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FIRSTHAND Podcast: How to Approach Energy Management Projects

Shirley Marquardt-Tynan — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:33:26 GMT

[mention:e81081cd0f53454d917c0f5a8d24ac46:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] discusses Energy Management on the podcast FIRSTHAND. Project planning offers insights into operational issues that can be equated to possible fuel savings, emissions reductions, improving performance, and increasing reliability on #FIRSTHAND

Podcast: How to Approach Energy Management Projects

We have several use cases where customers have achieved success with their energy projects, and I can give you some example from numerous industries. A chemical company using process waste gas as a fuel source which help reduce their natural gas consumption by a million BTUs and also reduce emissions by 30%.

A petrochemical company achieving a 35% reduction in energy consumption and achieving payback within two months within their distillation units. A pulp and paper company who achieved boiler efficiency improvements in excess of 3%, providing payback within 24 months and beating their own initial expectations.

An aromatics plant that delivered savings of €2.1 million within their distillation unit. And finally, a steel producer who gained a 56% internal rate of return against the forecasted 46% within their powerhouse operations by improving electrical power production by 26%.

VIDEO: Mastering Waste Fuel Combustion Control

Andrew Verdouw, P.E. — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:47:33 GMT

Burning waste fuels is challenging, but when done correctly can help you realize enormous economic benefits. In the video below, I explain what solutions Emerson’s Industrial Energy team can implement to help you optimize the process. Questions or comments? Reply below.

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VIDEO: How to Design a Better Burner Management System

Sam Thiara — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 21:46:28 GMT

Older BMS systems often suffer from spurious trips which result in excessive downtime and lost profits. In the video below, I explain how Emerson’s Industrial Energy Team tackles these problems with effective BMS design. Questions or Comments? Reply below.

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Operators - Are they the cure or the cause ? - Optimizing utility operations

Sam Thiara — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:20:00 GMT

In the coming few years you will see a dramatic engagement with driver less cars and other autonomous vehicles. So why would a driver be comfortable racing down a highway whilst they 'surf' their tablets, make a phone call or generally use their new found freedom to 'work from a mobile office'.

In part its to do with a greater acceptance that the fundamentals behind the technology do work, together with a growing consumer trend that will draw curiosity and visibility of successful trials with autonomous vehicles. This all leads to increased confidence as they adapt to a new breed of 'super computer' lying under the hood with eyes and ears that provides safety, reliability and efficiency (when its comes to energy conservation).

Taking the same concept to Industrial applications where autonomous control technology has bought major benefits in increased operational performance, its then surprising why so many plants still 'drive' in manual......and that's part of the puzzle we as automation experts keep looking to solve.

Take the stalwart of energy (power & steam) production. as an example.

Operators are the bastions of their domains, ensuring the provision of the right amount of power and or steam for the process and in keeping their emphasis on these two critical objectives; their experience, insights, comfort factor and skills all contribute to a position of total ownership of their assets.

Part or semi autonomous control of some capability within a powerhouse is naturally expected and as far as operators are concerned they are still in control.

Providing a cure to the dilemma of excessive manual control within Industrial Utilities has been a mission of ours - The Emerson Industrial Energy Solutions Group. With over 400 years of expertise and having created the IP behind autonomous control of Industrial powerhouses, we see training and plant simulation going hand in hand to provide operators with the tools required to change their commonly held perceptions and years of manual control norms.

Avoiding excessive plant trips, faster recovery, higher reliability, greater availability at the same time as minimizing expensive fuels and excessive emissions are our critical objectives.

Industrial Internet of Things: The Answer to the ‘New Normal’

Sam Thiara — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 12:27:09 GMT

Manufacturing took a giant leap forward during the Industrial Revolution, as machines were deployed to take on processes previously done by hand. Today, the Industrial Internet of Things is pushing process and discrete industries toward another dramatic burst of progress, with manufacturers deploying complex digital ecosystems, connecting intelligent sensors, scalable systems and industry experts to maximize performance.

Peter Zornio, chief strategic officer at Emerson, spoke with The Business Debate’s Sarah Lockett about how companies can leverage the Industrial Internet of Things—and transform their operations.

Click here for the interview

Emerson's Energy Advisor in Puerto Rico is Up and Running...

