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The document summarizes an article that recommends spending the last five minutes of the workday reflecting on eight questions to help learn from the day. It describes how the author adapted this practice by spending 10 minutes answering the questions and doodling symbols to represent each question rather than writing them out. The symbols and corresponding questions are then listed, including questions about the type of day, successes, challenges, interactions, lessons learned about oneself and others, responses needed, and plans to do differently tomorrow. The purpose is to reflect on and learn from the day in order to change and improve tomorrow.
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Subject searching allows users to conduct more precise searches. It involves starting with a keyword search, finding a relevant item, and viewing its subject headings. Users can then click on the most relevant subject heading to retrieve a list of all items on that subject from the library catalog. An example demonstrates searching for "banning AND whale AND hunting," viewing the six subject headings of resulting items, and clicking "whales" to see 39 titles on that specific subject.
This document discusses the biological basis and ethical implications of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and embryo selection. PGD involves screening IVF embryos for genetic disorders before implantation. While PGD can prevent transferring embryos with serious genetic abnormalities, it also requires creating and discarding unselected embryos. This raises ethical debates around when personhood begins and whether embryo destruction is equivalent to abortion. Additionally, using PGD for nonmedical sex or trait selection could promote eugenics and reinforce harmful social biases. Overall, the document examines both sides of these complex issues regarding PGD and selecting particular embryos.
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3) Biodiesel's higher density and lower calorific value led to slightly higher fuel consumption for blends compared to diesel.
The document discusses ENSERVCO, an oilfield services company, and contains forward-looking statements about its future performance and growth strategy. ENSERVCO provides well completion and stimulation services across several regions using equipment like frac heaters and hot oilers. The company has expanded into active shale basins like the Marcellus, Bakken, and Niobrara through new operations centers and building customer bases with exploration and production companies.
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This document provides an overview of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), including its history, operations, certifications, business sectors, products, and facilities. Some key points:
- BHEL is India's largest power equipment manufacturer, with 14 manufacturing units and other facilities across India and abroad. Its first plant opened in 1956.
- It has a diverse portfolio of products for the power, industry, and international sectors. Major products include thermal and gas power plants, industrial equipment, locomotives, and telecom systems.
- BHEL seeks to maintain high quality and reliability through investments in design, engineering, and adopting international standards. It has received ISO and other certifications.
- The
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This document presents the results of an experimental study on the effect of biodiesel blends and exhaust back pressure on engine performance and emissions. Biodiesel was produced from Jatropha and Karanja oils using transesterification. The biodiesel blends (B5, B10, B20) were tested in a diesel engine along with diesel as the baseline. The tests measured parameters like brake power, thermal efficiency, fuel consumption under varying loads. The results showed that the biodiesel blends had slightly higher brake power and thermal efficiency than diesel. Exhaust temperature and emissions like CO were also lower for the biodiesel blends compared to diesel. The study aims to understand the relationship between exhaust
This document provides information about Kushagra Pundeer's internship at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) in Bhopal, India. It discusses BHEL's water turbine manufacturing block (WTM Block-1), which machines and manufactures hydro turbine components. The document describes the various bays in the WTM Block-1 that house machines like lathes, drilling machines, and boring machines used to machine components of hydro turbines like shafts, sleeves, and guide pieces. It also acknowledges and thanks those at BHEL who supported and guided Kushagra during the internship.
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Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor l Plant photo by Vito Palmisano for Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery Magazine
hen sellers of financial derivatives
and the Bernie Madoffs of the
world dangle deals to double and
triple capital virtually overnight,
it’s a wonder anyone invests in
manufacturing. Spending on the production of goods
is, with depressing regularity, viewed as a necessary evil
to be minimized to the fullest extent possible.
In that context, the Massillon, OH project that
Shearer’s Foods Inc. began three years ago is remark-
able. R ather than attempt to do it on the cheap,
Chairman and CEO Robert J. Shearer declared the
project would leverage new and existing technolo-
gies to create a manufacturing center that would
squeeze ever y bit of productive use from energy
inputs, while minimizing the amount of water con-
sumed and waste generated. The effort would add 8
to 10 percent to the price tag, the snack food maker
estimated, but he characterized the added cost as an
investment in the future.
Fast-for ward three years, and the realization of
Shearer’s vision is still unfolding on the rolling hills
of northeastern Ohio. Project scope has expanded,
not contracted, with the overall price tag increas-
ing accordingly. Phase I was completed in March
2010, a 47,000-sq.-ft. showcase of engineering
Shearer’s
Foods rethinks
the food plant
PLANT OF THE YEAR
Some additional upfront cost already is paying dividends to this
manufacturing organization, with the biggest returns yet to come.
