A lot of control engineers do, especially in fields like water treatment, refrigeration, thermoforming, refining, food processing, and energy or building management.
There are a variety of temperature sensors on the market—ICTDs, thermocouples, RTDs, thermistors, infrared sensors. Accuracy, cost, wiring complexity, and environmental conditions are some of the factors that determine which one is best for your application.
Topics: Energy management, Process control, Food & beverage, Water & wastewater, Machine builder, optonews, OEM, Integrators, OptoNews 2015-06-17
Nothing like a cold shower to get you moving:
Most of us never give any thought to our hot water service pilot flame. But when it goes out...cold shower first thing in the morning, anyone?
Bleh.
The first time it happened, I simply re-lit the pilot and showered with cold water. After the third cold shower, I knew it was time to be a little more proactive!
Topics: Energy management, groov, Internet of Things, Remote monitoring, Water & wastewater, Electronics, Tips, IoT, Machine builder
Get a mop, I spilt some electricity:
The past few blogs we have talked about visualizing water usage in groov and how it not only helped me save water, but also highlighted the fact that I was not seeing all the water use I thought I was.
Electricity is a bit different from most other things. Spill water on the floor and it's pretty obvious; spill electricity and often no one is the wiser.Topics: Energy management, groov, Internet of Things, Remote monitoring, Electronics, IoT
Monitoring the water mains:
As mentioned in my blog last week, it was not until I monitored my water usage that I found out I was not monitoring ALL of my water usage.
My whole house water meter was just that, the whole house. It did not show any of the garden/lawn water use.
Let's talk about how we might get that data and what it could mean for conserving water in all aspects of our lives.
Topics: Energy management, groov, Internet of Things, Remote monitoring, Water & wastewater, Electronics, IoT
Every application is different. But some things are similar:
Watch the video and see how groov can help you save time and money in facility management. A groov mobile interface lets you keep moving while you monitor systems and equipment.
Topics: Energy management, Videos, groov, Internet of Things, Aggregates & concrete, Remote monitoring, IoT, optonews, OptoNews 2015-04-01
If your building automation system uses BACnet—and many do—you can integrate it with your SNAP PAC System using our free BACnet Integration Kit for PAC Project.
We've just updated this integration kit to include:
Topics: Energy management, Updates, optonews, OptoNews 2015-03-18
Older wind farms still produce clean energy, but many weren't built for modern monitoring and control.
This lack of remote visibility causes problems for utility companies and other owners, who must immediately respond when regulators call for changes in production.
That's because the electrical grid has to be a Goldilocks kind of system: not too much electricity, not too little. It has to be just right.
Topics: Energy management, groov, Remote monitoring, optonews, OptoNews 2015-03-18
Last month at the IoT West conference in Las Vegas, a number of technical hurdles were presented that could potentially slow down the growing IoT movement. As the IoT movement gains momentum, it continues to absorb other industry movements such as m2m (MachineToMachine).
Topics: Energy management, groov, Internet of Things