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Understand where your plant can achieve benefits from a digital fieldbus |
07/11/2008 |
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Energy Saver: Thinking small yields big payback Take advantage of power cost and receive cheap heat for your process |
06/17/2008 |
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Make the most of control system migration The right strategy may lead to significant improvements in plant performance |
06/17/2008 |
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Achieve effective heat exchanger control This first article in a four-part series explores the nuances of steam supply control |
03/14/2008 |
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Make the Most of Automation Upgrades Avoid common mistakes that undermine projects. |
01/23/2008 |
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Improve control loop performance Specification of control valves doesnt adequately emphasize the very basic requirement that valve position respond in a timely manner or even at all leading to process variability. |
10/18/2007 |
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Despite its 30-plus-year history, advanced process control (APC) applications remain few and far between, but it doesnt need to be that way. Dave Harrold, cofounder of the AFAB Group, reports. |
06/01/2007 |
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Control valves for slurry service In this installment of Ask The Experts, noted process control authority and CONTROL Columnist Béla Lipták and his cadre of automation experts answer a readers question regarding control valves for slurry services. |
05/01/2007 |
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May Process Puzzler: Quick fix needed! Readers recommend solutions for a pump control problem in this month's Chemical Processing Process Puzzler. |
04/24/2007 |
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Though acceptance and networking hurdles remain, the New Sampling/Sensor Initiative (NeSSI) is starting to emerge in real-world, standardized, modular process control applications. |
03/03/2007 |
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The DCS spirit lives on everywhere Classic distributed control systems typically remain only in high-availability refining and power applications, but their strategies and capabilities persist in descendants and todays sophisticated networks. |
02/09/2007 |
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10 tips for diagnosing control valve problems To make the most of diagnostic equipment used in chemical processing, technicians must stretch their knowledge of control valves and related diagnostic equipment that keeps tabs on valve health and safety. |
01/22/2007 |
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Distillation control and optimization, Part 3 Control's Béla Lipták continues his series on control of distillation processes, this time focusing on managing reboiler flow, temperature, feed rate, loading and reflux for economy, stability and safety. |
01/05/2007 |
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Raising the bar for control system security Security researchers at Wurldtech Analytics are partnering with ISA to establish procedures and an operations model for the security testing and certification of products used for control. |
10/12/2006 |
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Heat integration steps can present control problems The more energy prices rise, the more heat integration saves. However, heat integration steps can present complex control problems. Slip-ups in putting control systems in place can make operations nearly impossible. That certainly was the case at one unit using heat recovery. |
09/13/2006 |
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HMIs evolve in process control New HMI technology is putting a whole new (inter)face on how operators view control systems information, while at the same time driving human error out of systems and improving safe work practices. |
09/11/2006 |
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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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10 principles for securing control systems KEMA Consultant Jay Abshier takes an unbiased and highly detailed look at where plant security really is, and what is being done to better protect our process automation systems and infrastructure. Print page Email page 10 principles for securing control systems KEMA Consultant Jay Abshier takes an unbiased and highly detailed look at where plant security really is, and what is being done to better protect our process automation systems and infrastructure. |
10/25/2005 |
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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 |