W
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PLANT OF THE YEAR
innovation that earns the distinction of Food Engineering’s
2011 Plant of the Year.
With Phase I, the company mined a PR bonanza. The US
Green Building Council granted platinum level certification to
the Massillon facility under its Leadership in Energy and Envi-
ronmental Design (LEED) program, making Shearer’s the first
food company—most certainly the first snack food manufac-
turer—to gain the distinction. Plaudits have rained down ever
since. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland was on hand at the plant’s grand
opening, heaping praise on the organization for its leadership
in sustainable manufacturing. US Secretary of Energy Steven
Chu paid a visit to see the state-of-the-art systems and ground-
breaking innovations first hand and to add his own salute. Given
Shearer’s participation in the US Energy Star program since
2006, the company already was on the Department of Energy’s
radar. Replacement of large motors with smaller VFD units and
installation of waterless urinals four years ago were modest har-
bingers of what was to come.
To compartmentalize the project as a LEED winner or a one-
time stab at sustainable manufacturing is to give the Massillon
plant short shrift. True, the company has made sustainability
a core value, and key customers want Shearer’s to drive .
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DIPANKAR BANDYOPADHYAY has over 25 years of experience in production and operations management for petrochemical plants. He has held several leadership roles including Senior Vice President and SBU Head at Reliance Industries Ltd. He has expertise in areas such as production planning, plant safety, quality control, and process optimization. Some of his key achievements include contributing to the engineering of large greenfield projects, improving plant safety standards, and implementing initiatives that increased production and reduced costs.
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The document discusses the importance of proper operation and monitoring of deaerators in steam plants. It emphasizes that while deaerators generally perform well at removing oxygen, regular monitoring of dissolved oxygen levels is still needed, especially at lower pressure systems below 200 psi where oxygen removal is less critical. Excessive venting from the deaerator wastes steam and water, increasing costs. Proper venting is required to ensure adequate deaeration while avoiding unnecessary venting. Methods for measuring dissolved oxygen levels are described to help operators monitor deaerator performance.
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STAR OPERATOR
Energy Systems Chief
Shines in Minnesota
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Technologies
Tweak Dehydration,
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KEEPING BUSY: Robert Jewell says there's no shortage of things to do in his career at Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. For example, he does a lot of work
on the facility’s water permits.
PHOTOS: LANE OLSON
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When Ethanol Producer Magazine asked for
nominations of rock star operators, the name
of an industry veteran of almost two decades
rose to the top.
By Holly Jessen
PROFILE
Robert Jewell, energy systems chief at Chippewa Val-
ley Ethanol Co. has worked at the Benson, Minnesota,
ethanol plant for about 13 years. He also worked at a nearby
ethanol plant in Morris, Minnesota, which today goes by the name DENCO
II, bringing his total time working in the ethanol industry to just short of 18
years.
He has worked primarily in utility or energy centers, although, he has also
operated distillation and evaporators as well as cook and fermentation lines.
Currently, Jewell supervises four full-time energy system operators, as well
training and cross-training employees in energy system operations.
Prior to his career within the ethanol industry, Jewell worked as a facility
manager of a company that manufactured flexible circuit interconnect solu-
tions used in the computer, networking, communication, storage, consumer,
medical, and electronic industries. He also worked as a foreman at a wastewa-
ter treatment plant and a maintenance technician.
Jewel provided EPM with information about some of the projects he has
managed, past and present. Currently, Jewell and the CVEC team are working
toward installation of a new high-efficiency boiler, expected to come online
later this year. Specifically, it’s a 2,500 horsepower, 3 pass, 86,250-pound-per-
hour water back, fire tube steam boiler. The project was initiated after the
Operations
Leader
Optimizes
Aging Plant
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FULL STEAM AHEAD: Jewell, standing at right, supervises employees working as energy system operators at
CVEC.
PROFILE
company installed a regenerative thermal
oxidizer and repurposed the old thermal
oxidizer as a waste heat boiler, he says.
However, due to inefficiency, it was later
repurposed into a steam generator, leading
to the soon-coming instillation of the new
boiler. “This project will provide improved
system reliability and improved energy ef-
ficiency,” he says.
He has also worked to identify and
implement numerous other steam plant op-
timization measures. One benefit the com-
pany has been able to reduce boiler makeup
water use by 74 percent. Specifically, in a
year, CVEC is able to use about 1.7 million
gallons less reverse osmosis (RO) water and
about 3.6 million gallons of soft water feed
to the RO. This saved the company about
$15,000 in a year, by reducing natural gas
use. Additional benefits include savings
due to lowered chemical use as well as less
wastewater discharge.
Also on his radar was optimizing the
plant’s cooling systems and reducing chiller
operational requirements. Jewel was able
to devise and implement measures that re-
sulted in an annual 32 percent average an-
nual reduction in chiller operating hours in
the past four consecutive years, compared
to the previous five years. “This equates to
avoiding 726 hours or 30 days of operation
annually,” he says, adding that it has saved
the company more than $20,000 yearly in
electrical costs, resulted in improved fer-
mentation and process cooling capabilities
as well as reduced routine maintenance ex-
penses.
