Energy Management and Sustainability
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CHP engines now more reliable

FOR THE owners of a local authority-owned anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, removing the responsibility for their CHP engines from a single service provider and handing it to two smaller, expert companies – including gas engine upgrading specialist Gen-C – has delivered big rewards.

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VFD designed with environmental awareness in mind

WITH THE flexibility and functionality to support the broadest range of applications on all types of mechanical equipment, the FRENIC-MEGA-G2 from Fuji Electric is reported to take core capabilities, responsiveness, environmental awareness, and easy maintenance to the next level.

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Energy saving calculator

DEPENDING ON the application, changing from hydraulic to servo-hydraulic technology for a hydraulic machine can result in energy savings of more than 50% (kWh) per cycle. To help illustrate this, Baumüller provides online energy calculator with which the savings for the respective machine can be calculated, in just three steps.

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Collaboration to reduce emissions

ABB AND Finnish technology company, Coolbrook, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to commercialise and accelerate the adoption of Roto Dynamic Reactor (RDR) technology in a bid to significantly reduce GHG emissions in steam cracking plants.

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Nickel battery monitoring goes digital

A new wave of digital sensors and connected analytics is enabling operators to deploy and retrofit remote monitoring and condition-based maintenance on new and existing nickel-cadmium industrial backup batteries, says Erick Lopes

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Plastic eating microbes target pollution

The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution, a study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has found. The results illustrate the impact plastic pollution is having on the environment, and hint at potential new solutions for managing the problem.

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