EXHIBIT 23






                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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   To Thermo Process Systems Inc.:

   As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our
   report dated January 10, 1995, included in Thermo Process Systems Inc.'s
   Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A relating to events occurring on March 29,
   1995, and to other references to our Firm included in or made a part of
   this Form 8-K/A.




Groningen, The Netherlands, June 6, 1995
MORET ERNST & YOUNG ACCOUNTANTS





K. de Wind      G.A.F. Dijkhuis