Process Control
Revamping an old pneumatic instrumentation system
Careful planning reduced costs and avoided having to shut down the plants
HPInternet: Coordinating Research Council
If you are in the downstream industry where the fuel meets the automobile, you have probably heard about the Coordinating Research Council (CRC). CRC is a nonprofit organization that direct..
HP Control: Consider MRA
About five years ago, Invensys introduced what we considered to be an innovative online process analyzer based on nuclear magnetic resonance technology (see "HP Innovations," March 1998) which it call..
HPInternet: Let’s buy a gas station
At the very end of the oil and gas industry supply chain is the gas station or convenience store. You know, that friendly corner spot where we get our gasoline or diesel and our bread ..
New approach to real-time optimization using neural networks and fuzzy logic
The main advantages are simpler models and reduced computation time
HP Control: Moving beyond steady-state optimization
Process optimization is one of the fastest growing technologies in the automation industry because of its ability to tightly link a company's business and economic objectives to its ope..
HPInternet: So many answers . . .
This month's column is different. We had so many responses to our March Downstream Challenge that I feel we need to review them all. As I have said before, the Internet is the world's l..
Optimize surge vessel control
Proportional only algorithm complements multivariable predictive control
The safe automation gap – Part 2
SIS design, operation and maintenance are critical tools to bridge this division
HP Control: Standards and the IT revolution
After reading several views on standards, it became apparent that there is an additional role for standards - helping to keep engineering work in the developed countries by leveraging I..
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