Energy Management and Sustainability
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Boosting boiler optimisation

Boiler sequencing control systems help optimise steam boiler installations to ensure energy efficient operation and improved longevity. In this article, Carl Knight explains more about boiler sequencing and the development of intelligent control systems that use Cloud

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Brewery toasts move to thermal fluid system

IN 2015, with business improving but original process equipment reaching end-of-life stage, Rebellion Beer Company, with impartial advice from heat transfer specialist Fulton, replaced its ageing steam boiler with a thermal fluid system. Six years on, Rebellion’s Mark Gloyens explains how brewery life has coped with the switch.

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Carbon Trust to lead next phase of Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator

FOLLOWING A competitive process, the Carbon Trust has been re-appointed to design and run the next phase of the UK government’s Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA), launched by the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to help accelerate the net zero transition, while bolstering the competitiveness of British industry.

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Siemens to build advanced 2-pole electric motor

SIEMENS LDA has received an order from a Chinese customer to deliver a machine with dual shaft extension. It can be used in motor operation with a power of 105MW and as generator with up to 129MVA in power generation mode. The 2-pole electric motor will have efficiency of in excess of 98%.

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Decentralised drive package

WEG HAS announced availability of a decentralised drive package, consisting of WG20-series gear units, EUSAS motors and a MW500 variable speed drive (VSD). Compared with traditional drives, this compact and decentralised package provides lower energy consumption and a compact footprint, as well as improved flexibility.

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Efficiency gains in vacuum technology

In addition to representing the interests of the UK compressed air industry, the British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) is the only trade association in the UK dedicated to low pressure and vacuum distributors, manufacturers and end users. Here, the Society explains more about vacuum systems.

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Supporting strong UK supply chains

To further strengthen its support for manufacturers and suppliers across the UK’s engineering market, the British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) continues to work with Reshoring UK and its other industrial engineering partners. Here, Julia Moore, chief executive at Reshoring UK explains to AirUser how this unique collaboration of 33 leading industrial engineering associations is continuing to grow.

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Under Pressure? Getting to grips with the PSSR

The aim of the Pressure System Safety Regulations (SI. 2000 No 128) (PSSR) is to prevent serious injury from the hazard of stored energy as a result of the failure of a pressure system or one of its component parts. Roy Brooks discusses what this means for owners and operators of compressed air systems.

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Training: Pick a place and a pace to suit yourself

Wherever your work takes you in these uncertain times, you can rest assured that BCAS training is on hand to help – at a place and at a pace – that works for you; whether that’s the office, or the comfort of your own home.

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