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NI circuit design suite aids solar lantern developmentDesign software from National Instruments has been used to design a solar-powered rechargeable lantern that provides an environmentally friendly, economical, and safe alternative to fuel-based lighting for individuals in developing nations
Steam traps save chemical plant's energy costsRuabon Works, a specialist chemicals manufacturing site operated by Flexsys Rubber Chemicals, is making steam savings of 12 per cent from its batch reactor following the installation of steam traps from Thermal Energy Environments
Data acquisition aids construction of mobile health clinicsMonitoring the construction methods of solar and wind-powered mobile health clinics in Malawi, Africa, to optimise manufacturing of mobile facilities in the region, is being carried out using data acquisition equipment from National Instruments. David Kennedy and Kenny Cameron of the University of West of Scotland explain
Variable speed drives save leisure group's pool energy costsABB drives have helped one of the UK’s largest holiday park operators save £77,000 a year on the energy bills for its swimming pools
Integrated renewable solutions for new Sunderland schoolsSystems integrating biomass and solar with high-efficiency HVAC components are delivering low carbon performance for new schools in Sunderland built under the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme
Online monitoring prevents Corus steel plant turbine failureAn FAG DTECT X1 online vibration monitoring system has prevented the failure of a steam turbine, which could have cost the Corus plant in Scunthorpe many thousands of pounds in lost power generation
Variable speed drive cuts plant's compressed air energy costsFlexible packaging supplier Gelpack Industrial is saving over 45 per cent on energy used to generate compressed air by using a retro-fit variable speed drive package from EnergAir
Laundry cooling a breeze for evaporative systemProblems of motionless, humid air and high temperatures in the finishing section of an industrial laundry have been resolved following the installation of a Breezair Evaporative Air Cooling System from distributor CoSaf Environments
Standby generators ensure power for cable firm's 'superhub'Faced with potential disruption of its business from blackouts and brownouts at its Kent headquarters, Batt Cables turned to Scorpion Power Systems for the installation of standby generators to cover three key areas of its site
Heating and cooling systems provide energy-saving solutionsProduction areas being too hot in summer and too cold in winter — that was the problem facing Teconnex at its plant in Keighley, West Yorkshire. Low-energy ECA heating, together with award-winning Breezair evaporative cooling, from CoSaf Environments resolved the situation
Hospital trust goes full steam ahead to trap energy savingsEnergy consumption within The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) has been reduced by £53,000 per annum following the installation of Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice steam traps
Control system improves wind turbine's efficiencyMotion and control technologies specialist Parker Hannifin is providing power conversion systems and generators for a new wind turbine design from Green Energy Technologies
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