Jul 8 2010
Emerson Process Management, an Emerson business division, is in the process of expanding its portfolio of energy management through new services and technologies that assist municipalities and companies in converting low-cost biomass and waste into renewable energy reliably and efficiently emitting less amount of carbon.
Already, governments are considering carbon management legislation and renewable energy while regulatory agencies are increasing the renewable fuels standards.
The technology of Emerson in addition to its plant control and automation solutions assists customers in converting waste fuel or biomass into electrical power or steam. These waste and biomass fuel can include hydrogen from chemical plants, petroleum refinery waste gases, biogas from potato wastes at French fry plants or wood waste from pulp mills.
The company’s novel combustion optimization technology utilizes Model Predictive Control (MPC) as well as other algorithms for determining the heat release of waste fuels and biomass. This capability assists to optimize combustion and maximize waste fuel in order to decrease emissions and energy costs. This provides an environmentally-friendly, cost-effective operation.