Emerson’s Nikolaos Pratikakis and Michael Painter presented Modernizing Power Plant Control with Aspen DMC3: AI-Enhanced MPC for Efficiency and Reliability at the 2025 Ovation Users’ Group Conference.
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Enhance Efficiency with Performance Optimization Software
At the 2025 Ovation Users’ Group Conference, Emerson’s Mike Painter and Melanie Novacek presented Unleash Efficiency with Performance Optimization Software.
Machine Learning and AI for Optimizing Operations
Rick Kephart, Morgan Lewis, Michael Painter, and Zitara’s Evan Murphy led a session titled “What is Your Power Play? Winning with AI and Machine Learning Solutions” at the Emerson Exchange 2025 Conference.
Case Study: How a U.S. Water Authority Significantly Reduced Secondary Treatment Costs
Manually controlling water and wastewater treatment processes — such as those performed by aeration basins — typically creates significant operational variations that translate into reduce efficiency, higher costs and lower performance. Automation offers a solution...
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