Ammonia production, a cornerstone of global food security, carries a significant environmental footprint. While its output is essential for producing fertilizers to feed billions, it accounts for 1.8% of global CO2 emissions, releasing around 500 million tonnes...
Energy & Emissions
Measurement Strategies for Optimizing Fired Heaters
At the ACHEMA 2024 conference, Emerson’s Michael Machuca delivered a compelling presentation on Measurement Strategies to Achieve Your Sustainability and Decarbonization Goals.
Improving Regulatory Compliance with Pressure Relief Device Monitoring
Emerson’s Ricardo Garcia, shares an update on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s MON PRD regulations for miscellaneous organic chemical (MON) emissions from pressure relief devices (PRDs).
Sustainability and Optimization Study
Qatar Chemical (Q-Chem)’s Hasna A Sidahmed teamed up with Emerson’s Harish Govindan and Janka O’Brien to present Sustainability and Energy Optimization Study at the 2024 Emerson Exchange Conference in Düsseldorf, Germany. Here is their presentation abstract....
Nothing But Water in the Water Drain
4C-HSE’s Steve Probst and Emerson’s Marcio Donnangelo presented Nothing But Water in the Water Drain at the 4C Health, Safety & Environmental Conference.
Making regional carbon capture and storage hubs more viable
Regional carbon capture and storage hubs enable multiple CO2 emitters to share infrastructure and pipelines, thereby reducing costs. Advanced automation solutions can increase the operational efficiency and enhance the economic viability of these projects.
Improving Fired Heater Efficiency and Performance
Martin McDonough shares ways that chemical manufacturers can reduce emissions, increase safety performance, and lower energy costs by using automation to improve fired heater efficiency.
Improved Instrumentation Necessary to Support Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Refueling Infrastructure
Many antique collectors love “visible” gasoline pumps that were common roughly a century ago. They’re the tall ones with a large glass graduated cylinder at the top. When filling up, the station attendant would manually pump gasoline into the cylinder, and then allow...
Floor-to-Cloud Solution for Compressed Air Monitoring Reduces Energy Costs for Major Manufacturer
Energy costs are always a major issue for manufacturers in all industries, and reducing energy use is a top priority for plant operators because of both environmental and budgetary concerns. A large global consumer packaged goods manufacturer needed to reduce energy...
Digital Solutions for Driving More Sustainable Production
At the EHS (Environmental, Health & Safety) Seminar, Emerson’s Michael Machuca presented Digital Solutions to Achieve Your Sustainability and Decarbonization Goals.
See How This Metro Rail Agency Used PLCs to Transform Ventilation, Control and Energy Management
While historically, PLCs might have been thought of as “simple machine control,” today’s complex applications speak to the increasing sophistication of PLC/PAC technology as well the rapid growth in the discrete and hybrid marketplace. One such example is the use of...
Improving Fuel Train Flow, Reliability and Safety
This quick 51-second video, How to Properly Maintain Your Fuel Train, shows some effective safety shutoff valves for the application. These valves include the ASCO Series 158/159 and 214 safety shutoff valves.
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