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Energy efficiency in cleanrooms – Dangers of overdesign or under-design
Authors Gligor Mukaetov, Zarko Kostovski, Goran SerafimovSince the global energy crisis hit, companies in pharmaceutical manufacturing started improving their energy efficiency to contribute to the economy as well as to their budget. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are typically...
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Green ammonia from Finland – a synergy of water, wind and land
A derivative of green hydrogen produced from renewable energy, green ammonia has the potential to
Offshore wind energy – not in anyone’s backyard
With today’s urgency to find quick and cost-efficient sources of clean energy, wind is expanding
Energy crisis or growing pains?
The options for solving the energy crisis have been known for a long time –
Can carbon neutrality be achieved in food production?
In response to climate change, we must quickly decrease the amounts of fossil fuel and
Finding the full potential of CFD
CFD, or Computational Fluid Dynamics, is a method that is often utilized only for the
How can we ensure industrial resilience during the coming winter?
The current energy crisis has forced us to think about how to secure critical infrastructure
New fiber from textile waste – Elomatic helps Infinited Fiber Company in their important mission
Infinited Fiber Company’s technology is globally unique. Thanks to it, textile waste can be transformed
Elomatic helped VTT scale up a bio-based solution to replace packaging plastic
A transparent cellulose film, developed by VTT, is a more environmentally friendly option for plastic.
Green Ammonia – the needed solution to combat climate change?
Russia’s attack war against Ukraine has spurred developments in the European energy mix that took
Vaasan Sähkö has commissioned Elomatic to design and project manage a future heat pump plant
Vaasan Sähkö will have a plant built at the Pått wastewater treatment plant to recover
How secure is our energy supply?
As we struggle to find our way out of fossil-based fuels, the need for sustainable
Electrification of industry is the way to carbon neutrality
The electrification of industry is an important element in reducing greenhouse emissions, and the role
The end of combustion – a happy ending?
We have many reasons to change our energy consumption behavior and replace fossil fuels. However,
Fast developing 3D printing is one solution to component shortage
3D printing as technology is young and relatively unknown, which is why it isn’t yet
Biogas is a climate friendly solution that Finland now needs
The war in Ukraine has led to a situation where we should be able to
How to improve the profitability of biogas projects?
In order to improve the profitability of biogas projects, it is important to develop the
Ammonia fuel for carbon-free shipping?
The maritime industry often ranks high when comparing global greenhouse gas emitters. But when measured
Ship simulation in rough seas
The Elomatic technical analysis team has been developing and testing the methods for ship hydrodynamics
iReality3D: Mobile scanning – digitizing industry
The service solution iReality3D produced with mobile scanning boosts the maintenance, communication, security and modification
Pathways to sustainable innovations
Throughout the industrial history of mankind, we have created new innovations based on the techno-economic
Elogrid first piloting
The Elogrid product (pat. Pend.) is developed and designed in Elomatic’s technical analysis team together
Virtual Mill: New opportunities for plant design, training and maintenance with virtual models
Virtual models of production plants offer significant benefits at all stages of a plant’s lifecycle.
Biogas – renewable energy at its best
The popularity of biogas as a form of renewable energy has increased at a great
Financing the Green Transition
The energy sector must commit to acting in concrete ways against climate change, structural inequality
Looking for a silver bullet, or, how to make the world carbon neutral by 2050?
The European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and over 110 other countries have
Technology for recycled, customized equipment or machinery
It is easy to get your customer’s attention when remarkable savings in purchase costs as
One’s waste is another’s resource
Our economy is based on disposable goods and fossil energy sources, but new methods are
Challenges in renewables scaling
Dealing with labile biological materials is challenging. Even more challenging is scaling them to industrial-scale
Hydrogen Fuel in Maritime Use
The introduction of renewable energy is a major step to improve the local and global
Stopping offshore lifting
Offshore constructions are in new growth where the traditional oil & gas foundation applications are
The benefits of using pushover analysis in earthquake engineering
In daily earthquake engineering, most earthquake analyses use linear or quasi-non-linear methods, where the non-linear
Evolution of autonomous maritime operations driven by automation technology and digitalisation
Background, prerequisite and first visions of autonomous ships Radio communication for maritime industry started to
Does the ship design project benefit from Digital Twin approach?
I have been thinking what benefits shipowner and yard gets if they start concentrating to
Fuel cells
The marine industry is well-known to be a significant source of harmful local (NOx, SOx
Why Digital Prototype?
Elomatic and Devecto have developed a method to combine the 3D world and the physics
With wind power towards zero-emission maritime traffic
Ever-tightening environmental regulations, combined with the pressure to lower fuel costs, have made wind power
Tool for developing the operations of industry and energy companies — Managing the energy future™
The energy market is currently experiencing a major transformation that will have a significant impact
Getting rid of coal
Elomatic/TAMK proposal to Helsinki Energy Challenge The phasing out of coal-fired powerplants by 2029 in
Determining the least-cost district heating alternatives
International financial institutions (IFIs) play a major role in social and economic development programs in
Is the hydrogen future here already?
