ISA and O3neida publish Agent-Based Technology Manufacturing Control Systems
ISA’s ongoing publishing partnership with O3neida has produced a new technical publication, Agent-Based Technology Manufacturing Control Systems, Luca Ferrarini and Arndt Lüder, editors. This practical...
View ArticleISA Announces Human Asset Optimization Track at ISA Automation Week 2011
ISA Announces Human Asset Optimization Track at ISA Automation Week 2011 ISA announced today the sessions of its Human Asset Optimization Track at ISA Automation Week 2011: Technology and Solutions...
View ArticleISA Announces Energy Track at ISA Automation Week 2011
ISA announced today the sessions of its Energy Track at ISA Automation Week 2011: Technology and Solutions Event. The conference will take place in Mobile, Alabama, USA, 17-20 October 2011, at the...
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Web Seminar: Key benefits of temperature control solutions – 22 February
Please join me for the Temperature Control Solutions Web Seminar – 22 February This comprehensive 90-minute Web seminar offers a concise summary of the most important aspects of temperature control...
View ArticleHow do you determine a measurement is good enough for control?
In the ISA Automation Week Mentor Program, I am providing guidance for extremely talented individuals from Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and the USA. We will be sharing a question...
View ArticlePart 1: Integrating Analyzers with Automation Systems
Process analyzers have been around for some time, but its getting harder to find talented personnel who know how to use and integrate them with automation systems across different industries including...
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Cybersecurity Bill Stalled in Senate
Today, the Washington Post reported a defeat on the Cybersecurity Bill. ISA and the Automation Federation have been working to advance the support of the Cybersecurity Bill for some time. But for now...
View ArticleDesign of Emergency Steam Load Shedding System Using Dynamic Simulation
This is an abstract that will be presented at ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida. Click HERE for information on ISA Automation Week 2012. This session is in the Safety/Environmental...
View ArticleAlarm Floods and Their Connection to Plant Incidents
This is an abstract that will be presented at ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida. Click HERE for information on ISA Automation Week 2012. This session is in the Safety/Environmental...
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DCS Migration: Failure Is Not an Option
This guest post is authored by Matt Sigmon, Director of DCSNext, MAVERICK Technologies Recently I watched the movie Apollo 13 again, this time including my four children who had never seen the...
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Instrumentation and Control Systems Documentation: Two generations of knowledge
When you read a book, do you ever consider the years of knowledge that lie behind the words? Collectively, the co-authors of Instrumentation and Control Systems Documentation, Second Edition bring...
View ArticleAutomatic logic control of well water
This guest post is authored by Greg McMillan. One of the objectives of the ISA Mentor program is to increase the number of papers and presentations by users to share plant expertise and best practices...
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Simple, model-based process control
This is an excerpt from the March/April 2013 InTech by R. Russell Rhinehart. To read the full article, please see the link at the bottom of this post. Nonlinear control techniques can be used for more...
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APC: What’s in an acronym?
This guest post is authored by Jim Ford, a senior consultant with MAVERICK Technologies. I closed my first advanced control loops on a cat cracker debutanizer in 1980. The platform was Honeywell PMX...
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Top 10 alarming blunders
This is an excerpt from the January/February 2013 InTech by Kevin Brown. To read the full article, please see the link at the bottom of this post. American comedian Sam Levenson once said, “You must...
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Leveraging DoD wireless security standards for automation and control
This is an excerpt from the March/April 2013 InTech by Thurston Brooks. To read the full article, please see the link at the bottom of this post. Over the last several years, the use of wireless...
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What are the advantages of electronic document management for the automation...
This is an excerpt from the January/February 2013 InTech by Christine Knapik. To read the full article, please see the link at the bottom of this post. Electronic document management systems can be an...
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What is your plan for DCS migration?
This guest post is authored by Matt Sigmon and Lynn Macey of MAVERICK Technologies. Do you have a plan for your next distributed control system (DCS)? Do you know when and how you will migrate your...
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Simple, model-based process control
This is an excerpt from the March/April 2013 InTech by R. Russell Rhinehart. To read the full article, please see the link at the bottom of this post. Nonlinear control techniques can be used for more...
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Cybersecurity Bill Stalled in Senate
Today, the Washington Post reported a defeat on the Cybersecurity Bill. ISA and the Automation Federation have been working to advance the support of the Cybersecurity Bill for some time. But for now...
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