Going Beyond Monitoring with Remote Operation and Support
Although operating and maintaining a power plant remotely is an emerging challenge, remote operations support is not a new concept. Power plants have implemented...
Improving Cooling Tower Filtration: Part 2 of 2
The following case study describes one end-user’s experience with multiple filtration technologies and their inherent advantages and disadvantages in their cooling tower systems. In...
Protecting Industrial Facilities from Harsh Environmental Corrosion
By Del Williams
In industrial process facilities, corrosion is the biggest single cause of plant and equipment breakdown, including machinery, vessels, structures, supports, and pipelines....
Pipeline Collapse Shows Urgent Need for Two-Way Air Valves
The recent catastrophic collapse of a pipeline at a $10 million project in Central America is clear proof that current procurement of air valves...
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...
Lead-free Solutions to Reduce Exposures
Vesconite Bearings hopes to be part of the global program to reduce lead exposure from drinking water. It produces products resistant to corrosion-combatting chemicals...
Wasted Energy Means Wasted Dollars: Part 3 of 3
In the conclusion of this series, we will examine the necessity of a functional precision alignment program, specifically how savings will begin to accrue...
Keeping the Lights On . . . Affordably
In today’s economic climate, power generation providers are stuck between the equipment they need and the equipment they can afford. However, as a recent...
Acorns, User Experience, and Optimization
Along the Tampa Riverwalk, while attending the Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA) convention, I saw the following quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The creation...
The Look of the Future
By Heinz Woldering, Lewa GmbH
Digitalization means growing opportunities for augmenting reality virtually. This is becoming particularly evident from looking at Industry 4.0 trends, which...