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Power reliability and energy efficiency are often treated as separate conversations at an industrial facility. One is about making sure the plant keeps running when utility power doesn’t. The other is about reducing how much energy the facility needs in the first place. In natural gas facilities, there’s another opportunity worth adding to that conversation:…

Two gasketed plate heat exchangers are quoted for the same duty. Same approach temperature, same flow rates, same fluids. One is noticeably smaller and cheaper. On paper, both meet the spec. That situation is more common than it should be, and it’s worth understanding what’s actually going on underneath it. Published ratings and verified ratings…

Fluid coolers aren’t a new category of equipment, but where they’re being specified is changing. Between growing data center work in Alberta and a steady rise in high-density compute (including cryptocurrency mining) looking for cooling infrastructure, it’s worth revisiting what these units do well, and where they’re heading next. What a fluid cooler actually does…