are much more subtle, and to detect them, you need to use specialized equipment. Detecting these subtler sounds... read More....
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Mar 2020
Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Hot Spots
A far-too-frequent phenomenon seen in the refining world is the development of “hot spots” in the fluidized catalytic cracker (FCC). The damage can occur in the catalyst dump line or regenerator. These refractory lined vessels run very hot with regenerator internal... read More....
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Oct 2019
Repurposing Pipelines to Light Liquid Hydrocarbon Service
The recent boom in oil production using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology has produced an increased supply of natural gas and other products referred to as ultralight hydrocarbons (ethane, propane, butane). These hydrocarbons present a unique set of challenges in... read More....
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Oct 2017
The New and Improved API 579 Standard *
Well, it’s been a while. The last version of API 579 was issued in 2007, so upgrades have been 9 years in the making. There are many small corrections and tweaks and a few big changes as well. I’ll walk through the most important of these. Reorganization The most... read More....
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Aug 2017