Andrew Verdouw, P.E. — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:17:03 GMT

Emerson Puerto Rico and the Industrial Energy team have successfully concluded the final phase of implementing Energy Advisor (EA) at AbbVie Biologics in beautiful Puerto Rico. This is a sizable project for the AbbieVie complex and includes over 40 EACs (Energy Account Centers). AbbVie sets the bar for driving energy savings initiatives. Doing so allows them to demonstrate continuous improvement to their customers and improve their bottom-line performance. Energy Advisor provides a powerful window into AbbVie's real real-time energy usage, performance against modeled targets, and real-time overconsumption reporting. Learn more about Energy Advisor here: [View:/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/120/EnergyAdvisorDS.pdf:320:240]

What challenges can we help you solve? Contact, [mention:d792206b8dc84544b0a7c4e392305da7:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05], with the Industrial Energy team to learn more about how Energy Advisor can improve your overall energy picture...

Network and learn from the best engineers in the world

Sam Thiara — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 15:00:17 GMT

If you want to improve the performance of your plant come and learn about some of the practical ideas that many peers in your industry are already implementing.

Attending industry users conferences help you accelerate your learning through seminars, workshops, practical demonstrations and meet the expert sessions.

Click here to get a taste for what's on at the next Emerson Users Conference.

Meet Emerson's Energy Experts at Emerson Users Exchange

Sam Thiara — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:01:21 GMT

It's coming round to that time of year when some of the world's best engineers come together to share how they have overcome manufacturing problems and challenges using the latest automation and control technology. Together with Emerson's experts, this years conference offers an opportunity to watch and experience some breakthrough technologies being used to deliver great results for many businesses.

With a world experiencing changes in it's climate it's increasingly important to ensure that the the implementation of new technology in Greenfield and Brownfield projects utilizes technology to maximize energy efficiency.

If you would like to meet some of the team who are doing just that come over and say hi.

Process Optimization not only offers benefits in energy conservation but increasingly impacts plant stability and reliability. SIPCHEM are one of the largest integrated chemical companies in the world who took the opportunity to meet with Emerson's Industrial Energy Consultants and devised a revised controls strategy to optimize their Steam system. Together with the site's senior process engineer, Emerson's Pekka Immonen and Jim Dunbar took on the task to design and implement a very successful solution.

We are glad to be welcoming SIPCHEM as they present the project at this years Exchange.

If you are thinking about how the collaboration between Emerson and our customers bring some gaming changing results for businesses across the world register for the event by clicking here.

Emerson Innovation Enables Industrial "Powerhouse" Facilities to More Efficiently Operate Regardless of the Fuel Source

Sam Thiara — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:31:05 GMT

With Energy prices on the rise and increasing mandates to minimize plant emissions the Industrial Powerhouse offers a significant source of opportunity to reduce fuel consumption, use alternate (lower cost) fuels, take advantage of process generated waste and increase steam and power generation.

So, when a few years ago our team were presented with an opportunity to work with an international steel manufacturer to tackle a combination of challenges for a site that generates in excess of 60MW of power we were given the following objectives to improve the performance of the industrial power plant;

Create a Plant with a Safe Operating Platform
Optimize the use of indigenous Fuels
Maximize Electrical Generation Output
Minimize CO2 Emissions

The Industrial power plant comprised 7 Boilers, 4 fuels per boiler, Multiple burners, 6 Steam turbines and Multiple steam headers.

So when it was time to get some of our team together to better understand the challenges we faced, we enlisted the expertise of our Senior Industrial Energy Consultant, Scott Pettigrew to determine how to address each of the challenges using his decades of expertise and experience from similar projects. Bringing together teams from across our organisation with a blend of skills was key and ably supported by Stuart Chisholm, one of senior proposal managers to pull together a comprehensive proposal for our customer.

Industrial Energy Team

A solution based upon a hierarchical energy management system (EMS) was designed to manage the control, safety and optimization requirements taking to account the complexity of managing a plant operating on a 24/7 basis. Coupled to the fact electrical power could be both imported and exported on a real-time basis.

Taking a holistic approach to the improvement project our team's ability to investigate mechanical issues, controls, safety, plant economics started with a bottom up approach to ensuring the base levels controls were adequate to allow the higher level advanced process control and coordinated control through an optimization strategy would deliver the intended results.

