As oil & gas supplies continue to exceed demand and the need to store crude oil, natural gas liquids and other petroleum-based products increases, storage tanks remain critical elements in the global supply chain. In a Tank Storage magazine article, Stay Afloat...
Accurately measuring levels in vessels is important in many aspects—safety, efficiency, reliability and availability to name a few. Mechanical level measurement devices historically have been failure prone and have required regular maintenance. Guided wave radar (GWR)...
For electrical power producers, the phrase "heat rate" refers to the efficiency of the power plant. It is defined as the thermal energy in divided by the electrical energy out. Emerson's Lydia Miller let me know about a new whitepaper, Using Automation to Improve...
Many ways exist to measure level in industrial processes. At the recent Emerson Exchange conference in Brussels, Emerson's Ingemar Serneby teamed up with an instrument specialist with a food manufacturer to share a presentation, Finding the best level measurement...
Emerson's Hampus Regnér and Christoffer Widahl presented Increase Safety and Efficiency With New Proof Test Method at the Denver Emerson Exchange conference. Here is their presentation abstract: A functional proof test of a high level alarm (HLA) is required as a key...
One of the byproducts of the shale oil & gas revolution in the United States has been the need for trucking of crude oil where pipelines do not yet exist. In an August E&P magazine article, Automation optimizes trucking operations, Emerson's Joey Raskie and Al...
I've always held a fascination for offshore oil and gas production. It was my first job out of school as a newly minted Electrical Engineer working as a systems engineer out of New Orleans. Technologies have advanced quite a bit since that time back in the mid-to-late...
Author: Douglas Morris Improving heat rate is something that most power generators consistently look to do because it translates directly into lower fuel costs. In India, there are government legislated heat rate targets for plants where financial penalties or rewards...
How often do you Google for a solution to a problem you face and land in an online community? It happens to me all the time. This was a lot of the reason for the creation of our Emerson Exchange 365 community several years ago—to provide a place where peer-to-peer...
A Process Engineering magazine article, Level best, poses a question: Has the deployment of level measurement devices changed in the wake of the Buncefield [UK] disaster? The article's author connects with several instrumentation suppliers including Emerson's...
Emerson's Cathy Ershen and Jim Elchook shared a case study on geothermal power generation. Their abstract: H2S abatement may be required to meet local environmental regulations for a geothermal plant. At Calpine's Geysers, a number of the operating power plants have...
Earlier this year, the National Institute for Storage Tank Management (NISTM) held the 16th Annual International Aboveground Storage Tank Conference & Trade Show. At this conference, Emerson's Johan Sandberg presented, The Future of Tank Monitoring and Overfill...
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