Emerson's Marcelo Carugo and Marcio Donnangelo teamed with 4C's Steve Probst to share ways that companies can improve safety & environmental regulation compliance performance in their digital transformation initiatives. Their presentation focused on an overview of...
Regulatory Compliance
Highly Accurate Continuous Emissions Monitoring
Continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) are used by manufacturers and producers that have combustion and other forms of emissions releases as part of their processes. These systems provide the information required for regulatory reporting. A recent news...
Advancing Innovation in Pharmaceutical and Biologics Manufacturing
In a U.S. Food and Drug Administration's FDA Voice blog post, FDA Budget Matters: Investing in Advanced Domestic Manufacturing, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb opened noting: Advanced manufacturing, which includes various technologies, such as continuous...
Data Integrity for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Manufacturers
Update: This post has been updated with a link to the most recent Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ‘GXP’ Data Integrity Guidance and Definitions - March 2018 document. For pharmaceutical, biotech and other manufacturers in highly-regulated...
Fugitive Emissions Compliant Ball Valves
In 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published Leak Detection and Repair, A Best Practices Guide. Here is how the EPA describes this guide. Leaking equipment, such as valves, pumps, and connectors, are a large source of emissions of volatile organic...
Ways to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Use
Emerson's Dr. Douglas White presented, Reducing Process Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Use Through Automation. His abstract: Even with the recent reduction in energy prices, energy remains the largest cost after feedstocks for most process plants. Reducing...
Regulations and Coal-Fired Power Plants
Author: Dennis Tkacs At the end of 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to regulate mercury and other pollutants from coal and oil fired power plants. Last month, this Mercury and Air Toxics Standard or MATS was dealt a setback by a...
Online Analyzers in Refinery In-line Blending Operations
For refineries, inline blending of gasoline, distillates, jet fuel and kerosene can improve overall performance by: …reducing the blend time, the need for excessive storage capacities and mix tanks, maintenance manpower and costly quality giveaway. In the final...
Optimizing Blend Operations in Pursuit of Regulatory Compliance
As U.S. refiners grapple with the Environmental Protection Agency's Tier 3 regulations, meeting their blending plans will become even more difficult. In the second webinar of the refining blending series, Emerson's Dr. Doug White addressed the subject of using...
Ways for Refineries to Comply with EPA Tier 3 Regulations
Process manufacturers and producers are faced with a myriad of regulations at the federal, state and local levels. Here in the U.S., refiners are challenged with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s "Tier 3" regulations, which rule that: …federal gasoline will...
Complying with Storage Tank Emissions Regulations
If you're an energy producer here in the United States, you likely already familiar with the Environmental Protection Agency's "Quad O" regulations, or officially, EPA Title 40, C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart OOOO—Standards of Performance for Crude Oil and Natural Gas...
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