Check out the project at Automation magazine

If you would like to see a little more about what Emerson can do take a look at this video .... Click Here

RE: Emerson Innovation Enables Industrial "Powerhouse" Facilities to More Efficiently Operate Regardless of the Fuel Source

Barbara Hamilton — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:41:56 GMT

Great summary Sam Thiara of how the Industrial Energy team helps solve problems. Lean and Green - safe energy and reduce emissions.

RE: Safety matters when it comes to combustion - Avoid information overload

Sam Thiara — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 08:22:30 GMT

Thanks Barbara Hamilton. The project was so successful for Sasol they are now working on a 2nd project.

Safety matters when it comes to combustion - Avoid information overload

Sam Thiara — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 14:17:53 GMT

Do you remember those times when operators were presented with so much process information that it became a task in it own right to find what was relevant for that instance in time when you most need a system that does not lead to confusion.

When it comes to safety systems it's imperative that operators have the right information, generated at the right time to address the problem or situation at hand. Managing complex applications where the combustion process may involve multiple fuels and multiple burners it becomes even more important for operators to have a system designed to simplify its management.

Removing complexity from the outset by considering a holistic approach taking into account the design, engineering and graphical interface is an important goal for system designers, engineers and operators. Managing the design and engineering from an operators perspective and working back to determine the most appropriate design is critical.

The irony for operators of safety systems is in them being rarely used. Only if and when circumstances prevail will the system need to be interrogated and this is one reason why operators should be able to navigate around the system quickly and effectively.

Sasol took advantage of this methodology when they were looking for a replacement safety system for furnace protection at their integrated chemical plant in Sasolborg, South Africa.

Click here to read more about this application.

RE: Safety matters when it comes to combustion - Avoid information overload

Barbara Hamilton — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:59:42 GMT

Nice article Sam Thiara ! Too many safety systems are "black boxes". That is the last thing they should be; operators need clear indication of safety issues with no ambiguity.

Safety matters when it comes to combustion

Sam Thiara — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:20:53 GMT

An poorly maintained industrial boiler can have disastrous consequences on the smooth running of any business.

There are many examples where a catastrophic boiler failure leading to an explosion can harm people and property, lead to financial losses and significant costs to rebuild and get a business operational. The reputational damage alone, in some cases, could lead to business closure.

A boiler of any size can lead to major problems as you will see from the video below that shows the outcome of a Firetube boiler explosion.

Click here for the video

So when looking at a boilerhouse and ensuring the safe operation of steam and steam/power plants it is important to understand the overall requirements to meet the regulatory requirements in your respective countries.

Health & Safety agencies, risk assessments, operator accreditation, manager/supervisor training, water quality, wet side controls and combustion controls & safety all come together to provide the fundamental requirements for safe operation of plant and personnel.

Since safety is an overriding factor for boiler protection the ability for a safety system (BMS) to manage any number of fuel sources, whether the boiler operates with a single fuel or multiples fuels. The complexities of managing all this requires much from operators and therefore designing safety systems that simplify troubleshooting become critical.

The capabilities to design and deliver systems with highly intuitive operator controls, built in diagnostics and easy troubleshooting helps provide a valuable tool for the safe operation of combustion fired equipment.

Check out this blog post on LinkedIn.

If you would like to discuss our experience, learn how and where we have delivered solutions in simple and complex safety system applications and better understand what you need to know to ensure your boiler continues to operate safely i would be be happy to put you in touch with our experts.

Industrial Energy Efficiency by Emerson

Irfan Z. Khan — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:06:26 GMT

Energy Efficiency is increasingly becoming a concern for process plants. A more energy efficient plant helps reduce operating costs and at the same time improve reliability, safety and asset lifespan.

Steam lines, Boilers, Heat Exchangers are just examples of elements you should consider as targets for potential improvements.

Are you concerned about optimizing fuel mix to heat your boilers? Our best in class Gas Chromatography analyzers will offer you full insight into gas composition and calorific value.

