Decarbonization vs. Profit: Eliminating the Rivalry with Exergy is the session at CERAWeek 2019 presented by Emerson's Ana Gonzalez Hernandez. Ana opened her presentation defining resource efficiency being the goal to reduce the use of energy and materials to produce...
Operational Excellence
Machine Learning and IIoT for Real-Time Batch Optimization
One of the areas where Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) teams are more closely collaborating is in machine learning applications. At the recent ARC Industry Forum conference in Orlando, Blair Fraser, with Emerson Impact Partner Lakeside...
5 Questions for Operational Certainty Consultant Dave Buttner
Emerson's Dave Buttner joins our continuing podcast series, 5 Questions for an Emerson Expert. Dave works with manufacturers and producers as part of the Operational Certainty Consulting team to identify opportunities for performance improvements in safety,...
5 Questions for Operational Certainty Consultant Director Chris Hamlin
Emerson's Chris Hamlin joins our continuing podcast series, 5 Questions for an Emerson Expert. Chris works with our Operational Certainty Consulting team in their role to help manufacturers and producers improve operational performance and drive toward top quartile...
Shifting Toward Real-Time Predictive Manufacturing
Last week we shared a post about the COP24 conference and the need for more sustainable manufacturing. Emerson's Chris Hamlin also attended this conference held in Poland in early December. In an Energetyka 24 video interview, Chris explained how we are now undergoing...
Improving Food and Beverage Manufacturing Reliability
Food & beverage manufacturers are driven by consumers not only to maintain high levels of consistency with existing products, but also to develop and deliver new, experiential products. Maintaining consistency and running new production lines require reliable...
5 Questions for Operational Certainty Consultant Sam Thiara
Emerson's Sam Thiara joins our continuing podcast series, 5 questions for an Emerson Expert. Sam works with manufacturers across the process industries to improve operational performance and achieve top quartile performance. We'll have an in-depth podcast in the...
5 Questions for Resource Efficiency Consultant Ana Gonzalez Hernandez
Emerson's Ana Gonzalez Hernandez joins our continuing podcast series, 5 questions for an Emerson Expert. Ana received her PhD from the University of Cambridge and is a resource efficiency consultant within the Operational Certainty consulting team. We'll have an...
Improving Control Performance
Today is the final day of the 2018 Emerson Exchange conference. The last session I'm attending is on Control Performance with Emerson's James Beall, Courtney (Eddie) Lane, Dirk Thiele and Aspentech's Alex Kalafatis. After the panel introduced themselves, Dirk opened...
A Novel Thermodynamic-Based Metric: The Magic Bullet for Resource-Efficiency?
Author: Ana Gonzalez Hernandez In my previous post, I introduced the concept of resource efficiency: the integrated efficiency with which energy and materials are transformed in industrial processes. I mentioned that improvements in resource efficiency are considered...
Optimizing Power Generation Maintenance Strategies
Emerson's Alex Flick presented Optimizing Power Generation Maintenance Strategies Using Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Analysis at the 2018 Ovation Users' Group Conference. Alex opened by sharing a story of a North American generating station. The plant was...
Reaching Operational Excellence while Remaining Policy-Compliant: Leveraging Opportunities to Improve Resource Efficiency
Author: Ana Gonzalez Hernandez, PhD The production of engineered materials, such as metals, cement, or plastics, requires a lot of energy. Before the industrial revolution, natural resources were of relatively high value compared to labour, and this ensured that...
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