Top 5 Plant Engineering content: August 26 to September 1, 2024

Top 5 Plant Engineering content over the past week covered predictive analytics, process piping, arc flash fundamentals and more. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Chris Vavra September 2, 2024
Figure 2: While troubleshooting a critical feed gas compressor failure, a petrochemical and refining company used Seeq to quickly find the five most recent shutdowns and subsequent restarts from decades of historical process data. Using “capsules” and “chain view,” they overlaid the events to identify abnormalities in the discharge pressure profile of the two most recent startups. Courtesy: Seeq

Top 5 Plant Engineering content over the past week covered predictive analytics, process piping, arc flash fundamentals and more. Links to each article below.

1. How to anticipate maintenance problems with predictive analytics

Process manufacturers are combining retrospective analysis with predictive tools using advanced analytics platforms, empowering them to build models, project failures, determine optimal maintenance schedules and increase uptime.

2. Nine crucial aspects for designing a process piping system

Process piping system design is a complex and involved process that has a significant impact on many industrial facilities. Nine crucial aspects for design are highlighted.

3. Your questions answered: Electrical safety: Know the fundamentals of arc flash mitigation

This webinar focuses on the fundamentals of arc flash mitigation and the standards required to keep workers safe. Additional questions from this live webcast are addressed here.

4. What is the value of process piping design?

Learn about the different types of process piping projects, and how each drives the design.

5. Reshoring, nearshoring trends making North American manufacturing competitive

Automation advances, along with other changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, have made reshoring and nearshoring more appealing.

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on plantengineering.com, Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, 2024, for articles published within the last two months.

Chris Vavra, senior editor, Plant Engineering, WTWH Media LLC, cvavra@wtwhmedia.com.


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is senior editor for WTWH Media LLC.