As instrumentation and control system, also known as Operational Technology (OT) incorporate wireless and other classic Informational Technology (IT) components, the worlds of OT and IT continue to merge. For control and automation specialists, it means things like...
IEC 62591
Non-Intrusive Wireless Corrosion and Erosion Monitoring
A Joint Research Centre (JRC) Scientific and Policy Report, Corrosion‐Related Accidents in Petroleum Refineries, found [emphasis and hyperlink mine]: Notably, of the 137 major refinery accidents reported by EU countries to the EU's eMARS [Major Accident Reporting...
Reducing Equipment Downtime and Improving Energy Efficiency via Wireless Power Monitoring
Equipment failure is a large part of unplanned downtime, slowdowns and/or loss in quality of the product being produced. Monitoring temperatures, vibration, differential pressures across filters are often performed to identify problems before failure occurs. Another...
Temperature Measurement and Wireless Device Instructional How-To Videos
As we wind our way toward the holidays, I wanted to share a great series of "how to" videos on some of Emerson's Rosemount brand of temperature measurement devices. This YouTube video series includes: How to Wire and Configure a Single Sensor for the Rosemount 648...
Wireless Continuous Pump Monitoring
Many of the pumps in process manufacturing and production processes are essential and their failure results in reduced or lost production and increased maintenance costs. In an Upstream Pumping article, Wireless Monitoring Reduces Pump Failures & Maintenance...
Benefitting from IIoT at Your Own Pace
The Internet of Things and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are getting quite a bit of focus in the press and analyst community within our world of process manufacturing. The promise to be able to improve reliability, efficiency, safety and overall performance...
Adding Wireless Sensors for Health, Safety and Environment
Wireless communications have changed everything from the way we listen to music to the way information is collected and disseminated. For process manufacturing and production plants, it means more the process can be sensed beyond traditional monitoring and control...
Optimizing Well Pad Production and Storage
Where new production was once the major focus, optimizing existing oil & gas well pads and production facilities is now high on the priority list to reduce operating costs. In an American Oil & Gas Reporter article, Production Optimization: 'Systems' Approach...
Stay on Top of Your Tanks
For storage tanks, controlling emissions is a high priority concern. A pressure vacuum relief valve (PVRV) is a critical component in managing pressure. Knowing when and for how long it opens to release pressure also helps to determine what emissions occurred. In this...
Improve It Turnaround Mindset
The mindset in most plant and production facility turnarounds is to get things fixed as fast as possible in order to get the facility back on line. At the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Annual Meeting earlier this year, Emerson's Marcelo Carugo...
Advanced Automation Drives Project and Operational Cost Certainty
Author: Chuck Miller One of the most transformational cost-reduction trends in the automation industry is the application of configurable I/O. Based upon the projects standards premise, reduced installation and commissioning time – along with the inclusion of late...
Improving Power Plant Operations with Second-Level Automation
When many plants were built years ago, they were instrumented to provide what was required for safely manage the process. As time has passed, the requirements are far greater for efficiency, reliability and regulatory demands. In a Power Engineering International...
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