Not only did it provide us a long overdue opportunity to catch up in person, it was a great platform to take note of industry updates, challenges within the industry and future opportunities.
Speakers from Innospec, Chevron Oronite, A S Harrison & Co’s sister company Harrison Manufacturing, the Australian Lubricant Association, Evonik, and ExxonMobil shared their insights present and future on the industry.
Representatives for the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) were also invited to discuss the Department’s fuel security framework and new fuel policy.
Joining them, the A S Harrison & Co Energy Efficiency team was on site to answer questions from suppliers and customers.
As the industry is changing, A S Harrison & Co is adapting with its suppliers to provide customers with the best products, data and recommendations in step with the times. We are looking forward to our next conference to see what the future brings us all.
Please contact our Energy Efficiency team if you have any questions or wish to arrange a meeting.
Product and customer insights
CHALLENGE A municipal reverse osmosis (RO) plant, with a capacity of 2 million gallons per day (MGD), faced frequent system cleanings, every 2-4 months, due to rising feed pressure. The plant, which sources water from brackish wells and uses Toray TMG-20D-400 membranes in a (16×7) -> (8×7) train configuration, was operating at 78% recovery. Despite […]
Despite numerous cleanings, the productivity of the Reverse Osmosis plant would not recover from severe membrane fouling. The membrane autopsy revealed that the ferric hydroxide was seeding
silica polymerization and that even while the ferric hydroxide was removed, the silica scaling was continuing to grow.
The plant was experiencing weekly shutdowns for fiber clean up (~ 3 kg bags of matted slurry is cleaned per week). The shut downs were costly as they reduce plant availability for production.
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) regulation, known as IMO 2020 was the the largest change in regulation relating to marine fuels impacting 75% of the fuel used by the shipping industry.
Keeping drilling costs low using Redi-Guard™ High Performance, an ecologically friendly drilling fluid technology with revolutionary rheological and shale encapsulation properties
AWC A-110 effectively inhibited scale at a dosage of 3.5 ppm and an operating pH of 6.9. This increase in operating pH reduced the district’s annual acid consumption by ~$350K per year based on their current production.
Research indicates that Sea Buckthorn may be able to strengthen the immune system. One in vitro study focused on the possible immunomodulatory properties of Sea Buckthorn.
MCI® -2020 V/O and ChemMaster’s Colorsil were chosen to repair and protect the walls based on their 20 year warranties and the fact that together they could fulfill the other specified repair design requirements.
The East Hokkaido region is known to have the highest volume of potato product in Japan. Unfortunately, a potato farmer in the area was experiencing a high rate of potato scab infection in his agricultural field.
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