Pumps, valves and actuators play a critical role in power plant operations. Because generating plants use them in variety of applications it is not possible to specify just one type of pump, valve or ...

Operating natural gas processing plants under fluctuating commodity pricing, inlet conditions, and equipment performance capabilities is difficult. Under such conditions, processors typically operate ...

Chiller plant control optimization has achieved heightened popularity over time as computerized controls enable increasingly sophisticated algorithms to maximize plant efficiency. In a predicted ...

Plant optimization software may be outside of the conventional definition of project management, but when the project itself is optimizing a given power plant, optimization software becomes a critical ...

Hospitals consume approximately 5% of the total energy use in the United States. That equates to 458 trillion Btus (Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey [CBECS]). Hospitals spends ...

With low gas prices and renewable generation boosting demand and capacity factors for combined cycle plants, plant operators are being called upon to squeeze out every last megawatt from their systems ...

Process plant layout optimisation is a multidisciplinary endeavour that integrates economic efficiency with rigorous safety assessments to ensure robust and reliable industrial operations. This field ...

The capabilities of simulation software have developed rapidly over the past few years and underpin some of the more exciting possibilities in automation, including the industrial metaverse. But there ...

Sizable CapEx plant spending on equipment and advanced automation in the dairy industry is well underway. Industry leaders like Chobani have caught the attention of consumers, and the dairy industry ...

Even with a list of certifications long enough to impressed anyone in the water business, Randy Koehn, who heads Ruidoso’s water production, said there’s always more to learn about running water ...

As data centers grow exponentially in response to generative AI, cloud services, and ever-expanding digital workloads, energy consumption has surged to unprecedented levels. Data center operators must ...