Process Control
Improve exploration, production and refining with ‘add-at-will’ wireless automation
After the technology was validated, a wireless infrastructure was installed blanketing 80% of a US refinery
Advanced process control in the plant engineering and construction phases
Testing MVC performance using a dynamic model offers several benefits
Building and installing a reliable industrial Ethernet infrastructure
Here are six practical guidelines to consider
How to have a successful data reconciliation software implementation
Follow these guidelines to ensure success
HP Control: Process control practice renewal 2010—performance
In August 2010, I followed Allan Kern’s “Continuous Improvement or Core-Competency editorial”1 with a review of the purposes of process control and IT in the HPI. After 50 years, it is ..
Management Controls signs North American licensing agreement
Management Controls, Inc., says that one of the world’s largest refining, chemicals, and oil sands companies has purchased a license for Track, Management Controls’ flagship solution.
Invensys signs long-term technology deal with Thai Oil
Invensys Operations Management has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar contract to deliver a comprehensive refinery-wide optimization solution for Bangkok-based Thai Oil Public Co. Ltd.
AVEVA responds to customer demand for migration-ready instrumentation solution
This capability enables process plant businesses to more easily upgrade entire instrumentation and control design systems from smart plant instrumentation (SPI/INtools) to AVEVA instrumentation technology.
HP Control: APC application ownership
Advancec process control (APC) requires skilled control engineers, and where such engineers are not available, even well-implemented APC applications quickly become ineffective. That much is known and..
Second edition of Alarm Management Handbook now available
PAS recently published the second edition of The Alarm Management Handbook. It is the most comprehensive best-practices book available for designing and maintaining an effective alarm management system.
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