Now that fieldbus is used in virtually all new refineries, oil and gas companies are looking beyond the older, established products and their problems to more modern fieldbus hardware solutions that ...

Scale-up involves increasing pump sizes, reactor volumes, and flow rates—but the process control logic and system ...

How self-tuning can support an adaptive control strategy. How Model Reference Adaptive Control can improve adaptability. The different types of MRAC. A certain amount of flexibility is always good to ...

With a broad spectrum of functions - including integrated system simulation using MATLAB/Simulink - all levels of automation can be combined into a homogeneous system. Direct integration of external ...

Although digital control systems—distributed control systems, programmable logic controller, and other automation equipment—are present in practically every process safety management (PSM) facility ...

The automated process control system for unit 1 has been delivered to the construction site of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey. The system monitors and controls all key reactor parameters, as ...

Systematic methodology is the key to quickly and effectively troubleshooting control circuits. Even the most experienced troubleshooter must rely on a systematic troubleshooting process to solve ...

The main purpose of an automation strategic plan is to improve our ability to manufacture and sell products by a better utilization of people, equipment, raw materials, and facilities. Three key ...

The automation system for one of the United Kingdom's largest gas terminals is being fitted with ABB's 800xA control system. The Saint Fergus Gas Terminal, 60km north of Aberdeen in Scotland, receives ...

At one time, process historians were simply software packages used to store and present real-time process data. Today, however, historians are being used to do much more. Process historians are being ...