One of the very active U.S. universities in the field of engineering and automation is Oklahoma State University. Their OSU Automation Society was founded several years ago and its purpose is to spread awareness and promote automation and control systems as a discipline at OSU. This chapter is also affiliated with ISA. I had the […]
A recent ControlGlobal.com article, Advanced Process Control Ain’t Easy, concluded: The optimal solution is elusive, but perhaps the most promising path is to start with the simplest APC possible, one that delivers an acceptable percentage of theoretical benefits, but without stultifying complexity. Users and vendors alike must keep in mind that implementing APC is just […]
Process manufacturers across many world areas continually look for ways to improve energy usage, operational efficiency, and quality with the limited resources they have to execute these improvement projects. In a recent Hydrocarbon Processing magazine article, Pre-engineered solutions drive down advanced control costs, Emerson’s Pete Sharpe and Gary Hawkins describe how these improvement projects can […]
For U.S. refiners, the bulk of project spending is on core business drivers including safety, environmental performance, and reliability programs. Projects that optimize performance and improve energy efficiency often don’t make the cut. At the AIChE National Spring Meeting in Chicago, March 13-17, Emerson’s Pete Sharpe and Gary Hawkins, and Citgo’s Tom Novotny (Lemont refinery) […]
I plucked this story from a growing and vibrant, “inside the Emerson firewall” community. This community connects Emerson global sales, project, and application folks together, primarily to ask about references–“has this has been integrated with that” sort of exchanges. The particular question was about examples of distillation control. Emerson’s Doug White responded with an example […]
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