Steam lines are likely to be a significant part of your plant and perhaps a significant source of concern. You might know that malfunctioning steam traps are not really desirable, but are you aware of the impact it has on your energy bill and the potential safety and reliability hazards it poses? Emerson’s Steam trap monitoring solution allows you to implement remedial action within minutes.

Or you might want to have improved flow visibility of your energy vectors but can’t afford to stop your process. Did you know that Emerson can help you with flowmeters that don’t require expensive shutdowns to be installed?

At a higher level you might be struggling with gaining overall visibility of your energy consumption and where improvements can be made. Energy Advisor, our Energy Management Information System might be what you’ve been looking for.

These are just simple examples of how we try our very best to help our customers solve their challenges.

To find out how we can help YOU, contact your local Emerson office or write to irfan.khan@emerson.com.

How to avoid the over consumption of energy in your manufacturing process

Sam Thiara — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:57:24 GMT

When Manufacturers look at minimizing operating costs it's no surprise that energy efficiency comes to mind. Plant equipment operators are often blind to losses that can and do occur on a real-time basis as they focus on the productivity demands of the business.

So how does a business keep on track of energy consumption and importantly energy over consumption that so many plants experience?

Capturing these abnormal and often costly events is a key factor in tracking your plant and equipment's energy performance. Setting appropriate energy KPI's is a significant aspect in tracking, analysis and reporting events that help to drive a positive behavioral change as losses are revealed and addressed quickly.

Setting appropriate KPI's can be a time consuming task, one that lends itself to automation so watch as Barbara Hamilton will show you how quickly this can be achieved.

Click here to watch the video

RE: How to avoid the over consumption of energy in your manufacturing process

Barbara Hamilton — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:06:50 GMT

The first step to controlling energy is understand how it is used! Thanks Sam Thiara

EEF, the UK's Manufacturing Organization steps up to industrial energy challenge

Sam Thiara — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 13:26:31 GMT

EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has rebundled all of its energy savings solutions under one umbrella to ease some of the challenges and complications facing manufacturers.

The move is designed to provide manufacturers with “a more holistic approach” to a highly technical area with complicated and evolving regulation, the EEF said.

Click here to read the article.

South Africa's energy regulator has given Eskom the go-ahead to hike electricity prices by 9.4% for 2016-17.

Sam Thiara — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 09:49:59 GMT

The National Energy Regulator (Nersa) approved a 9.4% electricity hike for 2016-17 on March 2016. Eskom submitted an application to Nersa in November last year to recover R22.8-billion, which the utility said it used to avert load-shedding.

Read the full Nersa article by clicking here

The ongoing challenges in the South African market place has and continues to impact manufacturers.

Electricity prices in South Africa have almost quadrupled since 2007, when the country first had power shortages. Scheduled supply cuts took place almost once every two days on average in the first half of 2015. Businesses are finding it hard to absorb costs and for some industries the cumulative impact of lower oil prices has and continues to create further financial pressures.

When it comes to energy intensive industries a major focus on the efficient use of plant, equipment and processes become critical to lowering operating costs. Whether it's reducing water consumption, air, gases or fuels, electrical power or process steam doing so without compromising product quality is paramount when investing in energy management.

A 5-8% reduction in energy consumption can be achieved through the effective design, implementation and management of an Energy Management Information System (EMIS), part of a plant's Energy Management System (EMS).

Management systems and procedures together with the use of automation technologies offers sustainable benefits over the longer term,

Emerson has and continues to help clients across the globe to;

lower operating and production costs
improve their competitive position
reduce greenhouse gas emissions
increase operational efficiency

Combustion fired equipment is just one example where major savings can be achieved. When Emerson's Industrial Energy consultants worked together with an agricultural chemicals manufacturer to optimize the use of waste gas in their boilers by using Emerson's Smart process boiler application the results reduced annual natural gas consumption by 1,000,000 MMBTU and a 30% annual reduction in Co2 emissions; with the boilers operating within emissions, fuel mix and equipment constraints.

Watch Scott Pettigrew, Emerson's Senior Industrial Energy discuss the Smart process boiler application. Click here to watch the video.

When we visited South Africa together with our local business partner back in 2015 to deliver a series of best practice workshops with Scott Pettigrew it was obvious then that energy was a growing issue for manufactures. With the new price hikes it becomes even more important to industries to focus on Industrial Energy Management.

