Emerson's Ryan McIntosh presented, A Deepwater Oil and Gas Platform Realizes an Improvement in Availability. His abstract: A customer was having issues with maintaining control over their waterflood system due to valve failures. This application, key to optimal...
Sometimes an email exchange turns up something developed years ago that still has great value. So is this case with an article I received as an attachment on final control elements and their suitability in safety instrumented functions (SIFs), a.k.a. safety loops. The...
Managing pressure is a fundamental control challenge for most process manufacturers and producers. A frequent question is whether a pressure regulator or control valve is best for a particular application. At last fall's Emerson Exchange, I live-blogged a great...
Keith Erskine with Emerson local business partner Puffer-Sweiven and Vince Mezzano with Fluor discuss considerations in selecting control valves versus regulators for uses on various applications.
As we close in on the Emerson Exchange conference October 6-10 in Orlando, I wanted to share a problem solving story. This story is typical of what you'll find throughout the weeklong conference. Jeff Wilson, with Emerson's local business partner, Puffer-Sweiven, was...
I knew when my son went to YouTube before coming to me when he needed to learn how to tie a tie--that howto videos were valuable, easily discoverable, and broadly used. I've share examples such as How To Install Micro Motion 9739 MVD Electronic Modules on how process...
Control Engineering magazine has a great article and 8-minute video, A Straightforward Maintenance Strategy Yields Improved Plant Performance, featuring Monsanto Muscatine's use of technology to move from reactive to predictive maintenance to improve output and reduce...
Control valves are the workhorses of process automation. They touch the process and execute the control strategy coming from the automation system. Any valve seat leakage can impact the level of control and lead to safety issues, unplanned downtime, quality issues,...
I had the pleasure of beginning my process automation career in New Orleans, Louisiana working as a Conoco systems engineer on offshore oil & gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans' food, festivities, sights and sounds are firmly embedded in my memories....
Those that work or have visited industrial processes know how loud they can be with the fluids flowing through the process. Emerson's Fisher Valves & Instruments team has a great piece, The Silent Treatment—Fisher Solutions to Noise Problems. It addresses common...
If you use any of the social media forms of communications such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, you know that it's possible to get to know someone without actually meeting them face-to-face. You learn about their expertise and interests over time through their...
A recent ControlGlobal.com article explored the energy savings of variable frequency drive (VFD)-based centrifugal pumps versus control valves in flow control applications. The article, Eliminating the Control Valve sums its position in the subtitle, "Valves Are...
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