By Giampaolo Torrisi

The optimization of the operations of electrical machines is a topic of paramount importance when considering energy efficiency of industrial plants. They are responsible for around 45% of the total global electric power consumption, thus any impro...

by Sara Budinis

What is the purpose of this project within Energy SmartOps?

One of the targets of Energy SmartOps is to operate and control industrial compressors in order to guarantee their stable and safe operation while reducing their energy consumption. In order t...

by Hubert Hadera

Challenges in energy supply systems

Deployment of distributed generation, environmental concerns and shrinking of the conventional energy resources the energy suppliers are exploiting options of the renewable energy sources. These sources are often cha...

by ESR-A, ESR-B, ESR-C, ESR-D, ESR-E, ESR-F

A smaller group of ESRs is dealing with the development of methods related to the maintenance of the plant or a specific equipment. For example, ESR-A and ESR-B are working on fault detection for induction motor, ESR-F is foc...

by Dionysios Xenos, Nina F.Thornhill

Important aims of the process industries are the increase in energy efficiency and reduction in CO2. Environmental sustainability and government legislation drive the industries to modify their current operations. Energy SmartOps is...

by David Dorantes Romero​

The analysis of connectivity and causality is becoming challenging as new technologies for advanced automation and smart use of energy create complex interactions between plant components. Currently, engineers need to combine information from...

by Maria E. Barrera-Medrano

Introduction

Centrifugal compressors are widely used in industrial applications. Although industrial compressors are always equipped with state of the art filtration systems, due to their industrial location and large mass flows, these...

by James Ottewill, Victor-Hugo Jaramillo-Velasquez and Michal Orkisz

Compared to other disciplines, the link between optimized condition monitoring and energy savings is somewhat intangible. Whilst an improved control algorithm or component design might reduce ene...

by Matteo Cicciotti

Compressors general

A compressor is a machine that increases the pressure of a gas. Compressors are important components of industrial plants. They account for a large portion of the energy consumption of the whole factory. They are typically tailor...

by Alejandro Fernandez Gomez 

Energy efficiency is one of the "trendiest topics” all over the world. A few days ago I read an article about new projects of the European Union regarding this matter. After the plan ‘Europe 2020’ was introduced in 2007 where a 20% reducti...