Fauske & Associates, Inc. Introduce a Fast Thermal Activity Interpreter for Controlling Chemical Reaction Hazards.Energy Editors/Business Editors BURR burr (bur) bur. burr n. Variant of bur. burr 1. a plant seed capsule carrying many hooked structures which catch in animal coats thus promoting dissemination of the plant. RIDGE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2004 Fauske & Associates, Inc. (FAI), a world leader in the field of process safety management to the chemical and nuclear industries, today announced the introduction of its new Fast Thermal Activity Interpreter (FTAI FTAI Fisheries Technology Associates Inc. (Fort Collins, CO) FTAI Fondo Teletón de Apoyo a Instituciones (Mexico) ) instrument for use by the chemical industry to help control chemical reaction hazards. As thermal activity in chemicals can be induced by small amounts of contamination such as metals or moisture, control measures require frequent measurements. By keeping thermal activity below a specified value, storage size and allowable transportation times can be determined to prevent the occurrence of an uncontrollable runaway reaction. Designed to monitor chemical systems undergoing contamination induced gaseous gas·e·ous adj. 1. Of, relating to, or existing as a gas. 2. Full of or containing gas; gassy. decomposition reactions Noun 1. decomposition reaction - (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance chemical decomposition reaction, decomposition , material oxidation or corrosion involving oxygen consumption, the Fast Thermal Activity Interpreter determines activation energies and rate laws at ambient temperature Outside temperature at any given altitude, preferably expressed in degrees centigrade. conditions. As a result, counter-measures can be activated to negate ne·gate tr.v. ne·gat·ed, ne·gat·ing, ne·gates 1. To make ineffective or invalid; nullify. 2. To rule out; deny. See Synonyms at deny. 3. or control the reaction. Intended for use on-site or on-line by technicians, operation of the instrument simply requires scrolling though a library of conditions and the appropriate method selected with the press of a button. Once the testing process is complete, results can then be presented either by a standard LCD display or compact flash memory card. Other options include a printer or the results can be sent to an Internet web server. "We believe our Fast Thermal Activity Interpreter will be widely used to monitor many types of chemicals," said Kris Fauske, FAI's vice-president of operations and chemical systems. "Unlike instruments from other vendors that often cost in excess of $100,000 and take sixteen hours or more to complete a single analysis, FAI's instrument costs around $20,000 and has a measurement time of about one hour." About Fauske & Associates, Inc. Founded in 1980, Fauske & Associates, Inc. is a world leader in the field of process safety management to the chemical and nuclear industries, and has assumed leadership roles in the DIERS DIERS Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (AICHE) program for AIChE, and the IDCOR IDCOR Industry Degraded Core Rulemaking program for the nuclear power industry. FAI is recognized worldwide as expert in phenomenological modeling related to prevention and accommodation of chemical and nuclear plant accidents. Information on FAI, its products and services can be found at www.fauske.com. FTAI is a trademark of Fauske & Associates, Inc. and has a patent pending. |
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