The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (formerly NPRA) are holding a Q&A and Technology Forum October 1-3, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Emerson's Tim Olsen, whom you may recall from earlier refinery-related posts, shared with me that several Emerson folks...
In refineries and petrochemical plants, pipe racks are the "backbones" of the process units. It is also the place Emerson's Gary Hawkins, a senior refining consultant, recommends should be completely covered with an IEC 62591 wireless device communications...
"According to Solomon Associates, a world-class performer is a company whose maintenance costs are below 1.4 percent plant replacement value, with mechanical availability greater than 96.7 percent." Are your maintenance costs below this 1.4% threshold and 96.7%...
Emerson's Sam Thiara and Scott Pettigrew presented a case study on a steel producer looking to drive energy efficiency solutions to minimize costs and emissions. The objectives of the first project was to reduce CO2 emissions and dust in the facility and reduce...
We're entering that time of year where draft presentations have been developed and submitted to the Emerson Exchange organizers. The 2011 event will be held October 24-28 in Nashville, Tennessee USA. A few weeks ago, I caught up with Emerson's Pete Sharpe who leads...
I always enjoy reading articles written by Emerson's Jonas Berge. He explains concepts simply and makes them easily understandable. What prompted this thought is a recent article in Control Engineering Asia magazine, Value from Vibration. You may recall Jonas from...
Whether controlling pumps, fans, blowers, conveyors, compressors, extruders, mixers, agitators, chippers, etc., AC variable speed drives can be found in most plants and mills. Emerson's Jonas Berge, whom you may recall from earlier digital communications-related...
The March/April edition of Intech magazine features an article by ModelingAndControl.com's Greg McMillan--Key design components of final control elements. The article is derived from Greg's new book, Essentials of Modern Measurements and Final Elements in the Process...
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