Oct 14 2008
SpectraSensors, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of precision optical laser-based gas analyzers that enable the petrochemical industry to get cleaner, better fuels to market faster, has announced the general availability of three new products designed specifically to improve process efficiency in refineries and chemical plants. Process efficiency is a highly critical yet often overlooked aspect of the environmental impacts from energy and chemical production. Improved process efficiency enables lower maintenance costs, more accurate measurements, faster response times and more economic value with fewer materials and waste.
SpectraSensors employs proprietary tunable diode laser (TDL) technology that was spun out of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1999. The company is demonstrating the new products this week in Booth #2248 at ISA EXPO 2008 at the Reliant Center in Houston.
The new products enable customers such as Chevron, ConocoPhillips and BP to conduct faster and more accurate measurements of gas quality while lowering maintenance costs and substantially reducing wear-and-tear of expensive refinery and chemical plant equipment that is easily damaged. SpectraSensors' products employ TDL technology in innovative ways that avoid direct contact between the equipment and the sample, which improves speed of response and accuracy while drastically reducing the likelihood of corrosion and contamination.
"We're highly focused on solutions for refineries and chemical plants as these industries are ripe for process improvement through the application of innovative technology like TDLs," said George Balogh, CEO, SpectraSensors, Inc. "Our dedication to this market is paying off. Since 2004, we have experienced nearly 600 percent revenue growth, largely attributed to the exploding customer demand for new products that significantly speed response times and lower maintenance costs. Increasing process efficiency directly and substantially lowers the cost of doing business and improves overall energy quality while reducing negative environmental effects."