Evaluating Total Cost of Ownership Models: Part 2 of 2

Last month, we introduced the first part of the following report summarizing the findings of a recent study conducted by the Wired Group, which...

Evaluating Total Cost of Ownership Models: Part 1 of 2

Electric utilities are undergoing a transformation not seen since the Tennessee Valley Authority brought electricity to rural America. The complex challenges facing electric distribution...

Frontloading computational fluid dynamics benefits everyone: Part 2 of 2

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...

Soil Sampling for VOCs: Best Practices: Part 1 of 2

In all types of environmental testing, using proper sample collection methods is vitally important, as the data analyzed in the laboratory is only as...

Improving Cooling Tower Filtration: Part 1 of 2

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...

Laser Cladding as a Technical Improvement Over Traditional Spray and Fuse...

Sand, sludge, corrosives, abrasives, and myriad other challenging fluid components tear into the working surfaces of pumps hour after hour, gradually or catastrophically deteriorating...

Audible and Visible Signals Reduce Risk of Dangerous, Costly Accidents

By Jacob Vernon, Pfannenberg This past June was #NationalSafetyMonth, an opportunity to raise awareness about significant dangers to technicians, operators, and other workers on the...

Energy Efficiency and Corporate Sustainability

By Lowell Ungar and Andrew Whitlock, ACEEE Many U.S. companies are taking steps to reduce their impact on the environment, and especially on climate change,...

Enabling Faster Insights with Advanced Analytics

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

Making More “Elbow” Room

In industrial installations, process plants are designed to minimize floor space. Abbreviated floor space can result in inadequate short runs of straight pipe required...