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Jim Cahill
- 15 Jan 2020
Flow Blog: Accurately Measuring Flow in Slurry Applications

Slurry flows are common in many process industries including metals & mining, pulp & paper, and oil & gas. Wikipedia defines a slurry as: …a mixture of solids denser than water suspended in liquid, usually water. The most common use of slurry is as a means of transporting solids, the liquid being a carrier that is pumped on a device such as a centrifugal pump. Laura Chemler Measure the flow of these slurries...
Jim Cahill
- 14 Jan 2020
Valves Blog: Adding Experts in Valve Condition Monitoring

Fabrice Hoenig Data available in manufacturing and production facilities is growing faster than people can process. In a Process Industry Informer article, How Valve Condition Monitoring Reduces Plant Downtime , Emerson’s Fabrice Hoenig highlights this challenge: The vast amount of data that is generated about equipment condition and performance offers a great opportunity to engineers, but it can be overwhelming...
Jim Cahill
- 10 Jan 2020
Valves Blog: Digital Valve Services for Improved Operational Performance

For process manufacturers & producers, the performance of final control elements including valves, actuators and regulators has a major impact on their efficiency, reliability and variability. Knowing how these final control elements are performing and when they need attention can improve overall operational performance. This short 3-minute video, Digital Valve Services , highlights a portfolio of tools that provide...
Jim Cahill
- 8 Jan 2020
Valves Blog: Understanding Functional Safety Concepts and Final Element Suitability

Riyaz Ali The world of functional safety has its own tribal language and acronyms, e.g. safety instrumented systems (SISs), safety instrumented functions (SIFs), logic solvers, final elements (FEs), safety integrity level (SIL), probability of failure on demand (PFD), etc. In a Hydrocarbon Engineering article, Keep in the Safety Loop , Emerson’s Riyaz Ali does an excellent job of defining and demystifying these phrases...
Jim Cahill
- 8 Jan 2020
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog: Understanding Functional Safety Concepts and Final Element Suitability

Riyaz Ali The world of functional safety has its own tribal language and acronyms, e.g. safety instrumented systems (SISs), safety instrumented functions (SIFs), logic solvers, final elements (FEs), safety integrity level (SIL), probability of failure on demand (PFD), etc. In a Hydrocarbon Engineering article, Keep in the Safety Loop , Emerson’s Riyaz Ali does an excellent job of defining and demystifying these phrases...
Jim Cahill
- 6 Jan 2020
Valves Blog: Exercising Solenoid Valves in Safety Applications

Joe McHugh Valves used in safety applications tend to stay in opened or closed positions for very long, time intervals. As Emerson’s Joe McHugh explained in a Plant Engineering article, Double up on solenoid safety : …all valves experience stiction if they remain inactive for too long. (Note: Stiction is the friction that tends to prevent stationary surfaces from being set in motion.) These valves must be moved...
Jim Cahill
- 6 Jan 2020
Fluid Control & Pneumatics Blog: Exercising Solenoid Valves in Safety Applications

Joe McHugh Valves used in safety applications tend to stay in opened or closed positions for very long, time intervals. As Emerson’s Joe McHugh explained in a Plant Engineering article, Double up on solenoid safety : …all valves experience stiction...
Maggie Schmidt
- 18 Dec 2019
The Current: Flow Solutions Blog: The New Daniel V707 Spring Loaded Backpressure Valve

Introducing The New Emerson Daniel V707 Backpressure Valve The new Emerson Daniel V707 backpressure valve addresses some important risks and helps improve overall field safety. In crude oil handling there are several key points along the process that...
Emerson Flow Expert
- 18 Dec 2019
Flow Blog: The New Daniel V707 Spring Loaded Backpressure Valve

Introducing The New Emerson Daniel V707 Backpressure Valve The new Emerson Daniel V707 backpressure valve addresses some important risks and helps improve overall field safety. In crude oil handling there are several key points along the process... Read the full text.
Jim Cahill
- 13 Dec 2019
Valves Blog: A Strategic Partnership Driving Valve Operational Performance Improvement

Jaime Miller Manufacturer and producer reliability teams focus much of their efforts around the large plant assets including pumps, compressors, and control systems to maintain efficient and reliable operations. Valves, actuators and regulators often don’t get this same attention. Yet, these final control elements can have a major impact on the performance of the process. I caught up with Emerson’s Jaime Miller about...