Asset data is crucial in the power generation industry. Without it, utilities are forced to speculate about how long their assets will last, when they will need repair, and which strategies will ...

I interviewed three experts to learn which type of protein powder is healthiest: plant-based or whey. Whey and casein protein ...

The oil and gas production explosion is driving the renaissance of the chemical and process industries in North America. With low-cost natural gas comes low-cost feedstock for many chemical compounds, ...

Managing the risk of hazardous process plants is a difficult and resource-intensive activity. In order to reduce costs and improve productivity as technology evolves, process plants employ new ...

Over the past decade, power plant control systems have evolved from DCS-centered platforms with proprietary software, to open systems using industry standard hardware and software, and then to totally ...

Commissioning is a vital step near the end of a plant’s construction, its purpose to hand over a safe, efficient and operation-ready facility to the owner. It is the planned coordination and execution ...

Nova Chemicals Corp. used a holistic, best-practices approach to help sustain and improve the performance of control system assets at its Joffre, Alta., ethylene plant. This article, the second of two ...

Italian startup Tialpi is developing a process to recycle end-of-life solar panels that promises to recover 100% of a PV module’s weight. The new plant design is currently being tested at the ...

DeWiitt, NY -- Every other row of lights is turned off at New Process Gear’s offices in DeWitt. The framed patents that lined the office hallway are gone, boxed and sent to a Michigan office. The ...