Another project Jewell worked on was
managing installation and temporary oper-
ation of a prototype system that helped the
plant displace propane use in the winter of
2012-’13. CVEC, along with other ethanol
plants, was hit hard by propane shortages
and high prices, which many ethanol plants
use as fuel during natural gas curtailment
periods. Though a relationship with an-
other company, CVEC was able to conduct
performance testing on a proprietary liquid
natural gas vaporization or re-gasification
system that was still in R&D. Without the
backup system, the plant may have had to
temporarily idle due to restricted availabil-
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ity of natural gas and propane fuel, he says,
he says, adding that the ROI was less than
a week.
Words of Praise
Vincent Copa, process engineer for
CVEC, says Jewell is vital to the com-
pany’s goal of completing infrastructure
upgrades at the nearly 20-year-old ethanol
plant. “One thing that puts Bob head and
shoulders above others is his ability to me-
diate between departments,” he says. “En-
gineering wants the most efficient project
with the best ROI (return on investment).
Operations wants something they can un-
derstand and operate intuitively. Mainte-
nance wants easy access to items that re-
quire periodic maintenance or calibration.
These are not mutually exclusive goals, but
Bob seems to ask the right questions at the
right times so that the entire staff gets on
the same page.”
When asked to describe Jewell, An-
drew Zurn, engineering manager said, “In
a nut shell, he’s technically competent, de-
tail orientated, dependable, hardworking,
honest, has a knack for operating equip-
ment and writes a dang nice report.”
In fact, Jewel’s report-writing skills
leave Zurn feeling a little envious. Jewel
uses those skills to track equipment opera-
tion and documents that information in a
detailed and organized manner by including
photos and notes. “This skill was particu-
larly valuable when CVEC commissioned
and eventually made sustained operating
runs on the commercial scale Frontline
BioEnergy gasifier here at CVEC,” he says.
“Bob functioned as the chief operator of
the gasifier throughout all phases of start-
up through sustained operation.” CEVC’s
gasifier, which was used to generate steam
and replaced pipeline natural gas, was com-
pleted in the spring of 2008, in the midst
of high natural gas prices, and isn’t opera-
tional today.
Other work
But Jewell’s performance doesn’t just
shine in his work at CVEC. He’s involved in
multiple activities that benefit ethanol and
the industrial sector in general, including
PROFILE
6. serving on two advisory boards. Currently,
he’s in his sixth year as an appointed indus-
try representative of the State of Minnesota
Department of Labor and Industry Con-
struction Codes Advisory Council. Estab-
lished in 2008, the advisory council works
to “to review laws, codes, rules, standards,
and licensing requirements relating to build-
ing construction,” according to the Minne-
sota Department of Labor and Industry
website. Among other things, “it may make
recommendations about ways to eliminate
inconsistencies, to streamline construction
regulation and construction procedures and
to improve procedures within and among
jurisdictions.”
He has also served for more than two
years on Minnesota’s boiler licensing ad-
visory board, which collaborated on leg-
islation with various representatives of
government, industrial, institutional and
commercial business sectors. As a result,
boiler engineer licenses were reclassified in
order to address the issue of licensed opera-
tor staff shortages and to more closely rep-
resent current operations across the state.
In addition to the license reclassifications,
the Minnesota Legislature created a provi-
sional first-class engineer license, which al-
lows currently licensed second-class A or B
engineers to serve as shift engineers at 500-
plus horsepower boiler plants, he said. This
allows for on-site training and certification
of second class engineers to operate site-
specific systems that previously required a
first class licensed operator.
CORN BIOREFINERY: The 50 MMgy Benson, Minnesota, plant where Jewell works produces fuel ethanol, some of which it blends into E85. Other products are distillers
grains, corn oil, wet cake, syrup, and its trademarked Glacial Grains Spirits, which is used in food, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
7. Since the inception of the provisional
first-class A or B boiler licensing program
in Minnesota, a total of 90 provisional li-
censes have been issued to employees work-
ing at 36 separate companies, including
nine ethanol plants. At this time, there are
46 active individual provisional licenses for
this in the state of Minnesota. “It is not un-
common for industrial facilities to struggle
with staffing challenges regarding filling and
keeping people in 1A or 1B licensed opera-
tor positions,” he explains. “The provisional
licensing program has given all sectors of
industry, including ethanol, another means
for addressing staffing shortages regarding
those positions and complying to the state
operator licensing and steam plant atten-
dance requirements.”
Last, but not least, Jewell writes techni-
cal articles about water quality, water con-
servation and water sustainability for some
Minnesota Rural Water Association publi-
cations and other organizations. Although
the articles aren’t written specifically for the
ethanol industry, the subject matter is rel-
evant to the ethanol industry.
Author: Holly Jessen
Managing Editor, Ethanol Producer Magazine
701-738-4946
hjessen@bbiinternational.com