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How hydrogen and fuel cells can drive the green transition in shipping
With decarbonization high on the agenda in the maritime industry, hydrogen and fuel cells have an important role to play in driving the green...
Why long-term accuracy is important in data center sensor selection
For a relatively small investment cost, HVAC sensors can make a significant difference to a data center’s energy consumption and power usage...
Why reliable measurement is key to the hydrogen economy – and the green transition
Hydrogen shows significant promise as an enabler of the green energy transition, particularly in industrial sectors where electrification is...
How to optimize data center energy efficiency with sensor selection
Choosing the right HVAC sensors for your data center can have a significant impact on energy efficiency and power usage effectiveness (PUE). The...
The importance of modularity in data center sensor selection
As the need for computing power increases worldwide, energy-intensive data centers facilities already have a pressing need to lower energy...
From green to white liquor: How process refractometers can transform causticizing efficiency and quality
In the causticizing process, passive chemicals are converted into active cooking chemicals to make a white liquor. This is used in the digester...
How to improve humidity measurements in extremely dry environments
In this article, we demonstrate sampling-related uncertainty sources in laboratory environments compared with online measurements.
The green transition in compressed air
Industrial companies are continuing to take action to minimize their carbon emissions. But what is the role of compressed air in all this?
Bringing out the beauty of wood: Veneer drying with humidity control
Drying is a delicate process, and the biggest issues in veneer manufacturing usually relate to moisture content fluctuation in veneer. Accurate...
How can you improve your data center’s energy efficiency and reliability?
On average, cooling and air conditioning account for 40% of a data center’s energy consumption – making accurate measurements critical to...
How can high-quality outdoor measurements help improve your data center PUE?
Power usage in data centers represents a share of global electricity consumption that is steadily growing. A recent figure for the US puts data...
Integrated weather data for efficient building operation
Sustainability is a key performance goal for the modern built environment, which sees continual development of the tools to improve energy...
Data Center Innovation – how measurement accuracy enables energy efficiency
Anu Kätkä from Vaisala and Keith Dunnavant from Munters describe recent trends in the data center sector, and discuss the impact of HVAC...
10 years of uninterrupted mobile measurement data from Mars
Over the last ten years, Curiosity has driven nearly 29 kilometres and ascended 625 meters as it explores its landing site the Gale Crater and...
The future is so close, we can already taste it – guest article on the future of food, pt. 2
In his second expert article, Dr. Lauri Reuter takes a look at where our stomachs have led us over the past 10.000 years, and what the future of...
We are what we eat, but what are we eating – An expert article on the future of food, pt. 1.
More and better data is the key to lifting the lid on our food production and consumption habits and giving us the tools we need to shake up...
Dehumidification in vaporized hydrogen peroxide bio-decontamination
In this article, Martin Ginty, Business Development Manager at Munters AB discussed the importance of dehumidifying environments prior to vH 2 O...
"No design without reason" – a philosophy that drives innovation
It sounds obvious, but what they really mean is ‘no design without a valid reason’ because they believe that too many companies add features to...
Taking the heat out of data center energy costs
The following article explains how cooling efficiencies can be implemented at energy-hungry data centers. It also describes the dramatic cost...
How to choose the right instrument for measuring humidity and dew point
Humidity measurement and control is called for in a wide variety of industrial applications. Each application has a different set of...