While environmentalists rightfully decry the frivolous use of throw-away consumable items, there are applications where the strategic and responsible use of disposable products can reduce energy consumption and avoid other environmental downsides when…
As more and more people and companies around the globe seek out renewable energy solutions, wind turbines have become an increasingly popular investment for energy producers. However, many of the assets these producers acquire are decades old, making…
For most industries, scaling up with large batch sizes and high-volume production equipment is the best way to gain efficiency. This has also been true for production of many life sciences drugs, but portions of the industry are shifting toward creating…
Michael Francis
For pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers, scaling up production has typically meant large, 5000+ liter stainless steel bioreactors for the process. These require cleaning and sterilization between batches. Market demands…
For a variety of reasons, we will be using class-based Equipment Modules for batch automation of some new equipment. Is it possible to set these Equipment Modules so that they can be connected to the DeltaV Batch Historian? I've used the Batch Historian…
Much of our attention on the rise of renewable energy has been focused on the United States and Europe, but the reality is that a trend toward increasing renewable electricity generation is happening around the globe. Nowhere is that more obvious than…