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Integrating Gas Chromatographs with Control and Device Management

Posted in Analyzers, Foundation Fieldbus on Thursday, December 15th, 2011. No comments yet
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Gas Chromatographs (GCs) are used in many process-manufacturing processes. Some GC applications include fuel & flare gas analysis, cracking furnace BTU firing rates, gas ratios, and a whole lot more. Wikipedia defines the gas chromatography process: …used in analytical chemistry for separating and analysing compounds that can be vaporized without decomposition. Typical uses of GC [...]

Mass Flow Measurement for Fuel Gases

Posted in Analyzers, Measurement on Friday, June 10th, 2011. No comments yet
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Online communities continue to grow and prosper as the capabilities of social sites and software platforms continue to advance. I received an email from a student in France who asked: I would like information on the products you offer in mass flow measurement for fuel gases. What measuring devices do you have in your product [...]

pH Control Solutions by Greg McMillan – ISA Web Seminar

Posted in Analyzers, pH Control on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011. No comments yet
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In conjunction with the International Society of Automation (ISA), Greg McMillan will be conducting an online seminar on pH control solutions. It will be held on-line tomorrow, Wednesday, 2/16 from 1-2:30pm Central North American time (19:00-20:30 UTC). Here’s a summary: This seminar covers the root causes of poor performance in pH control systems. The source [...]

Combustion Gas Measurement and Monitoring Standards

Posted in Analyzers, Regulatory Compliance on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010. No comments yet
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A person searching on the subject of gas-fired heaters came upon one of the many posts here on this blog. He wanted to know: Is there any International standard or code compliance to measure or monitor the gases (like type of gas and range, etc.) in the gas fired heaters? (Other than optimizing the combustion) [...]

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New Analytic Expert Blog Highlights Gas and Liquid Analyzer Experience

Posted in Analyzers, Measurement on Monday, June 14th, 2010. 2 comments so far
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I wanted to highlight a new Emerson Process Management blog, Analytic Expert. This blog is a team effort by Rosemount Analytical product and application experts. Here’s background on the four bloggers listed on the About Us page. Jim Gray has worked as an application manager for more than 20 years. Fifteen years ago, his role [...]

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Analyzing Flue Gas Emissions

Posted in Analyzers, Combustion on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010. No comments yet
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Back in January, I shared some thoughts from Emerson’s Doug Simmers on improving combustion in a post, Optimum Combustion for Reduced Greenhouse Emissions. He’ll be presenting later this year on flue gas analysis and I was able to get my hands on a rough draft. I’ll highlight a few of his early ideas and hope [...]

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Optimum Combustion for Reduced Greenhouse Emissions

Posted in Analyzers, Combustion on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010. No comments yet
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Last week, I highlighted some of the greenhouse gas regulatory reporting changes happening here in the U.S. I checked in with Emerson’s Doug Simmers, a global product manager in the Rosemount Analytical Combustion Gas business. Although alternative sources of energy continue to grow as a percentage of energy consumed, combustion of oil, gas, and coal [...]

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Calculating Boiler Blowdown Savings

Posted in Analyzers, Boilers, Measurement on Friday, March 27th, 2009. One comment so far
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I always like receiving goodies that I can pass along to the readers of this blog. This one, a boiler blowdown savings calculator, is from Emerson’s Jim Thompson. Jim is a manager in the Rosemount Analytical Liquid business. Jim probably knew that I’m definitely not a boiler blowdown expert, so he was kind enough to [...]

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Metals Extraction and Processing Liquid Analysis

Posted in Analyzers, Measurement, Metals, Mining, Minerals on Monday, July 7th, 2008. No comments yet

My trusty Emerson RSS feed alerted me to a new liquid analysis application guide for the metals extraction and processing industry. This guide, published by Emerson’s Rosemount Analytical Liquid business, covers the liquid analysis solutions for the following processes: leaching and ore extraction, concentration and separation, finished product purification and waste disposal. I confess to [...]

Applying the FDA’s PAT Initiative in Product Development

Posted in Analyzers, Control Strategies, Life Sciences, Simulation on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008. No comments yet

Interphex2008, the Pharmaceutical and Biotech manufacturing conference is going on this week in Philadelphia. Before Emerson’s Terry Blevins and Mike Boudreau left, they passed along the presentation they are giving on Thursday, March 27. It’s entitled, Application of PAT in Product Development. They are joined by University of Texas at Austin PhD graduate student, Yang [...]

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