Over at ControlGlobal.com's Sound Off! Editors' Blog is a post, Greenhouse Gases-- There's a Pony in There Somewhere! #carbondioxide #control #pauto #globalwarming #ruminants. The post by Control magazine Editor in Chief Walt Boyes highlights Emerson's Patrick...
A recent ControlGlobal.com article explored the energy savings of variable frequency drive (VFD)-based centrifugal pumps versus control valves in flow control applications. The article, Eliminating the Control Valve sums its position in the subtitle, "Valves Are...
A little more than one year ago, I highlighted how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Rules were beginning to impact U.S. process manufacturers. The post, EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules and Flow Measurement shared ways...
A person searching on the subject of gas-fired heaters came upon one of the many posts here on this blog. He wanted to know: Is there any International standard or code compliance to measure or monitor the gases (like type of gas and range, etc.) in the gas fired...
Here is a final recorded livestreamed presentation I captured last week at the Emerson Exchange. Emerson's Brian Fieser and Joel Lemke presented 40 CFR 98 Tier 4 Greenhouse Gas Reporting with Stack Emissions Flow Meter. Unfortunately, the recording is joined in...
I chatted briefly with Emerson's Patrick Truesdale when he was in Austin the other day. You may recall Patrick from several energy efficiency-related posts. He shared with me that he had a couple of presentations that he'd be giving at Automation Week in Houston,...
Chris Chiappinelli, from the Managing Automation blogs, has an interesting post, For Manufacturers, a Reason to Tweet. What caught my eye was: Thinking of Twitter as primarily a sales development tool, however, is the wrong approach, according to the post. Instead,...
I caught up with Emerson's Tom O'Banion to get the latest on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reporting Rule. Tom is the Director of the chemical industries in the Micro Motion Coriolis Flow & Density...
I saw some startling facts in a presentation by Emerson's Pete Sharpe, whom you may recall from many process optimization-related posts. This week he visited The Automation Group (TAG) office in Houston, to discuss distillation and fired heater optimization. I was...
As the politics of greenhouse gas emissions in Washington and other capitals around the world continue to unfold, process manufacturers must continue to meet the regulatory mandates that come their way. They are also challenged to improve safety, security, and their...
Last week, I highlighted some of the greenhouse gas regulatory reporting changes happening here in the U.S. I checked in with Emerson's Doug Simmers, a global product manager in the Rosemount Analytical Combustion Gas business. Although alternative sources of energy...
You only have to do a Google News search on EPA greenhouse gas reporting rules to know this is a large issue on the minds of U.S. process manufacturers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a mandate, 40 CFR Part 98 requiring the monitoring and...
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