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FOAM CONTROL CASE STUDIES

Hycontrol's advanced foam control technology is used by leading manufacturers around the world.
The following case studies highlight just a handful of the applications of this unique technology:



Tata Chemicals (India): SureSense

Tata wanted to improve the process effectiveness and to achieve cost savings on the use of antifoam. Through their Indian agents Pune Techtrol, Hycontrol supplied Tata Chemicals with the SureSense foam control system. This unique system consists of a special probe built using patented IMA technology along with a control unit to automate the process of antifoam addition.

The probe was installed on the fermenter using an adjustable process fitting. The SureSense detects foam immediately when it forms and makes contact with the probe. Upon detecting this signal, the control unit starts a dosing pump to add antifoam to the fermenter. As soon as the foam subsides and probe no longer detects contact with it, the controller deactivates the antifoam pump.

 

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SureSense probe in fermenter


Cereal Manufacturer: SureSense+

Purpose-designed foam measurement technology from Hycontrol has resulted in cost savings of approximately £30,000 in the effluent plant of one of Europe’s largest cereal manufacturing sites. Managers at the site, which produces thousands of tonnes of breakfast cereal every year for distribution across the continent, are now considering expanding their use of the patented foam technology.

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Effluent tank


Pinguin Foods: SureSense

Foam control experts Hycontrol have supplied additional foam measurement sensors and a multichannel control panel for Pinguin Foods at their Kings Lynn plant as part of a major £13 million expansion by the Belgian-owned fresh-frozen produce company.

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Engineer looking into a vegetable washing tank

Monarch Chemicals: SmartFoam

Hycontrol has solved a sticky foam detection and contents measuring problem for a leading developer and supplier of innovative polymers, elastomers and speciality chemicals at their UK plant.

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Smart Foam probe at Monarch Chemicals

Chesapeake Energy: SureSense

Chesapeake installed a Hycontrol foam sensor into a natural gas pipeline which was prone to generating foam. In the first year of operation, they saved over 99% of the previous antifoam use. Now that’s a record for one of our sensors!

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Pipe system at Chesapeake Energy

Australian Royal Navy: SmartFoam

The SmartFoam is a unique product, designed to measure and control foam in a single unit which is easy and quick to install. The SmartFoam can be used to create an effective foam control system without the need for any additional transmitter and is designed to be robust for industrial use. The sensor is designed using the unique patented IMA Sensing™ technology. IMA Sensing™ enables foam to be reliably measured even when it is covered with a build-up of sticky material which frequently happens during foam measurement.

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Australian Navy foam control application

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