by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Aug 8, 2022 | Electrical Reliability, The Sustainable Plant
In our investigative process, we usually return to subs and transformers for data after we do a walkthrough survey. However, in this article, we’re jumping out of order and looking at the data that we will end up gathering at the end of our survey. As we...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Aug 1, 2022 | Electrical Reliability, The Sustainable Plant
As with any story, we want to start at the beginning, and the power system provides us a story of the reliability of our facility. While hope this power looks like Fig. 1, it more often it looks like Fig. 2. Does this mean that we are looking at a...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jul 24, 2022 | Electrical Reliability, The Sustainable Plant
Theory is a wonderful thing. And countless articles of this type spend a fair amount of time on theory versus application of electrical reliability. So, we’ll be different. In this article, we will discuss, based on personal experience, the scope of a basic...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jul 18, 2022 | Electrical Reliability, The Sustainable Plant
The Point of Common Coupling (PCC) is the place where the electrical responsibility changes from the utility to the customer. Within the standards, the utility has responsibilities for power quality as does the customer for how its equipment and loads impact the power...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jul 10, 2022 | Electrical Reliability, The Sustainable Plant
Remember that mysterious, invisible force we don’t really tend to notice until it’s not there? With all the discussion around the electrification of everything, it still amazes me that in Reliability Engineering we will identify a single machine in a plant losing a...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jul 4, 2022 | Asset Management, Electrical Reliability, The Sustainable Plant
As events occur throughout the economy and energy costs continue to rise, all opportunities for energy efficiency should be explored as part of an organization’s effort to be profitable. In operations that use large amounts of compressed air, such as packaging...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Jun 20, 2022 | Asset Management, The Sustainable Plant
Environmental sustainability is top of mind for many businesses these days. And equipment-asset-dependent companies in the manufacturing, process, mining, and other heavy industries are no exception. The American Society of Testing & Materials (ASTM) E60.13...
by Heinz Bloch, P.E., Editor | Jun 11, 2022 | Plant Operations, The Bloch Files, The Sustainable Plant
Global warming is a scientific reality governed by facts that the well-informed will never dispute. Adversely trending warming effects and shifting weather patterns have contributed to catastrophic famines, destruction of forests, huge stresses on sea life, disastrous...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Jun 5, 2022 | Asset Management, The Sustainable Plant
Energy consumption is a major cost for most manufacturing and process plants. It’s also the primary source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. When inventorying and accounting for these emissions, the source is defined as Scope 1, 2, or 3. Scope 1 emissions are related...
by Ken Bannister, MEch (UK), CMRP, MLE, Editor | May 15, 2022 | Asset Management, The Sustainable Plant
In a perfect world, the Maintenance department receives and signs off on all new equipment purchases. The equipment, in turn, is perfectly set up, balanced, aligned, lubricated, and run by fully trained operators in a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility. While...
