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...

By Klaus Helmrich, Siemens Digital Industries The sci-fi-sounding, near-magical benefits promised by Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) advocates are fast becoming a reality, and one...

Like many municipal wastewater treatment facilities across the country, a wastewater authority in Illinois was looking for a better way to dispose of the...

By Logan Walz, Oerlikon Balzers Specialized physical vapor deposition (PVD) coatings are widely recognized for the critical role they perform in enhancing operational performance and...

Collo’s new online measuring technology can detect nearly any change in liquid properties straight from the process in real time. The novel technology has...

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...

GE Oil & Gas is developing subsea membrane-based water injection systems for improved oil recovery. The exploration and production activity in deeper waters, harsher...

Rotating machinery has an expected life cycle based upon engineered rate of wear due to load, lubricity and speed. Our predominant speed for machinery...

Miss part 1? Read it here. The first part of this series explored international and industry standards—namely ANSI, API, ASME, and ISO—and now we turn...

By Marc Malone, MarqMetrix Representing nearly a quarter of the global energy mix, natural gas plays an important role in meeting worldwide energy needs. Throughout...