Traditionally, most of the sensors in industrial processes were wired into the control systems or supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Because of the expense of the sensors, junction boxes, cabling/conduit/cable trays/etc. and installation and...
Last week in a post, Reducing Demand Charges in Energy Bills, we highlighted the opportunity for process manufacturers and producers to optimize energy costs. Today, we'll look at how to better identify these opportunities for energy savings. Emerson's Bill Thackston...
Energy management information systems, such as Energy Advisor, can help spot, alert operators and report on energy overconsumption events. In this quick, 46 second YouTube video, Energy Advisor: Overconsumption Alerts, it shows how to identify and log root causes for...
In a quick Emerson Exchange 365 Operate & Maintain group discussion post, Plant modernization for energy efficiency and loss control, Emerson's Barbara Hamilton alerted the community to a nice article in Control Engineering Asia magazine. The article with the same...
In an earlier post, Identifying Components then Optimizing Industrial Energy Consumption, we discussed how energy optimization initiatives were affected by what could be measured. Emerson's Jonas Berge added a great comment to that post, which I will share here to...
The latest Innovations in Process Control publication by the Emerson team in Europe has an article on where additional measurements can help identify opportunities to reduce energy consumption and improve operations. For readers who have English as a second language,...
As energy prices slowly creep higher from earlier lows, the need for managing energy usage remains constant for most process manufacturers and producers. The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy-Intensive Process Portfolio list processes in the refining, petrochemicals,...
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...
Last week, we highlighted how energy savings could be achieved through better combustion. Today, let's look at a way to manage energy consumption throughout a plant or production facility. In this 3:39 video, Energy Advisor from Emerson, Real-Time Energy Monitoring,...
Author: Juan Carlos Bravo It is no secret that the mining industry is energy intensive and most of the power grids are at the limit in providing power to existing mining operations. In order to remain competitive or expand operations, miners need to secure a reliable...
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