The combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Germany's Bitburger Brewery has surpassed 50,000 hours of turning biogas into power.
BiofuelHigh precision eddy current sensors are being used to measure the displacement of soil samples on an HCTA (hollow cylindrical torsional apparatus) in the Department of Civil Engineering at University...
Proximity Sensing
Steam systems specialist Spirax Sarco has launched Spirax Rental, aimed, it says, at helping plant engineers make energy- and carbon-saving investments early by effectively hiring the equipment they...
Energy Audits
A risk-reward scheme launched by ABB's drives business claims to identify and guarantee energy saving from multiple motor-driven applications across a plant.
Electric Motors AC
Wireless improves Barking Power efficiency
Condition Monitoring
The Recycling and Waste Management show, co-located with the Energy Event and the new Renewables event at the NEC looks interesting for plant engineers, says Brian Tinham
Biomass Plant
As we go to press, with London on the final countdown to the 2012 Olympics, plant engineers – although excited by the spectacle and impressed by the scale of the interdisciplinary project engineering...
Manual Handling
Young engineers can improve their prospects and recession-proof their careers by becoming professionally registered, according to jobs specialist Jonathan Lee Recruitment.
Continuing Professional Development
Midlands based Lorien Engineering Solutions has helped the National Trust's Packwood House, in Warwickshire, to drive down yearly operating costs by £23,000.
Heat Pumps
Five of Siemens Hearing Instruments' products have been cleared for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, including mines, factories, agricultural silos, rigs, oil and gas platforms, water and...
Personal Protective Equipment
Emerson Process Management is offering a free online planning tool to help plant engineers get started with wireless sensing on process plants.
Process Transmitters
Kier is leading a partnership involving three UK firms and Immingham Academy in Lincolnshire to help young people begin a career in engineering.
Apprenticeships