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Hydrogen Sulfide in Paper Mills: Find it Before it Finds You

by Forrest Francis | Aug 31, 2020 | Control & Safety Systems, Measurement Instrumentation, Pulp & Paper, Safety

In a Paper360 magazine article, "Wireless Sensors Improve Toxic Gas Mitigation in P&P Mills", Emerson’s Forrest Francis explains how workers can avoid nasty surprises. TV shows add drama saying their stories are “ripped from the headlines,” meaning they’re based...

Successfully Applying Non-Contacting Radar in Black Liquor Mixing Tanks

by Jim Cahill | Oct 22, 2019 | Industry, Level, Measurement Instrumentation, Pulp & Paper

In the Kraft pulping process, wood fibers are separated, and resinous materials removed, using an alkaline (typically sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide) cooking liquor, also known as white liquor. This process converts wood into cellulosic pulp used in the...

Non-Contacting Radar Level Measurement in Pulp Mills

by Jim Cahill | May 23, 2019 | Industry, Level, Measurement Instrumentation, Pulp & Paper

A pulp mill: …converts wood chips or other plant fibre source into a thick fibre board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. Level measurements can be challenging in pulp manufacturing process. In a Pulp-paperworld article, Radar Technology...

Improved Emissions and Lower Fuel Costs at RDM Blendecques

by Jim Cahill | Mar 4, 2016 | Industrial Energy & Onsite Utilities, Industry, Pulp & Paper

Italian recycled paperboard producer, Reno De Medici (RDM) Blendecques mill in Saint Omer, France had a big challenge to modernize a control system with a short time window during a planned shutdown. The control system managed two Heat Recovery Steam Generators...

Identifying Components then Optimizing Industrial Energy Consumption

by Jim Cahill | Apr 16, 2015 | Industrial Energy & Onsite Utilities, Industry, Pulp & Paper

When optimizing operating costs at a production facility, the bias is toward that which can be measured. For example, the cost of chemicals additives for a process is something easily measured based upon the amount consumed. For components such as the energy to...

Mobile Workers at Pulp and Paper Mill Case Study

by Jim Cahill | Jan 15, 2015 | Control & Safety Systems, Industrial IoT, Industry, Pulp & Paper

Wireless communications technologies are pervasive in our lives and in our world of process automation and control. Not only for smart instrumentation, but also for process manufacturing and production operating and maintenance personnel. In a PPI Mills and Technology...

Human Centered Design Meets SmartProcess Cook

by Jim Cahill | Oct 8, 2014 | Industry, Pulp & Paper

Emerson's Danny Streets and Dennis Barrow shared their experience in optimizing pulp & paper batch digest operations. Their abstract: Emerson has enhanced its SmartProcess Cook solution for batch digesters in the Pulp & Paper Industry taking advantage of the...

Flow Measurement in High Process Noise Environments

by Jim Cahill | Mar 6, 2014 | Industry, Measurement Instrumentation, Pulp & Paper

Pulp and Paper processes provide noisy environments for measurement instrumentation. This 5-minute YouTube video demonstrates how magnetic flowmeter (magmeter) process noise diagnostics and noise mitigation technology improves flow measurement in pulp & paper...

Modernizing Burner Management Systems

by Jim Cahill | Mar 17, 2011 | Industrial Energy & Onsite Utilities, Industry, Pulp & Paper, Safety

The Industrial Safety and Security Source blog has a post, Firing Up Burner System, which describes the implementation of a burner management system (BMS) at RockTenn's recycled paper mill in St. Paul, Minnesota. Their challenge was to replace an old relay panel-based...

Dealing with Fixed Deadtime with the Smith Predictor Algorithm

by Jim Cahill | Feb 11, 2009 | Industry, Pulp & Paper, Services, Consulting & Training

I recently exchanged some emails with Emerson's Sergei Kuznetsov, part of TAG projects organization, and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sergei is principal control systems engineer, certified professional engineer, and has an MSEE degree. He shared with me an...

Taking a Systematic Approach in Managing Control Valves

by Jim Cahill | May 23, 2008 | Asset Management, Industry, Pulp & Paper, Valves, Actuators & Regulators

In several parts of the world including North America, Emerson Process Management sells some of its products and services through local business partners. I came across a great Pulp & Paper magazine article, Control Valve Management Can Pay Off Big, written by...

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Welcome to Emerson Automation Experts Podcasts

Hydrogen Sulfide in Paper Mills: Find it Before it Finds You

Successfully Applying Non-Contacting Radar in Black Liquor Mixing Tanks

Non-Contacting Radar Level Measurement in Pulp Mills

Improved Emissions and Lower Fuel Costs at RDM Blendecques

Identifying Components then Optimizing Industrial Energy Consumption

Mobile Workers at Pulp and Paper Mill Case Study

Human Centered Design Meets SmartProcess Cook

Flow Measurement in High Process Noise Environments

Modernizing Burner Management Systems

Dealing with Fixed Deadtime with the Smith Predictor Algorithm

Taking a Systematic Approach in Managing Control Valves

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