Globally, across nearly every industry, OEMs and end users are looking for ways to improve their heat-treat equipment and processes. In addition, they are facing increasingly stringent NO_X emissions regulations while focusing on delivering the process and product quality their customers expect.

Listen to Chad Briggs, Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell Thermal Solutions, talk about the ways to reap the benefits of digital transformation and about the latest developments for NO_x and CO₂ reduction.

Industrial heating can be obtained through various technologies such as fuel, electricity and steam as well as hybrid technologies that combine two or more technologies. Fuel-based heating technology is the most common today due to the relatively low prices of fossil fuels.

Freezing preserves raw or prepared foods to allow them to be stored for an extended period. Placing food in a frozen state slows decomposition by converting residual moisture to ice, inhibiting the growth of most bacterial species, and locking in important sensory attributes like taste, color and essential nutrients.

Infrared has been in use in process heating for more than 30 years, but only recently has it become a commonplace consideration for most oven designs. Convection (hot air) heating typically has been the ubiquitous solution, and it does a good job in many situations.

Duct-mounted EE850 measures CO₂ concentration up to 10,000 ppm (1 percent) as well as relative humidity and temperature. Suited for use as process control, the three-in-one sensor has a dewpoint temperature and a passive temperature output.

Energy improvement offers enormous potential for variable cost reduction and improved environmental performance. These types of improvements can be fast tracked and amplified via internet-based collaboration, but there is a risk that outsourced services can lead to a hollowing out of site expertise. 

It is no secret the manufacturers can save money and reduce emissions if they can find ways to convert CO₂ into chemicals valuable in other process uses. A research project from Praxair and Novomer seeks to do that.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory chose three companies to design, build and operate a 10 MWe supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO₂) pilot power plant.

Praxair Inc. acquired and will operate a 300-ton-per-day carbon dioxide (CO₂) purification and liquefaction plant from PureCO₂ LP.