Top 5 Plant Engineering articles, May 19-25

Articles about improving your proactive maintenance plan, reducing HVAC energy consumption, correcting induction motor power, the EPA’s clean water regulations, and achieving energy efficiency were Plant Engineering’s five most-clicked articles from last week, May 19-25. Were you out last week? Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Chris Vavra May 27, 2014
1. Three ways to improve your proactive maintenance plan

Plant managers should challenge old beliefs about maintenance and adopt new ones and should believe that with careful study and continual refinement, each and every failure can be addressed either through redesign or careful application of a proactive maintenance task.

2. Reduce HVAC energy consumption with FHP and VFD operations

Air-cooled chillers can take up a lot of room while expending massive amounts of energy. Integrating FHP and VFD operations is one way to cap energy consumption.

3. Correcting induction motor power factor

Low power factor can drain generation capacity, waste energy, and increase maintenance costs with excessive heating of equipment.

4. How the EPA’s clean water regulations will impact manufacturers

For more than 10 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working to update the regulations for water intake at industrial and power facilities, including manufacturing plants, as part of the Clean Water Act. Manufacturers are now gearing up to comply with the new terms.

5. Achieving energy efficiency for small and mid-sized manufacturers

During Plant Engineering’s May 15 webcast, Ethan Rogers, a senior program manager for industry at ACEEE, discussed practical ways small and mid-sized manufacturers can implement energy efficiency programs.

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on plantengineering.com, May 19-25, for articles published within the last two months.

– Chris Vavra, content specialist, CFE Media, cvavra@cfemedia.com.


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is web content manager for CFE Media and Technology.