If you have an instrumentation and automation project for a new installation you are faced with many technology selection decisions. For instance, instrumentation based on digital communications technologies, which provide robust diagnostics and predictive...
Yesterday, we looked at some applications for wireless measurement in upstream and downstream oil production. Today, let's look specifically at wireless level measurement in oil & gas production. In this quick 1:48 YouTube video, Wireless Level Measurement...
Wireless devices to measure process variables such as pressure, temperature, flow, and level have been around since the WirelessHART standard was adopted in 2007 and approved as an international standard, IEC 62591 in 2010. Given the intervening years since this...
It's hard to read technology-based news sources without finding discussions on the Internet of Things (IoT). In looking at the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) from a process manufacturing and producing standpoint, wireless measurement devices play a big role...
One of the discussions at the recent Emerson 2015 Investor Conference was a presentation by Emerson's Charlie Peters on the Internet of Things and Emerson (beginning on slide 27). I wanted to share some of the ideas and concepts Charlie shares as we advance forward....
You've likely heard the phrases pervasive sensing and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) tossed about. But what are some real examples of how they help process manufacturers and producers? I came across this excellent case study on the use of wireless...
Unless your plant or production facilities was recently built, chances are that your process has a mix of automatic and manual control. A common area for manual control are on-off valves used in many general purpose applications such as tank filling and emptying,...
It's likely that you have all the measurement instrumentation devices you need to safely and reliably operate your process manufacturing or producing facility. But perhaps you don't have all the measurements you need for non-process control/process safety applications...
The constant improvements in electronics and communications technology has made many things much easier to track, monitor and control. In a hazardex article, The advantages of pervasive sensing, Emerson's Deanna Johnson describes how sensing technologies, once...
Author: Douglas Morris Wireless measurement devices are nothing new and installations are in just about every industry, including power. From my experience, power plants don't choose to use wireless technologies to replace wired devices, rather they are used to solve...
In an earlier post, Wired Versus Wireless Risk Analysis for Process Instrumentation Measurements, we highlighted the fault tree methodology for performing risk analysis on wired and wireless instrumentation. Emerson's Jonas Berge added a thoughtful comment which I...
Author: Rossella Mimmi The economic impact of custody transfer in the oil and gas industry is huge. Transferred fluids are expensive, so producers, carriers and end users want to make sure that quantity and quality are measured very precisely. Also, as taxes and...
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