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Dont shackle yourself to the wrong platform Today, process data are readily available at many levels, from instrumentation to higher-level data historians and OPC servers. Choosing the right platform can be key to successfully implementing robust and maintainable process calculations at your company. |
03/14/2007 |
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The evolution of plant automation Understanding the purpose of control and safety systems helps users ensure each is appropriately optimized. The duties of the SIS are to protect the people, environment and assets against unsafe conditions. |
03/03/2007 |
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Plants get help in boosting reliability More and more companies are placing greater emphasis on maintenance and seeking help from vendors to boost the effectiveness of their efforts, as some recent major investment decisions demonstrate. Many automation companies now are benefiting by building up asset management services alongside process control capabilities. |
02/26/2007 |
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Debunk plant myths about diagnostics Your current control system can probably do more than you think. Everybody can agree that diagnostics are a good thing they can identify problems early, and keep the plant running at peak performance. Learn how your existing control systems and analog instruments can deliver diagnostic capabilities, at a fraction of the cost of system or instrument replacements. |
02/08/2007 |
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Making the most of diagnostics Make the most of your diagnostics with this helpul summary from George Buckbee of ExperTune, Inc. |
02/08/2007 |
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Data validation: Jewel in the fieldbus crown? Many users and most suppliers to the industry see process availability as the big payout benefit of Foundation Fieldbus (FF) diagnostics a good portion of it realized through data validation. |
11/09/2006 |
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Keep measurements on the level This article looks at six technologies mechanical floats and displacers, differential pressure, capacitance, ultrasonic, radar, and guided wave radar that are used most often for automated control, and provides practical guidance for choosing among them. |
11/01/2006 |
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November Process Puzzler: Consider options for automation Readers suggest ways to automate an HCl absorber in this month's Process Puzzler in Chemical Processing. |
10/31/2006 |
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Process analysis gains greater online role Faster. Smaller. Smarter. Modular. All express the future of process analytics. And un-stoppable describes the ongoing migration of process analytical instruments to continuous, online, field-mounted use at chemical plants. |
09/11/2006 |
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Cutting the wires of communications Users want wireless, vendors want to sell wireless, so whats the problem? This article tackles one of the most discussed topics: the use of wireless communications in process automation. |
08/15/2006 |
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Protect the perimeter and the process A visit to Honeywell's Geismar plant reminded Editor in Chief Mark Rosenzweig how to integrate security and control. |
04/12/2006 |
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Distillation control and optimization, Part 1 Control columnist Bela Liptak describes the distillation process and PID-based controls, reviews optimization strategies, and shows how advanced controls can cut operating costs of distillation. |
01/11/2006 |
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There's always something more to learn about HART Communications Since HART technology has been around for many years, most people feel that they know all that there is to know about it. The fact is the vast majority of HART applications utilize only a fraction of the full capability of HART. |
10/12/2005 |
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The country boasts not just booming exports but a strong desire for the best technology. |
09/27/2005 |
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Effective Simulation Requires a Broader Scope of Process Heat Transfer Measurements Accurate measurements under controlled conditions form the cornerstone of the development of methods for the successful design of heat transfer equipment. |
06/22/2005 |
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Free download of technical reference books on measurement and control ChemicalProcessing.com now has Omega Engineering's Transactions in Measurement and Control technical reference series available for free download. |
05/11/2005 |
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Process engineering: Dryer provides a concrete lesson in control Removing water or moisture from a liquid stream is a critical operation in many processes. Liquid stream dryers commonly contain either molecular sieves or adsorbents; during the last 20 years, the use of molecular sieves has become much more common. |
05/03/2005 |
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Process engineering: Doing your level best Plant engineers who find it is difficult to get good level measurements have plenty of company. A recent poll shows that it is considered to be one of the two most vexing problems by process automation professionals. |
04/08/2005 |
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Process Engineering: The Real Story of HSE Fieldbus' high speed ethernet protocol technology is behind a trend of predictive modeling in the industry. |
04/06/2005 |
