I received an email from a university student with a great question the other day. It prompted a great answer from Pete Sharpe, a Principal Advanced Automation Consultant. You may recall Pete from earlier posts on process optimization. I've retained the anonymity of...
Pete Sharpe
Finding the Economic Buckets of Project Justification
Engineers being the problem solvers that they are, typically enjoy a project in full execution mode. Problems must be quickly confronted and solved to keep everything moving forward. As we've mentioned in earlier posts, the part they typically like least is the...
Helping to Ease the Experience Gap
Emerson's Pete Sharpe, an advanced automation consultant, was recently interviewed for a magazine article on the subject of process manufacturers' aging workforce. Manufacturers primarily in North America and Western Europe are feeling this loss of experience due to...
Using Model Predictive Control to Reduce Steam Usage in Distillation Columns
A continuing theme to several of these blog posts is how process manufacturers are looking for ways to improve energy efficiency in these times of high energy costs. One way to do this is to optimize the steam required for a distillation process. I caught up with Pete...
Reducing Costs for APC Projects Using Pre-Engineered Application Module Libraries
One of our popular presenters at the annual Emerson Exchange is Pete Sharpe. I think that like his last name indicates, he is one sharp person, and people generally like hearing him share his expertise. Pete has quite a bit of experience with more than 20 years...
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