The world is in urgent need of fossil-free energy in order to abate global warming.
Online CO2 calculation in the pursuit of carbon neutrality in production
Assessing the environmental impact of a product during its life cycle is often a laborious
The way we work has changed. Are you ready for a post-pandemic life?
Reduced demand, disrupted supply chains, furloughed workforces, and mandated shutdowns have caused businesses around the
Visualization in passenger vessel design – Virtual world gaining on physical
Visualization is an incredibly versatile concept, and with new and evolving technology, it is safe to
Ventilation simulation
The Washington Post reported on April 25, 2020 that the Covid-19 coronavirus had infected passengers
CADMATIC global work sharing
Overcoming remote work challenges on design and engineering projects The Covid-19 pandemic has seen unprecedented
Remote control
ICT considerations in setting up and managing remote work For a long time, organisations have
Improving ship hull hydrodynamics
ELOGRID utilised in bow thruster tunnel openings Ship hulls are equipped with thrusters that allow
Covid-19 sparks medical device boom – sheds light on device requirements
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the whole world to a practical standstill, while healthcare is
Protecting the vulnerable against infectious diseases
Residential care homes and units for supported living are facing a very difficult situation in
Ensuring availability of critical goods
Balancing production capacity requires incentives The Covid-19 outbreak changed the world with very little notice.
Remote Work
Best practice and practical experience: an HR perspective Covid-19 has seen exponential growth in the
Not only colorful pictures – CFD saves time and money
Did you know that by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) you can save as much
Cleaner marine fossil fuels – Do they exist?
The ongoing pandemic has taken a significant toll on people across the world beyond anyone’s
Fuel savings through hydrodynamic improvements
A typical cargo ship that operates 24 h/day and 300 days a year uses about
Data analytics and AI technologies: Tools for technical consultancy
Running an industrial manufacturing operation is a massive undertaking consisting of complicated and intertwined processes.
XR Technologies – Bold steps to new realities
The simulation of reality has developed vastly in the last decade, and the pace of
Digital security in industry – Vulnerabilities in industrial control systems
With the digital revolution in society, security concerns are becoming increasingly prominent. Digitalisation remains, however,
Simulation of deflagration in exhaust systems – An application of CFD in safety engineering
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is being increasingly used in safety engineering to simulate toxic gas
Data collection and analyses in the marine environment
In recent years, much noise has been made about digitalisation in the marine sector. The
Enterprise Production Management and digitalisation of upper level automation
With the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), the management of production and related production infrastructure
Leveraging the benefits of digitalisation
Industrial Internet, automation data processing, and cloud services. Society is currently undergoing a digital revolution
Using games to enhance learning
The Internet and computing technology have changed our lives forever. With them they have brought
Flexibility and efficiency in industrial automation
Automation in production and industrial environments can be interpreted as a multi-tiered structure where each
Reducing food waste a matter of urgency
Globally about 1300 million tonnes of food is discarded as waste every year. This clearly
Towards a circular economy with multiple-product biorefineries
A biorefinery can produce multiple products from biomass in the same way an oil-based refinery
Is burning water profitable?
In Finland we have seen decades of research regarding the benefits of drying woodchips for
Agile and lean values in software development – Case Cadmatic
For more than a decade ‘agile’ has been the number one buzzword associated with process
Additive Manufacturing
Improving products layer by layer Text: Petri Seppänen and Atte Rättyä The term additive manufacturing
Visual Communication
The power of visual communication in the age of information overload The amount of digital
Managing large investment projects – Case Meyer Turku
Large and multi-party investment projects require diverse and thorough expertise. The transparent cooperation between the
Journey to a carbon-free world – Introducing the NYK SUPER ECO SHIP 2050
In 2018, the IMO and the shipping community made a strong commitment: By 2050, greenhouse
Selection and refinement in developing production wide performance monitoring
Reducing thousands of measurements into a handful of key parameters Industrial digitalisation has left factories
EPCM Projects: A blueprint for success
The EPCM* model is commonly used in new industrial investments and plant expansion and modernisation
The evolution of modularisation and partitioning in shipbuilding
The introduction of prefabrication, modularisation and partitioning in shipbuilding goes hand in hand with the
Demanding control room work requires proper conditions
Control room work demands attentiveness and concentration. A well-implemented working environment as well as systems
Shallow water offshore structures – foundation stability: an essential part of design work
When evaluating the feasibility of shallow water offshore concepts attention has to be paid to
In search of power network reliability
It is of utmost importance for owners and operators of electrical networks to always have
Bottlenecks and challenges in processing energy efficiency data
There is currently much talk about machine learning and artificial intelligence but unfortunately, at industrial
The risk of assuming – upgrading product design to meet customer needs
Product development often entails facelifts of previous projects and occasionally the design of completely new
Radiative cooling from the sky – ongoing research points to significant energy savings
The sky should not only be seen as a potential source of energy in the
How to prepare for production malfunctions
Process malfunctions are unavoidable, during which time machinery is inoperable. Typical factors that cause malfunction
Innovation: an interdisciplinary team effort – case: urban farming
Elomatic FEI team members Mika Patrakka (right) and Jukka Mikkonen in their workshop. Urban Farming
Risk-based validation – knowing what and how much to validate
In times of increased competitiveness and ever more stringent regulatory directives and norms, pharmaceutical companies
Modern tools ease environmental retrofits and reduce risks
In the autumn of 2014 several more states have ratified the International Ballast Water Management
Remote monitoring in oil fields
Remote monitoring has been used in oil fields for decades already, but has nevertheless remained
Ship operability analysis – ensuring passenger safety and comfort
Passenger and crew safety are primary concerns in modern shipbuilding. In addition to continued strong
Jet pump technology for artificial lift in oil and gas production
The barren desert environment is as far removed from Finland as it could possibly be.
