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Wastewater pump choice can make or break plant operations

A pump's best performing feature can vary greatly; be it hydraulics, electrical, maintenance, non-clogging, unclogging, or wire to water. Careful consideration of your specific requirements is needed to match your organisation's needs with the best fit.

Zoned heating technologies that compress energy consumption

Variable temperature scheduling and zoned heating are now drastically reducing home heating bills. Home energy management systems, used to coordinate scheduled heat, will seemingly become commonplace in the years to come.

How to host a successful webinar: a step-by-step guide

Webinars are a low carbon footprint method for delivering training and community engagement.

This 'how to' handbook guides you through the process of webinar production. Step by step, discover what you need to do before, during and after your webinar to generate engaging results.

Solve your facility power quality problems — in 3 steps

Unscheduled downtime, equipment failure and damage is often the result of power quality problems. A management framework that efficiently measures, monitors and analyses your power will highlight corrective and preventive actions to minimise these risks.

Why, when and how to migrate your DCS

New technologies in the manufacturing space provide constant opportunities for productivity increases and economic gain. To gain their competitive edge distributed control systems need to be upgraded to take advantage of these latest opportunities.

Will wearable technology change the face of customer service?

Wearable technology is becoming more mainstream and technology advancements are made every day. The capabilities of wearables are now beginning to emerge for retail, enterprise and consumers. They are soon to become the interface between body, apps, data and services. This creates great opportunities for the customer service space.

How much cost does a capacity system really save?

Many utilities employ penalty rates for low electrical system efficiency. A common resolution to this situation is to install a capacitor system. How much energy and how much cost can a capacitor system actually save?

Achieve precise fluoride analysis

The advancement of chemical sensing techniques has enabled online monitors to be applied in analysing and controlling the fluoride concentration in water. An understanding of their limitations, however, is essential in ensuring the validity of the results and the capability to comply with regulatory standards.

Are you making the right decision with your old UPS?

Within a data centre there is the inevitable choice of what to do with an old UPS. Selecting the right option is not as straightforward as one may think. Should you replace the UPS with a new one? Upgrade the current UPS and extend its life? Or do nothing and run it to fail? While pondering these questions you need to simultaneously take into account the present UPS conditions and its capabilities, and keep in mind your future requirements and constraints.

Poor compressed air servicing bloats energy costs by 25%

Poorly maintained compressed air systems can increase energy costs by more than 25%. But businesses using compressed air often rely on ad hoc servicing, which is not sufficient to keep the systems in shape.

Energy management is no longer just for power hogs

Companies that are not in energy-intensive industries, such as discrete manufacturers, have long been sceptical that investing in energy management pays off. But the endless drive towards efficiency, higher energy costs and stricter regulations are about to change the game.

Precise measurement key to biogas meeting its green promise

Biogas produces clean, green electricity capable of helping reduce global CO2 and methane emissions. But producing biogas itself is a dirty process, prone to wide variations in operating conditions and product throughput.

Confined spaces in the water industry - the risks and how to address them

Some of the worst places to work in are confined spaces, the main reason being that they are not built for that purpose - their purpose is the storage of equipment or they are used as an entry/exit point for inspections and tests, etc.

Don’t just go with the flow

Magnetic flowmeters are ubiquitous in many water and wastewater industrial and residential applications. Most know the many benefits and importance of the accurate measurements achieved using magnetic flowmeters; however, many may not realise that diagnostic advances have made these instruments easier to use and even more valuable.

The top five ways to start reducing your energy costs

Find out which are the top five energy measurement priorities to best initiate savings and eliminate waste.

Proper instrumentation can help you to identify where and how energy is being consumed, so that you can start using less and saving more.