From hybrid vehicles on the highways to wind turbines plugged into the power grid, there is evidence everywhere of technology working toward the goal...

METHODS OF OIL APPLICATION The traditional oil sump was depicted, in figure 5 (see earlier Part 2 of this series, “Insist on Better Pumps,” Modern...

Consider the following statistics from Renewable Energy World that emphasize an important trend toward renewable energy sources: 13.7 million, the number of people employed...

Keeping an open recirculation cooling water system clean accomplished three crucial operational goals and a fourth overriding goal for sustainability: Assists in maintaining heat transfer...

see Part 1 here The benefits of simulating early as a part of the design process have been documented extensively. The cost of each engineering...

Laser metal deposition on pump screw; Dan Hayden (left), Tim Wetherbe (right) Typical weld characteristics are a single layer deposit thickness of around 0.04 inches,...

Chemometrics, the application of statistics to the field of chemical analysis, is often used in the oil and gas industry to make product quality...

A trend has been gaining steam. Electric modulating pressure-reducing valves (PRV) are increasingly replacing traditional self-piloted regulators in steam systems.  The adoption of this “smart” technology...

In late 2020, project managers in fields as diverse as oil and gas, chemical processing, food and beverage, and more, received news that OSIsoft...

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...