Emerson Invests in Energy Responsible Automation

Emerson Process Management has announced its latest new products from ongoing investments in energy responsible technology. It also reviewed it’s alternative fuels projects around the world.

“World energy demand is expected to reach the equivalent of more than 10 trillion tons of crude oil by 2010, and nearly 16 trillion equivalent tons by 2030,” commented Peter Zornio, chief strategic officer, Emerson Process Management. “Renewable, hydroelectric and nuclear sources will account for more than 10 percent of this total, with coal representing nearly one-fourth. Clearly, process automation will be one of the enablers of realizing this growth in the most efficient and energy responsible way possible. Innovative technologies and solutions are important to meeting the global demands, and to enable new sources of energy to become economically feasible.”

According to Emerson, it’s latest products and technology ranged from Ovation SCADA software for wind energy management, to new Fisher C1 Series “energy responsible” controllers and transmitters for oil and gas operations, Rosemount Analytical AccuMax technology for boiler and furnace operation improvement, and Rosemount sapphire-tube enclosed thermocouples for gasification applications.

Emerson’s alternative fuels projects range from wind and hydropower to first generation biofuels including bio-ethanol, second generation biofuels including bio-diesel, to synfuels including coal, petcoke, and heavy oil gasification.

Emerson has been selected for digital automation for clean energy solutions by Rentech, Inc. The Company has developed and patented the Rentech Process which transforms under-utilized domestic energy resources into valuable and clean alternative fuels and chemicals. These energy resources include coal, petroleum coke, biomass and municipal solid waste. The greenhouse gas footprint of fuels from the Rentech Process is significantly below that of petroleum-derived fuels.