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Aphelion™ Stabilizer Improves Effectiveness Of Cooling Water Halogen Programs
10/22/2020
Aphelion™ Stabilizer is a patented non-biocidal halogen stabilizer designed to optimize the availability and efficacy of active chlorine in cooling water applications.
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Biofouling Control In Cooling Towers With A Halogen Stabilizer
10/22/2020
Biofouling in cooling towers is undesirable because it can reduce heat transfer efficiency, restrict water flow, and accelerate corrosion rates. Of even greater concern is the fact that pathogen growth in cooling towers can lead to disease transmission. Given the favorable growth environment of a cooling tower, these microorganisms can reproduce, proliferate and form complex biofilm communities. Legionella bacteria, which cause Legionnaires’ disease, are one of the greatest concerns from a public health standpoint because infections are often lethal and cooling towers are the most frequently reported non-potable water source of Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks (Llewellyn 2017).
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Breaking The Causative Chain Of Legionellosis
10/22/2020
Legionnaires’ disease first garnered public attention in 1976. After attending an American Legion convention at a Philadelphia hotel, 221 people became ill, with 34 dying of a mysterious illness. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a major investigation, and in 1977 identified the responsible bacterium, naming it Legionella.
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Strategic Approaches To Data Management, Analytics, And IT/OT Convergence: Webinar
7/1/2020
As IT/OT convergence continues to rise, the proliferation of connected assets in the Power & Utilities industry has resulted in a massive increase in data availability. However, the sheer volume and variety of data has outpaced the ability to analyze it to develop actionable insight.
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Get In Shape For ISO 55000: Taming The Tide Of Data To Transform Electric Utility Operations
6/22/2020
Your organization generates an enormous amount of data that could help you improve your utility’s performance, but if it resides in separate organizational silos with different naming and governance standards, it will be difficult to use data in a way that enables meaningful, timely action.
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Ansaldo Energia Utilized The Cloud To Increase Asset Availability And Reliability While Reducing Maintenance Costs
6/22/2020
Ansaldo Energia is a 160-year old company headquartered in Genoa, Italy and a leading producer of thermoelectric power generation plants with a focus on plant engineering, manufacturing, and service. The company has over 100 power plants and 300 gas turbines around the world and provides remote monitoring services for customers in 13 countries. At the 2016 OSIsoft EMEA Users Conference, Sandro Gollini, a Diagnostic System Engineer at Ansaldo Energia, and Giuseppe di Bartolo, owner of TQService, discussed how Ansaldo is using the PI System for remote asset monitoring and predictive maintenance.
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Vattenfall Hydro Discovers New Efficiencies In Condition-Based Maintenance
6/22/2020
With about 520 employees Vattenfall Hydro Power is the third largest hydro power provider in Europe. Learn how the installation of a new system reduces total maintenance costs while improving the continuous monitoring capabilities of each hydro power plant and increasing the accuracy of the condition of equipment.
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Kansai Electric Reduced Costs By $3M Per Year In One Plant Alone
6/22/2020
For numerous years, Kansai Electric Power Co., Japan’s second largest power company, operated as a regional monopoly, providing the majority of power to the Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe areas. Kansai needed to optimize its nine domestic power plants to be more competitive, but it also wanted to acquire new customers and create new value added services. Using a combination of the PI System, AI and IoT technologies, it all became possible.
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Scrubgrass: Data Saves Jobs In Coal Country
6/22/2020
When your business model is exquisitely sensitive to a changing environment, an investment in real-time data can make the difference between survival and shutdown. That was the case for the Scrubgrass Generating Plant, a 35-employee, 85-megawatt waste-coal-fired power plant in Kennerdell, Pennsylvania. In the last few years, Scrubgrass has used OSIsoft data systems to overcome new market challenges that have already shuttered similar plants.
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Xcel Energy Uses The PI System To Improve Wind Forecasting And Save $46 Million In Operation Costs
6/22/2020
Xcel Energy provides power for 3 million electric customers and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight states. According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), it has been America’s leading provider of wind-generated power for the past 11 years, and the company holds a world record for electricity generated from wind power.