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Processes for Sustainable Energy Efficiency Programs
In my “listening channels”, I saw that Emerson’s Sam Thiara, a member of the global Energy Solutions team, was in the Middle East region for an Energy Conservation forum. He noted that he had recently...
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Improving Boiler Emissions and Efficiency
As I ponder how to better control temperature on my BBQ pit smoker with minimal instrumentation & controls, I saw a great email on wood burning boiler control. Emerson’s Barbara Hamilton, a Senior...
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Industrial Energy Team Peels Reliability like Onion!
Having reliable process manufacturing operations begins with reliable components and reliable control strategies to handle changing conditions. Emerson’s Jennifer Sandstrom, a senior industrial energy...
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Optimizing Steam Usage in Oil and Gas Processing Complexes
Utility management is a large part of the oil and gas industry and boiler management and steam balancing is often an overlooked factor for upstream and downstream processing. Steam optimization helps...
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Industrial Energy Team Peels Reliability like an Onion-Part II
Emerson’s Jennifer Sandstrom explores reliable combustion air flow in today’s post. Last time, we started to talk about how Emerson’s Industrial Energy group deconstructs a problem to create a reliable...
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Energy from Municipal Waste Project Update
In an earlier post, Plasma Gasification-Municipal Waste as a Power Source, we highlighted this process as an effective way to create energy from waste. I received news from Emerson’s Barbara Hamilton...
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Managing Energy Consumption
Process manufacturer’s operating budgets typically require 25-30% be spent on utilities—energy for steam, air, fuel, and water. For energy intensive industries such as steel manufacturing and refining,...
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Meeting the European Union Energy Efficiency Directive
March 7 is fast approaching if you want to get the 200 Euro discount to the April 1-3 Emerson Exchange conference in Stuttgart, Germany. One of the presentations you’ll want to catch is on the...
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Finding Areas for Energy Efficiency Improvements
Managing the consumption of energy in a large, industrial plant can be a daunting challenge. There are systems for steam, air, fuels, and water and often these don’t have the measurements needed to see...
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Sustainable Energy Efficiency User Guide
Bob Sabin Consulting EngineerFor many process manufacturers, energy is one of the largest components in overall operating costs. Improving efficiency can provide ongoing savings. Emerson’s Bob Sabin...
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Solving Boiler Drum Level Swings
Effectively controlling the drum level in an industrial boiler helps to maximize overall energy efficiency. When the drum level varies it can not only impact boiler efficiency, but overall reliability...
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Effectively Managing Energy Consumption
We grow ever closer to next week’s Emerson Exchange Conference in Orlando and I hope we’ll have the chance to connect if you’ll be joining us. Many of the subject matter experts featured in the posts...
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Managing Efficient Combustion
While the cost of energy has dropped recently, the need for efficient combustion remains important due to its impact on emissions, plant equipment fouling, and the reliability of the process. Bob Sabin...
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Managing and Improving Energy Usage
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. Barbara...
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Preventing Boiler and Turbine Damage
The bulk of the electricity we use across the globe is produced by steam turning turbines connected to electrical generators. According to the Steam-electric power station in Wikipedia: Almost all...
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Identifying Components then Optimizing Industrial Energy Consumption
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...
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Optimizing Energy Consumption with Real-Time Feedback
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...
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Real-time Measurements Improve Energy Efficiency
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...
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Avoiding the Impact of Steam Trap Failures
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, industrial manufacturers are larger energy consumers than the transportation, residential and commercial sectors. The industrial sector accounts...
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Reducing Plant Energy Consumption
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...
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