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Advanced Automation is the Key to Better Grid Management
Many modern power generation facilities are dealing with a two-pronged problem. On one hand, their assets are often decades old, and as a result, need a lot of attention to run at peak performance. However, the very people who have the deep industry expertise to keep...
How advanced automation technology is driving the transition to green steel manufacturing
Sergei Mishin of Emerson explains how digitally-enabled, smarter plants using DRI processes and electric arc furnace technology can not only achieve more sustainable, high-quality production but also be economically viable.
Remote Proof-Testing of Level Measurement Devices Supports Safer Tank Operations
Storage tanks containing hazardous materials require safety instrumented systems (SIS) to prevent overfills. Digital technology in the latest level measurement devices used in SIS enables them to be proof-tested remotely, which provides significant advantages. The...
101 Tips to Accelerate Your Process Automation Knowledge
Over the past several months, process automation hall-of-fame member Greg McMillan has been sharing tips from his 101 Tips for a Successful Automation Career book. These tips appear as weekly blog posts over at the ISA Interchange blog. Today's post, Tip #19: Always...
Need Tips on Having a Successful Automation Career?
There is another great book coming out for automation professionals. Just in time for the 2012 ISA Automation Week conference, Control Talk and ISA Interchange blog's Greg McMillan along with Hunter Vegas have written 101 Tips for a Successful Automation Career. In...
A Process Control Wisdom Program Scheduling Note
For those that have followed Greg McMillan or come upon his posts over at the ModelingAndControl.com blog, I wanted to share that he's moving his process optimization wisdom over to the ControlGlobal.com Control Talk blog. In his ModelingAndControl.com post, Different...
Four Paths to Sharpen Your Process Optimization Skills
Those familiar with American football have heard the idea that the game can be simplified down to the basics of "blocking and tackling". Fundamentally, the team that executes these two skills the best will likely win the game. So what does this have to do with process...
Control Loop Foundation Learning Website
Emerson's Terry Blevins and Mark Nixon's new book, Control Loop Foundation - Batch and Continuous Processes was highlighted in an earlier post here on the blog. As I noted in the post, the intent of the book was to give automation professionals a foundation in process...
Greg McMillan Honored with ISA Life Achievement Award
The news is now public that Greg McMillan has won an ISA Life Achievement Award. The article highlights some of the key reasons for the award: Generally acknowledged as a leading expert in pH control and modeling/simulation, among other technical areas, McMillan spent...
Hot Off the Press – New Control Loop Foundation Book
A few weeks ago, I highlighted a new process control fundamentals book by Emerson technologists Terry Blevins and Mark Nixon. Terry and Mark were burning the midnight oil to have the book, Control Loop Foundation - Batch and Continuous Processes, published in time for...
Congratulations to Greg McMillan for ISA Life Achievement Award
Here's a quick Friday post to wish hearty congratulations to Greg McMillan who shares his process control expertise over on the ModelingAndControl.com blog each week. I just saw the news in the Sound Off! blog post, ISA Announces This Year's Honors and Awards...
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