A key topic on the mind of attendees at Emerson’s 2020 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference water/wastewater industry panel was how technology can help with the influx of new challenges facing water management plants. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a glimpse of the...
A common power industry theme at the 2020 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference has been the many challenges organizations experience in a shifting environment. The need for maintaining reliability and compliance and avoiding obsolescence remain, yet organizations also...
The challenges associated with a shift toward renewables and maintaining business continuity during a global pandemic have resulted in new opportunities that have been a constant topic among attendees at Emerson’s 2020 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference. Customers are...
Day two of the Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference saw speakers focusing on the importance of cybersecurity in driving better operations across the power and water industries. Hyperconnectivity challenges cybersecurity Many...
Emerson’s 2020 Ovation™ Users’ Group Conference opened with Bob Yeager, president of power & water solutions, providing an update on the power and water landscape in our rapidly changing world. Bob opened with a look at how interaction and routines have...
In a Water & Wastes Digest (WWD) video interview, The Benefits of Automation for Water & Wastewater Utilities, Emerson’s Pete Gabor highlights the role of automation in accomplishing safe, efficient & reliable operations.
Emerson's Mike Ames and Nick Koonce teamed up to discuss Ovation Lifecycle Planning and the need to think beyond periodic upgrades at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. Nick opened by defining lifecycle planning for the Ovation system: Ovation Lifecycle...
Water & wastewater utilities can improve efficiency using Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies. In a WaterWorld article, Leveraging IIoT for Energy Management, Emerson's Peter Gabor participated in a question & answer session to share his thoughts...
Deadly hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) can be present in industries such as oil & gas production and wastewater treatment. The Wikipedia Hydrogen Sulfide page highlights the danger: Short-term, high-level exposure can induce immediate collapse, with loss of breathing and a...
Emerson's Mircea Lupu shared his thoughts on Ovation system algorithms for handling processes with long lag times—a control challenge that vexes many. Mircea opened noting that control algorithms are at the heart of any control system to provide stable and accurate...
Chlorine is an important disinfectant whether used in swimming pools or the water that flows into our homes and businesses. For water treatment facilities, water treatment monitoring is one of the most important facility operations. Meeting regulatory requirements for...
During the week of July 29 through August 3, I'll be attending the Ovation Users' Group Conference in Pittsburgh. This users' group is composed of people working in the power, water and wastewater industries. If you're in one of these industries and an Ovation...
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