The AIChE 2013 Spring Meeting and 9th Global Congress on Process Safety is taking place this week down the road from me in San Antonio, Texas. I just heard the news from Emerson's Tim Olsen, Chair of the AIChE Fuels & Petrochemicals Division, that a paper on...
In a post, Continuously Diagnosing the Instrumentation Electrical Loop, we shared some new diagnostics available in the Rosemount Enhanced 3051 Pressure Transmitter. Emerson's Alexander Miller shared some additional information with me about the Local Operator...
Statistical Process Control (SPC) has long been applied in discrete manufacturing operations as a predictive diagnostic technology. Statistical Process Monitoring (SPM), the continuous process version of SPC, has been applied less often as highlighted by Emerson's Tom...
Update: Greg has published a post, Checklist for Compressor Surge Control Tips which should give you some things to consider for your centrifugal and axial compressors. Orginal post: It's great to questions from automation professionals from some of my posts built up...
The distillation process is one of the most common means of separating two or more components from a fluid. Ever handy Wikipedia defines it: Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture....
My friends in Chanhassen have been hard at work on the usability front. I connected with Emerson's Alexander Miller to find out what's the latest with the Rosemount 3051 pressure transmitter. Alex pointed to two new innovative features — Local Operator Interface (LOI)...
Advanced diagnostics are improving our lives in many ways from healthcare to transportation. And in our world of process automation, they are fundamentally changing the way we operate and manage our plants. In an earlier post, A High-Speed, Statistical View for Better...
You may recall from a post, Eliminating Temperature Effects in DP Level Measurement, a cool new technology—Rosemount 3015S Electronic Remote Sensors (ERS) system. To avoid some of the temperature and response time issues that I highlighted in the post with capillary...
A colleague alerted me to a series of fun videos from the Rosemount Measurement team. The videos star Emerson's Caitlin Breen and Daniel Lucey in the role of white lab-coated Rosemount 3051S Series instrumentation torture specialists. It's one thing to say your...
The old cliché, "time flies when you're having fun" applies to the many Emerson folks who had a hand in the development, launch, and widespread use of the Rosemount 3051S Series of pressure, DP [differential pressure] level, and DP flow transmitters. Congratulations...
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