In a Hydrocarbon Engineering article, Emerson’s Amanda Alexander describes two ways to extend existing wireless networks for worker location and toxic gas monitoring. Emerson colleagues who were around back at the dawn of WirelessHART tell me the earliest deployments...
Downstream Hydrocarbons
Automating Procedures in Ethylene Furnaces can bring Huge Benefits
There are many examples in plants where operators need to follow a particular procedure to safely transition the plant to a new condition. In an ethylene plant, furnace startup, decoke and shutdown operations are classic examples where following strict operating...
Improving Refinery Emissions Management
In a Refiner’s Guide to Digital Transformation and Top Quartile Performance article, Control emissions to meet changing regulations, Emerson’s Ed Schodowski highlights ways technology can help minimize emissions while driving lower energy costs and reducing exposure to regulatory fines.
Multiple Systems Working Together Prevent Tank Overfill Disasters
In Hydrocarbon Engineering’s Tanks & Terminals Supplement, Emerson’s Helena Hjortsberg looks at all the elements of a comprehensive overfill prevention system in her article, A Coordinated Strategy. Overfilling a tank storing hydrocarbons or other flammable...
Building Digital Transformation, One Step at a Time
In a Flow Control magazine article, Seven Digital Transformation Myths Exposed, Emerson’s Brian Joe offers advice on starting a digital transformation program. When we talk to companies about digital transformation, especially companies that have yet to launch a...
Building Lines of Defense Against Hydrocarbon Releases and Fires
In a Chemical Engineering article, Emerson’s Nick Pinto offers strategies for improving tank farm safety with more effective gas release and flame detection In countless war movies, the heroes, whether in trenches or spaceships, have to stop the enemy advance at some...
This Week at the 2020 AFPM Summit
The 2020 American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Summit starts today as a virtual conference with Emerson’s Meha Jha, Tim Olsen, Julie Valentine, Doug White & Pete Sharpe share ways to improve operational performance.
Choosing Temperature Instrumentation Should Begin with Understanding the Process
In a Process Heating magazine article titled Questions to Ask About Temperature Measurement Applications, Emerson’s Sarah Kendrick helps engineers work through the critical temperature application design process. Imagine this: One of your process engineers comes to...
Refinery Optimization Strategies
Ensuring that a refinery is flexible enough to accommodate a variety of discounted crudes and adjust production to meet critical customer commitments sometimes feels like walking a tightrope with just the right balance between the financial benefit these crudes offer...
Holistic Approach to Top Quartile Reliability Performance
In the Refiner’s Guide to Digital Transformation and Top Quartile Performance, the article, From cultural shifts to tactical strategies: Ensuring refinery reliability takes a holistic approach, highlights an effective path to success.
Choosing the Right Gas Analyzer for Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Emissions Monitoring
NOx is probably the most ubiquitous combustion-created air pollutant since it can be generated by any process burning any fossil fuel, and it is tightly regulated by the U.S. EPA and other regulatory bodies around the world. Plants with relevant combustion processes,...
Moving from Paper and Pencil to Digital Practices
In a Hydrocarbon Engineering article, Disparate Data (registration required), Emerson’s Jodi Johnson describes how this shift helps create value for manufacturers and producers. She opens noting the challenges inherent in the paper & pencil practice.
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