Plant & Facility Equipment White Papers

Data Recovery from Laptops
Description: Highlighting the phenomenal rise in the use of laptops in business organizations, this paper highlights the problem of Data Loss faced by the laptop users including employees and managers. Data loss in a laptop can end up costing the company a lot... More
Publisher: Smarter Backup Inc
Release Date: 2007-03-17

"Old" is "New" for Street Lighting
Description: The increasing use of lighting fixtures that towns and cities across America are choosing to illuminate their streets is the focus of this paper. It describes these fixtures which are designed to in tune with old architecture, while their optical... More
Publisher: Holophane
Release Date: 2007-03-13

A Review of Polarization Index and IEEE Standard 43-2000
Description: The IEEE recommends revisions in the practice for testing insulation resistance of rotating machinery due to the several changes that have been made to the types of insulation used in rotating machines. The insulation resistance characteristics of... More
Publisher: ALL-TEST Pro, LLC
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Acoustics
Description: This paper highlights the use of polyurethane foam to reduce unwanted sound, and explains with an example of a tuning fork, the creation of sound, the requirements that make sound quiet or loud, definition of loud sound, unit of measure of sound,... More
Publisher: Foamex
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Activated Carbons and Manufactured Gas Plants
Description: There are many technologies used to remediate MGP (manufactured gas plants) sites. However, the excavation and hauling technique commonly referred to as "hog and haul" is still a core tool and is used alone or in conjunction with other technologies.... More
Publisher: TIGG Corp.
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Airflow Performance and Speed at a Glance
Description: Airflow performance, speed, fan curves, and optimum operating points of fans are reviewed in this report along with an analysis of the function and definition of characteristic curve of the fan, description of whole airflow operation for cooling,... More
Publisher: EBM - Papst, Inc.
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Are You Concerned about Activated Carbon Quality?
Description: In the environmental management field, granular carbon is used to remove dissolved organic compounds and volatile organic emissions. But carbon products vary in their abilities to remove these unwanted substances based on their adsorption capacity.... More
Publisher: Carbtrol Corp.
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Army Hospital Maintains Firestop Integrity
Description: This white paper details the construction of Madigan Medical Complex in conformity with the latest life safety standards including automatic sprinklers and compartmentalized fire rated construction. It details a brief description about the... More
Publisher: 3M Specialty Materials Div.
Release Date: 2007-03-13

AT&T Stresses Fire Protection Standards at the University of Maryland
Description: This white paper explains how AT&T executed the installation of fire protection material as specified in the university documentation of the construction project at the University of Maryland. It lists the firestop products, their properties and... More
Publisher: 3M Specialty Materials Div.
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Benefits and Advantages of Using Advanced Catalytic Oxidizers versus Thermal Incinerators Alone
Description: Catalytic oxidation and thermal incineration systems are the two methods used in the reduction of VOC emissions. This paper attempts to establish that catalytic oxidation offers many advantages over stand alone thermal incineration systems by... More
Publisher: Applied Ceramics, Inc.
Release Date: 2007-03-13