Fuel Cost and Consumption Savings in Industrial Sites

Sam Thiara — Sun, 22 May 2016 10:46:19 GMT

Investments at Industrial sites are coming under ever closer scrutiny and as a result reducing operational costs is becoming even more critical to a sites success and overall profitability.

Fuel consumption and costs are driven higher in industrial combustion processes when thermal efficiency is poor and when expensive fuels are used to a greater degree than necessary.

This can be due to the fact that combustion operations are made difficult because of normal load swings from product mix and production rate changes, by unit fouling, and because of emissions constraints. Additional challenges occur due to the fact that many boilers, heaters, and furnaces are fired with lower cost waste and off-gas fuels that vary in supply and in Btu per volume.

Industrial sites look to maximize the use of waste and off-gas fuel supplies, but the variability and handling difficulties associated with these Btu sources make it a challenge.

Lowering combustion fuel costs and overall consumption requires a focus on thermal efficiency, but the greater opportunity for an industrial site is typically to maximize the use of lower cost waste and alternative fuel sources.

Many industrial facilities produce and/or have access to some type of low cost Btu source that can be utilized in boilers, heaters, and furnaces. Examples include biomass (waste wood), refinery off-gases, blast furnace gas, coke oven gas, excess hydrogen, tyre derived fuel, and petcoke.

When the use of these fuels is successfully maximized, fuel costs are reduced dramatically.

Emerson helps industrial sites maximize low cost fuel use by mitigating process issues and implementing Btu based combustion control. With over 50 combustion focused consulting studies, technical assessments and projects delivered in this last year alone has given our team further insights into the changing business climate globally.

Emerson’s SmartProcess® solutions for combustion compensate in real-time for variable fuel Btu to stabilize heat release and allow the use of low cost fuel to be increased. Swapping low cost Btu for expensive fossil fuel Btu results in large fuel savings for industrial site owners

Click here to access our whitepaper - Sustainability – Why Energy Efficiency Can Be Difficult

Optimal Boiler Combustion Control

Sam Thiara — Wed, 18 May 2016 10:06:09 GMT

Recently, Bob Sabin of Emerson Process Management's Industrial Energy Solutions Group presented an article on “4 Key Measurements for Boiler Control Performance” in Flow Control.

The purpose of boiler control is to achieve safe and reliable operation and optimized performance with respect to output, operational cost, and by-product emissions. His article emphasizes how the foundation of optimal control rests in the quality of measurement and actuation field devices as shown in Figure 1 below. The four keys of boiler control are drum level, fuel flow, air flow, and flue gas oxygen (O₂).

Flue gas O₂ measurement was suggested to be the most critical parameter for maintaining boiler safety, maximizing thermal efficiency, and minimizing emissions. With insufficient combustion air, indicated by low O₂, incomplete combustion can occur and generate hazardous air pollutants and fuel conversion efficiency losses. On the other hand, excess combustion air, indicated by high O₂, reduces thermal efficiency, can limit output and increase emissions of nitrogen oxides pollutants. Non-optimal O₂ operation can also increase fouling and slagging, corrosion, erosion, thermal degradation, and other boiler reliability and availability losses.

An accurate and fast response time O₂ measurement is ideal to support optimal combustion control. The industry standard O₂ measurement technique is with a zirconia oxide (ZrO₂) sensor. O₂sensors are housed in probes that can be inserted directly into high-temperature flue gas to provide a continuous and near instantaneous response to flue gas conditions. These probes are called in situ combustion O₂ probes. Probes should be located close to the furnace exit to improve response time and, for induced draft boilers, to avoid air in-leakage that can occur at duct joints, air preheaters, air pollution control devices, and fans.

The O₂probe location is selected to measure a representative average O₂level exiting the furnace. Due to stratification of fuel and air within a burner and from burner to burner, a single measurement may not always provide adequate indication of the average furnace exit O₂levels. (See Figure 2) In highly stratified multi-burner facilities, multiple O₂probes can be used. Some large power generation boilers may have 20-24 O₂probes per boiler. However, on a single-burner industrial or commercial boiler, one O₂sensor may be sufficient as long as burner stratification is not an issue. Best practice however is to install a redundant O₂, especially when O₂ measurement is used to “trip” or shutdown the boiler.

