Featured Articles

1. Designing A Complete Solution To Address Condensate In The Conveying System At A Large Confectionary Operation 9/23/2021

   Condensation can present a significant challenge for food manufacturers when it comes to bringing sensitive ingredients, most notably sugar, into their plants. Even trace amounts of water can lead to caking/crystallization, thereby damaging valuable batches of the material and slowing down the pneumatic conveyance process.

2. Major Pork Producer Saves Project Money With S&L Pump Station 9/21/2021

   When a major pork producer sought cost-effective pumping solutions to one of its Kansas facilities’ wastewater system, the search led to an installation of a Smith & Loveless above-grade pump station.

3. A Better Approach To Bulk Food Unloading 9/16/2021

   Bulk delivery of basic food ingredients — such as sugar, flour, soy, and food powders — presents inherent issues at the point of unloading. For many years, the pneumatic conveying of the material from the truck into the silos has been accomplished with blowers connected to the truck.

4. Why Water Removal From Olive Oil Is Critical 9/10/2021

   To meet the product quality required by the market, olive oil undergoes a decanting or centrifugal step, during which water and other suspended materials are separated from the oil in order to make it transparent. The drawback of this process is that centrifuges are not able to remove all water from the oil. Remaining water is still present and causes a liquid phase separation on top of the olive oil. While thin cellulose papers are used as adsorbers to remove these water traces there are more efficient, time-saving solutions available.

5. The Importance Of Efficient Wax And Lipid Removal In Olive Oil 9/10/2021

   When olives are processed into oil, the oil that is released dissolves the skin waxes and ends up in the oil and can have a negative impact on the quality of the olive oil, causing cloudiness upon precipitation. Variation in final product quality can necessitate reprocessing of the oils with multiple filtration passes which impacts productivity. Here we explore proven and cost-effective solutions for de-waxing olive oils.

6. Math Solutions Explained: Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) mg/L 8/23/2021

   Water Online’s “Math Solutions Explained” series, presented by wastewater consultant and trainer Dan Theobald (“Wastewater Dan”), educates operators by explaining BOD mg/L calculations.

7. Applying Variable Speed Compressors In Multiple Compressor Applications 8/23/2021

   Variable speed control for all types of industrial equipment is readily available on the market with competitive pricing to non-variable speed controlled alternatives, including in the air compressor industry. With the advent of prescriptive rebate programs for variable speed compressors and other equipment, the demand for these types of controls has increased.

8. Dairy Warms To Digital Twins 8/11/2021

   To meet ever-more-demanding safety regulations and to keep pace with the rapid proliferation of new dairy products, all while optimizing operations across the entire enterprise, dairy processors are increasingly turning to digital twins. This article explores this new automated solution that enables manufacturers to model production processes and asset performance in a safe, virtual environment.

9. City Of Riverside PUD On Quantifying ROI And Digital Transformation In The Water Industry 8/6/2021

   The City of Riverside PUD discusses how they are quantifying ROI and also the ever-evolving digital transformation taking place in the water industry, 

10. Driving Smarter Decisions With Your Water Data 8/6/2021

    In this special report from Water Finance & Management and data management solutions provider OSIsoft, now part of AVEVA, we bring you some perspective on how the U.S. water utility sector has evolved – and continues to evolve – in its use and management of data.