Emerson Exchange 365

Product Blogs

Jim Cahill
- 9 Oct 2019
Fluid Control & Pneumatics Blog: Biomanufacturing Fluidic System Single-Use Technologies

Mukta Sharma As medicines and therapies become more specialized for individuals, the requirements of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes are dramatically changing, especially in the transition from large-scale to single-use production processes...
Jim Cahill
- 8 Oct 2019
Level Blog: Improving Floating Roof Tank Performance

Christoffer Hoffmann Bulk liquid storage terminals are a critical component in the energy industry supply chain between production and distribution. Floating roof tanks are commonly used to avoid having a vapor space or ullage between the liquid level and roof found in fixed-roof tanks. A Storage Terminals magazine article, Staying on the Radar , shared some thoughts from Emerson’s Christoffer Hoffmann on avoiding...
Jim Cahill
- 4 Oct 2019
Valves Blog: Assuring Control Valve Quality

Brant Pfantz Control valves are the workhorses of most processes. They touch the process fluids and often contend with many challenges—abrasive and corrosive fluids, high pressures and temperatures, and vibrations caused by piping and surrounding process equipment, to name a few. In a Processing magazine article, Valve Sourcing Goes Global , Emerson’s Brant Pfantz highlights the many qualifications and practices...
Jim Cahill
- 27 Sep 2019
Flow Blog: Selecting the Right Flowmeter

From left to right: Trever Ball, Martin Schlebach, Karl Stappert, Wally Baker, Steve Ifft It’s been a whirlwind of a week here at the 2019 Emerson Exchange conference in Nashville. The conference comes to a close Friday morning with one last session with the choice of experts’ session. I’m here in the “Selecting the Right Flowmeter” session to learn from Emerson’s Karl Stappert , Martin Schlebach and Steve Ifft . Emerson...
Jim Cahill
- 26 Sep 2019
Analytical Experts Blog: Maximizing Combustion Efficiency

Emerson’s Andrew Smith and Jesse Sumstad presented “Tune into Savings by Maximizing Your Combustion Efficiency” at the 2019 Emerson Exchange conference. Here is the abstract of their session: There are two major, competing theories to fired equipment control: maximizing fuel savings and efficiency or prioritizing consistent operation at a high level of excess oxygen and lower efficiency. In order to achieve safe operation...
Jim Cahill
- 26 Sep 2019
Valves Blog: Case Study on Valve Monitoring Connected Services

An Emerson local business partner's Evelyn Rosales presented with a petrochemical producer, Maximize your Turnaround Efficiency using Connected Services at the 2019 Emerson Exchange conference. This petrochemical producer began valve condition monitoring a year ago on over 100 valves. Diagnostic data is automatically connected weekend with a monthly valve health summary report delivered to the plant. The objective...
Jim Cahill
- 25 Sep 2019
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog: Safety Instrumented System Cybersecurity Best Practices

Emerson’s Sergio Diaz and Alexandre Peixoto presented Best Practices for a Cybersecure SIS at the 2019 Emerson Exchange conference. Sergio opened that the goal of this presentation is to provide practical information to maintain a more defendable security posture for safety instrumented systems (SISs) . Like control systems, defense in depth is an important concept for an SIS. It starts at plant level security, work...
Jim Cahill
- 25 Sep 2019
Flow Blog: Integrated DP Flow Custody Transfer Solution

Emerson’s Alena Johnson and Katie Stahl presented, An Integrated Solution from Well to Pipeline at the 2019 Emerson Exchange conference. Alena and Katie opened describing that they are part of the Emerson’s DP Flow business segment. DP (differential pressure) flow measurement is an important measurement in the oil & gas business. Alena described how differential pressure works. A constriction is placed in the flow...
Jim Cahill
- 25 Sep 2019
Asset Management Blog: Closing the Loop Driving Reliability, Safety and Energy Improvements

Emerson’s Brian Joe and Ben Skal presented on Plantweb technologies and how they help facilitate digital transformation initiatives. Brian opened noting that process control is all based on the See-Decide-Act closed-loop model. Typically it is an open-loop process for managing reliability, safety and energy efficiency. By closing the loop improvements can be made in these areas to improve operational performance. One...
Jim Cahill
- 24 Sep 2019
Level Blog: Two-Wire FMCW Radar Level Transmitter Advantages

Christoffer Widahl and Jimmie Soderstrom presented The New Normal for Process Radar—The New Two-Wire FMCW [Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave] Radars are Here!, at the 2019 Emerson Exchange conference. Jimmie opened with a question, “Why measure level?” It is to monitor that supplies are sufficient to keep processes running, control processes to run at maximum output and to control safety functions such as overfill...