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New tool designed for ethanol leak detection

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Here’s the new 2020ComboPRO for ethanol leak detection in fuel ethanol plants.

The tool helps in compliance with air quality operating permit requirements of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s new source performance standards (NSPS) Subpart VV. The portable and easy to operate instrument’s photoionization detection technology measures ethanol leaks accurately and quickly, the company says. The tool’s large digital display prompts the operator through basic operations, and critical data are displayed in less than 3 sec. Its measurement range is 0.1-10,000 ppm, and audible and visual alarms alert the operator when predefined limits are exceeded. The 2020ComboPRO meets and exceeds the requirements of NSPS Subpart VV specific to EPA Method 21 for fugitive emissions, also known as leak detection and repair. And the tool is also rated intrinsically safe for explosive environments.

Source: Photovac Inc., 300 Second Ave., Waltham, MA 02451-1166.

New feature incorporated into flextop computers

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This manufacturer of high-performance, portable computers has incorporated Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel Corp.’s Harpertown L5420 Xeon 45nm Quad Core processor into NextDimension flextop computers.

As many as two Harpertown Quad Core processors are offered for the following computer models:

The NextDimension Pro and Pro HD, the NextDimension Evo, Evo HD (shown at right), and the Vigor Pro SD. The new low wattage version of the processor provides an increased clock speed of 2.5 GHz and 12 MB cache, which helps enhance performance by caching bits of data and code in the chip itself while performing other tasks simultaneously at a rapid rate.

The company says users will benefit from Intel’s 45nm 820 million transistors placed into the Intel Xeon processor 5400 series, an increase over the previous generation Intel Xeon processor 5300 series, which featured 582 million transistors. More transistors means more capability, performance, and energy efficiency from enhancements that include expanded power management capabilities. These features are designed to reduce virtualization overhead, and 47 new Intel SSE4 instructions can help improve the performance of media and high-performance computing applications, which are common among NextComputing users, the firm points out. Source: NextComputing, 4 Townsend West, Unit 17, Nashua, NH 03063.