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Amarinth gets TSB grant for energy-efficient molten sulphur pump

Specialist centrifugal pumps builder Amarinth has been awarded a £250,000 grant by the Technology Strategy Board to develop a design and rapid production process for highly energy-efficient pumps.

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Cross-party MPs support UK biofuels ahead of today’s EU vote

A group of Labour and Conservative MPs, representing constituencies in Humberside and East Yorkshire, is backing the REA (Renewable Energy Association) campaign in favour of the biofuels industry,...

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Cranfield research to improve energy-from-waste plants

Research at Cranfield University into the removal of siloxanes from biogas has been recognised by the Worshipful Company of Engineers for excellence in engineering that benefits the environment.

Biomass Plant
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Thames Valley firm promises £2m energy savings

Facilities throughout the Thames Valley region are paying too much in energy bills and maintenance costs to keep their HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) equipment running effectively.

Heat Exchangers
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British young engineers score in Leipzig Skills Olympics

Semta has saluted Team UK at the 'Skills Olympics' in Leipzig, Germany, as they "carried a torch for British engineering and lit the way for our future generation of skilled engineers".

Engineering Competence/Skills
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Time to take a deep breath on respirator selection

Millions of workers across industries are risking their long-term health by wearing respiratory masks that are not fit for purpose, warns workplace equipment supplier Slingsby.

Occupational Health
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Schaeffler destroys 26 tonnes of counterfeit rolling bearings

Schaeffler has destroyed 26 tonnes of counterfeit bearings with a 'street' value of more than one million euros.

Bearings
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Blower health monitoring system could mitigate outages

Many forced and induced draft blowers that are essential for fired heater or boiler operations are not sufficiently instrumented to perform online health monitoring – meaning they monitored only...

Blowers
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Growth through transport Biofuels could yet falter

While welcoming the opening today (8 July 2013) of Vivergo's bioethanol plant at Saltend, near Hull, the REA (Renewable Energy Association) has also warned that EU proposals to be voted on this week...

Biomass Plant
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US fruit processing plant turns to HRS team

HRS Process Technology has successfully installed heat exchanger and pump systems for an aseptic fruit processing plant in Oxnard, California.

Heat Exchangers
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BBC Elstree powers mobile air-skates with CompAir

The BBC is using a standalone, CompAir L18FS airstation clean at Elstree to provide dry air at up to 7 bar for air-skate equipment that moves audience seating platforms around the studios.

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Westinghouse completes first SMR fuel assemblies

Westinghouse Electric says it has completed manufacturing and assembly of two nuclear fuel test assemblies for its SME (small modular reactor) at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in South...

Nuclear Plant