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Hydrogen - a clean, carbon neutral energy source emitting no CO2 - is often described as the fuel of the future, though it’s already being used across a growing range of applications in the UK and overseas. 

While acknowledging that hydrogen’s ‘green planet’ credentials are highly encouraging, technical experts at Wolf Safety believe the risks it can potentially cause should not be underestimated. 

Save cooling tower energy and maintain performance through simple tasks - Gary Dicker, Technical Sales Director, DHD Cooling

A cooling tower allows building owners and operators to take advantage of   low cooling water temperatures and higher rates of heat rejection per square metre inherent in evaporative cooling systems. A well maintained cooling tower enables cooling systems to perform at optimum efficiency, reliably and cost-effectively, with contractors who maintain cooling systems able to service their customers with comprehensive and routine cooling tower maintenance programmes that should maintain cooling performance for many years..

Bespoke approach to cooling improvements at the distillery fermenters contribute to better quality of product and increased production.

ICS Cool Energy, an international market leader specializing in complete temperature control solutions for manufacturing process and facilities applications, delivered efficiency and sustainability focused enhancements to the cooling systems at the Great Northern Distillery in Dundalk, Co. Louth in Ireland. The project involved a tailored approach with temporary cooling installations proceeding the permanent, high efficiency and low global warming potential (GWP) system. 

The list of hardware manufacturers affected by the recent Realtek vulnerabilities is rather long: AsusTEK, Belkin, D-Link, Edimax, Hama, Logitec, Netgear and many more equip their Wi-Fi devices with vulnerable software development kits (SDKs) from Realtek. 

A vulnerability within the Realtek RTL819xD module allows hackers to gain complete access to the device, installed operating systems and other network devices. “Our security reseachers have discovered and analyzed this vulnerability, which affects hundreds of thousands of devices. We notified Realtek, and they immediately responded and provided an appropriate patch. Manufacturers using vulnerable Wi-Fi modules are strongly encouraged to check their devices and provide security patches to their users,” said Florian Lukavsky, managing director of IoT Inspector. The security platform probes the firmware of IoT devices such as routers, IP cameras or printers. The company has already published a number of coordinated security advisories with affected manufacturers in the past, thwarting potential hacking attacks. For this particular case, IoT Inspector is making its platform available to potentially affected manufacturers and users for a free check. Only by analyzing each firmware can it be determined whether vulnerable components are still being used.

Premier Coatings Ltd., expert manufacturers of corrosion prevention and sealing products, are thrilled to announce the launch of their new website, premiercoatings.com. 

The site features an intuitive Surface Preparation Guide, an interactive ‘Contacts’ page and a new ‘Product Finder’ which clearly showcases Premier Coatings Ltd.’s bespoke and off the shelf solutions, that provide enduring protection against corrosion and chemical attack to buried and exposed pipes, valves, fittings, steelwork, marine structures, tanks and concrete bunded areas. The helpful filter function on the Product Finder makes finding the right products so much easier! Customers can simply filter through the options to find the best solution for their corrosion prevention needs.

Speedpanel, part of the Speedclad group of businesses, has developed a range of insulated composite spandrel panels that provide both extremely quick building encapsulation and fire-retardant properties in accordance with the latest regulations.

Notably, the company worked in close liaison with adhesive expert Henkel to identify the optimum flame-retardant bonding product for the panels. In a construction market still reeling from the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the resulting Speedpanel A2 Glass and Speedpanel A2 Aluminium carry an independently certified fire rating of A2-s1 d0, creating a huge USP for the company and opening up vast market potential in both new build and replacement façade projects.

Through its participation in the Hy4Heat programme, Riello is helping to assess the potential for, and implications of, using 100% hydrogen in the UK gas network as a carbon-free alternative to natural gas.

Independent testing by Enertek International Ltd. indicates that Riello burners operate as reliably and efficiently with hydrogen as they do with natural gas – requiring only a change to the means of flame failure detection.

In 2015, with business improving but original process equipment reaching end-of-life, Rebellion Beer Company bucked the trend and, with impartial advice from heat transfer specialist Fulton, replaced its ageing steam boiler for a thermal fluid system. Now, six years on, we approached Rebellion’s Mark Gloyens to update us on how brewery life has coped with the switch.

Anyone running a brewery will tell you just how critical the boil phase of the brewing process is; and when Rebellion set out on its journey from steam to thermal, they were warned that they’d never succeed in getting that clean flavour achieved from a steam-driven rolling boil.

A new gas process heating system from Lanemark Combustion Engineering is now fully operational at a leading micro-brewery in London.  Villages Brewery is benefiting from Lanemark technology which plays a key role in a new facility – with particular gains noted in terms of operational efficiency.

“We have installed and commissioned a liquid heating TX 25E burner package on a brewing kettle supplied by Bespoke Brewing Solutions, with whom we liaised closely throughout the project,” says Lanemark’s Process Burner Sales Manager, Adrian Cadman.  “This provides a capacity of 30 hl – or 18 UK barrels – and is now central to Villages Brewery’s production.”

Industrial process heating equipment and solutions specialist Babcock Wanson is pleased to announce the acquisition of Thermigas, the French leader of decentralised liquid-heating applications in industrial processes.

The acquisition of Thermigas will allow Babcock Wanson to strengthen its environmental credentials and to deepen its offer with equipment which enables customers to optimise the energy consumption of their processes, thereby saving energy.