With the importance of the flue gas O₂ measurement, O₂ probe reliability and accuracy is critical. Emerson’s Rosemount in situ O₂ probes have set the standard in reliability and today’s products feature automatic calibration and other diagnostics to ensure reliability and accuracy for optimal boiler combustion control. More information on this technology can be found HERE.

To improve boiler control, it’s important to have a good base of instrumentation and actuations devices. The full article in Flow Control can be viewed HERE.

Successful Burner Management Systems (BMS) migration at Saudi Arabia's largest oil export terminal

Sam Thiara — Tue, 17 May 2016 09:25:04 GMT

With the capacity to produce over seven million barrels per day, Saudi Aramco Company Abqaiq plants comprise the largest oil processing and crude stabilisation facility in the world. Abqaiq is the main oil processing center for Arabian Extra Light (AXL) and Arabian Light (AL) crude oils and produces natural gas liquids (NGL) as a bi-product for Saudi Aramco’s daily oil processing activities.

To support both the oil and gas plants, Abqaiq Plants produce their own electrical power, steam, instrument air, and water.

So when it came down to the ensuring a trouble free migration for the facilities Industrial Boilers the Industrial Energy team complemented the project's project team. Scott Pettigrew, senior industrial energy consultants led the technical consulting to establish a smooth transition to the DeltaV SIS based BMS systems.

Click here to read more about the project.

If you would like more information about the capabilities of the Industrial Energy Solutions team click here to access our website.

Industrial Boiler Basics – 3 part video training

Sam Thiara — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:40:18 GMT

If you had the opportunity to read my last blog post about Boiler Basics I have additional videos you may find useful if you are interested in combustion control & safety.

Take the opportunity to refresh your learning from my last blog … Click here to read the blog and watch the video

The following 3 part video series goes into a little more detail. If you know anyone in your organisation who would like to get some training please feel free to pass this on.

Boiler Burner & combustion 1

Boiler Burner & combustion 2

Boiler Burner & combustion 3

The effective and efficient control of the combustion process can be a challenging goal and one that is made more so by the changing BTU value of the fuel or fuels used. We come across many boiler projects where multiple fuels are used to help minimize fuel costs and especially so for those applications where sites take advantage of available waste fuels. Utilizing waste fuels can also contribute to reducing a plants emission levels.

With available expertise stretching over 400 years we focus on Industrial Energy projects worldwide. If you would like any further information on how to solve some of industries most complex combustion challenges you can email me at sam.thiara@emerson.com, contact me on +44 7825 862 808 and can get some additional information at our website by clicking here.

Industrial Boilers - The Basics

Sam Thiara — Thu, 12 May 2016 06:50:44 GMT

When looking for opportunities to help a site reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency the powerhouse is a significant and increasingly important asset. Whether the powerhouse is there to produce power or power and steam for the manufacturing processes, an understanding of boiler operations is important.

The following video is a great introduction to Boiler basics.

This Basic Boiler Plant Operation video is designed to introduce the concepts to those who are new to boilers.

Click here for the video

Regards

Real-time data collection, analysis and reporting solutions for electrical rotating equipment.

Sam Thiara — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:18:52 GMT

Day 1 of the exchange saw increasing interest in monitoring electrical power consumption for equipment such as compressors, fans, pumps.

In one case we have revealed excessive power consumption across a number of compressors and it became obvious why one compressor needed significantly greater maintenance than the other 2. The value and benefit of real-time analysis has allowed the site to undertake rectification work to improve overall reliability and reduce wear on compressor loading.

If you would like to learn more about this trial please make contact with Matt Austin. His email address is Matt.Austin@Emerson.com

Emerson's Energy Advisor, wireless power meters and a robust wireless communication network could offer a solution to integrate with other energy monitoring requirements for key equipment, units and across a site. Having web based access to 'on demand reports' gives access locally at sites and across to central operations helping to deliver a site's goals to move towards upper quartile performance.

If you are affected by mandates to improve energy efficiency, looking to 'see' into your plant and drive out sources of waste, reduce emissions and contribute to the overall energy efficiency at your site we would be happy to demonstrate the technology at the Industrial Energy booth today and tomorrow.