Integrated Rupture Disk Assemblies for OEM Hydraulic and Pneumatic Equipment
By Geof Brazier, BS&B Safety Systems
For more than eighty-five years, rupture disks have served as an effective passive safety mechanism to protect against overpressure...
Simulation and Vibration Analysis of Shaft Cracks
By Lin Liu, Zhuang Li, and Suri Ganeriwala, SpectraQuest, Inc.
A shaft crack is a slowly growing fracture of the rotor. If undetected in an operating...
I/O for the IIOT: Part 1 of 2
By Benson Hougland, Opto 22
In an era of increasing connectivity and technical capabilities, it seems like simple ideas should be, well, simple to achieve....
The Importance of AHRI Standard 400
In November 2015, the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute released an updated “Standards for Performance Rating of Liquid to Liquid Heat Exchangers,” for the...
System Health Monitoring Delivers Far-Reaching Operational Insights
Earlier this year, Control Station launched System Health Monitoring (SHM), a tiered service offering that leverages intelligence captured by the company’s PlantESP Loop Performance...
Rising Gas Prices, Corporate CSRs Drive Transition to Electric Boilers
Industrial facilities and utilities have long relied on large gas or oil-fired boilers for steam, process heating, or energy production. Today, however, two significant...
Come Hail or High Water: Part 1 of 2
Whether it’s wildfires, hurricanes, or hail, natural disasters devastate solar power infrastructure. Particularly for asset owners of utility PV, extreme weather can cause significant...
Pump and System Curves for Multi-branched Systems
By Ben Keiser, Applied Flow Technology
Creating a pump and system curve for a simple piping system with a single flow path and no control...
To Repair or to Replace, That is the Question
There are philosophical choices that have sparked some of the great debates of our time: Star Wars or Star Trek? Thin crust or deep...
Unprecedented Innovation for Wastewater Contaminant Testing
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and PACE Analytical Services have developed an alternate test procedure (ATP) to EPA Method 1613B—PAM-16130-SSI: Determination of 2,3,7,8-substituted tetra- through octa-chlorinated...