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...
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Modernizing Burner Management Systems
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
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
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...
Setting New Production Records with Improved Control Performance
I saw an email about a success at a northern U.S. paper maker that set a new production record. To whom did they attribute this success? Since this is a blog about the experts around Emerson Process Management, you might guess the answer. And you'd be correct. They...
Chemical Recovery Boiler Performance Efficiency
We discussed improvement of multi-fuel boilers in an earlier post. Similarly, pulp and paper manufacturers often wrestle with chemical recovery boilers because of the complexity of the combustion process. This complexity is largely driven by the variability in the...
Improving Multi-Fuel Boiler Performance
As process manufacturers grapple with high fuel costs to create the steam for their processes, they often look to increase the use of biomass and alternate fuels in their boilers. vThe key measurement is typically the cost per pound of steam. This can be reduced by...
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