Towards more environmentally friendly products
According to a recent responsibility survey conducted by communications agency Miltton in Finland, three out
Sustainability by Design
An increasing number of businesses are being challenged by their stakeholders regarding sustainability. In a
Creativity and Method – the cornerstones of success
When offering product and service solutions, many details need to be taken into consideration from
Sustainability-driven engineering – A paradigm shift
Challenges regarding the sustainability of technologies and consumption are reported on a daily basis in
The Circular Economy – Best Available Techniques
Moving towards a circular economy is a long-term goal of the EU and seen as
Microgeneration and the network as an energy storage entity
Recent technological and political changes have brought battery-backed “family-sized” electric power generation closer to reality.
Computational Electromagnetics – simulating the harmful effects of electromagnetic fields
The 2004/40/EC European Union Directive governs the minimum health and safety requirements with regards workers’
Containment Engineering – A systematic approach to handle highly potent active ingredients and pathogens
The need for the contained handling and processing of pharmaceutical materials and pathogens is on
The MetNet Mars Lander – Probing the Red Planet for climatological data
A new Mars lander concept has been developed in cooperation between the Finnish Meteorological Institute
Performance monitoring of heat exchangers – Not as simple as it seems
When a heat exchanger generates little heat loss, it may seem that the device works
Air tightness testing for biosafety level 3 – In search of an international standard and sound practice
All bio-containment guidelines and inspection documents set requirements for airtight containment boundaries around biohazards. Current
Virtualisation of automation systems – a brave new world
Automation has developed at a rapid pace in recent times. The surge in development has
Fatigue testing of drill rig boom
Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy and Elomatic Ltd together designed a fatigue-testing device for a
Modern flue gas scrubbers – significant improvements in the profitability of bioenergy heating plants
There are many reasons why flue gas scrubber technology should be used. One of the
Still Going Strong Heikki Pirilä – 30 years in starch processing
Making it in the starch processing business requires a keen eye for raw material quality
Gaining a competitive advantage – Testing products in simulated environments : case Wärtsilä
Taking good products and turning them into world beaters is becoming increasingly demanding as customers’
Life Cycle Costing – predicting life cycle costs as part of maintenance management and investment planning
How does one achieve optimal plant operation in relation to maintenance? Production would like to
The ballast water issue cannot be wished away – here’s why
The same questions and claims regularly come up when talking about ballast water and its
Execution challenges in circular and bioeconomy investment projects – Profitability and safety risks
Climate change and population growth have been hot topics in the media recently. The overwhelming
Modern methods in ship structure analysis
Simulations are used commonly in ship design. Finite element simulations, for example, are used in
Concept and preliminary design of energy efficiency measures – Turning optimisation suggestions into reality
Energy efficiency audits often generate good efficiency optimisation recommendations, but these are rarely developed into
Six reed nests for Saimaa ringed seals on Lake Haukivesi
Common reed collected last winter from Lake Tuusula was used in February 2018 to build
Why use fuel when there is electricity? – Combustion engines vs battery power
Why use fuel when we have electricity?” is a question one hears from time to
Digital Twin, I and Opportunities
About a month ago I bought a new GPS running watch. The watch has many features to
Why should you conduct a 3D environmental evaluation?
Product design that takes the environment into consideration limits environmental effects and creates responsible business.
New generation of energy efficiency audits – tools for large companies
In recent years energy efficiency audits have been at a turning point in large companies.
How can we predict flue gas dispersion?
When designing a new energy production plant, it has become increasingly important to pay attention
Sulphur Emissions – Does one ship pollute as much as 50 million cars?
A recent eye-catching headline that did the rounds in LinkedIn’s marine community suggested that one
3D scanning supports 3D printing
Green values and ecological thinking are accelerating the development of lightweight and efficient structures, while
Material audits increase profits – seeing is believing
‘Been there done that. You won’t achieve anything without major investments or disturbing product quality.’
Business Intelligence – from measurement data to smart actions
In recent times companies have shown a growing interest in generating and using measurement data
Simulate to prepare for a rainy day
The vast increases in computing capacity in recent times have enabled modelling techniques to be
Lean manufacturing is back
Numerous tools, principles and technologies are available for production development when action is called for.
