Introduction and Problem Statement
Process heating systems are some of the largest energy-intensive systems in most industrial facilities and account for approximately 36% of industrial energy consumption. These systems may include equipment such as furnaces, ovens, heaters, kilns, and lehrs. They are used in a variety of processes in an industrial energy system to transfer heat from energy sources to the products. Read More »
To inject efficiencies in its engineering processes and to foster new ways of inter-division collaboration, this decentralized, global manufacturer is standardizing PLM technologies and product development practices. It’s secret weapon: A PLM Center of Excellence.
For more than 50-plus years, Emerson has prospered with an organizational chart and infrastructure that’s about as diverse and decentralized as anyone could envision. Over 60 autonomous divisions in 255 locations manufacture everything from consumer-friendly garbage disposals and hand tools to commercial-grade industrial automation and process control systems. The result has been 52 consecutive years of increased dividends, culminating in $24.7 billion in worldwide sales in 2008. Read More »
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS
Electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) are the most commonly used, effective, and reliable particulate control devices; they are employed mostly in power plants and other process industries. The particle-laden flue gas from the boiler flows through the ESP before it enters the environment. The ESP works as a cleaning device, using electrical forces to separate the dust particles from the flue gas. A typical ESP consists of an inlet diffuser known as an inlet evase, a rectangular collection chamber, and an outlet convergent duct known as an outlet evase. Perforated plates are placed inside the inlet and the outlet evase for the purpose of flow distribution. Inside the collection chamber there are a number of discharge electrodes (DEs) and collection electrodes (CEs). A set of discharge electrodes is suspended vertically between two collection electrodes in a typical wire-plate ESP channel. While the flue gas flows through the collection area, electrostatic precipitators accomplish particle separation through the use of an electric field in the following three steps. The electrical field does the following: Read More »
How Colorado State University’s Engines and Energy Conversion Lab transformed itself from a resource of academic research to a full-service R&D partner.
There’s always been a certain rhythm to the partnership between industry and university labs. Industry typically comes knocking at the door of academia when they need access to a highly-specialized resource—a virtual reality CAVE environment, for example, or a complex engine or supercomputing cluster. Other times industry reaches out when they come across a faculty member that has prized expertise and some research funding in a relevant area. Read More »
Introduction
Stationary gas turbines are used in a wide range of applications, including peaking power facilities, emergency backup power systems (e.g., nuclear plants), and cogeneration plants. They also are used widely in the oil and gas industry to provide power in remote locations, such as offshore and onshore production facilities. Read More »
By jointly developing critical IP with key engineering partners, medical device maker is first to market with a breakthrough cassette-size digital radiography detector.
For over 30 years the health care industry has been in transition, moving away from projection X-ray technology to the higher-performing digital radiography (DR). Despite the improved diagnostic quality and productivity advances associated with DR, the changeover has been slow and painful, mostly as a result of the high costs and difficulty of revamping existing facilities to accommodate the new technology. Read More »
