Articles

Process Control Renovations: DCS Edition

You Can Do More Than You Think
Post Date: 06/14/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Intrinsic Safety Aids Cost-Effective Coal Mining

Daw Mill Colliery Implements Intrinsically Safe (IS) PLCs and IS Ethernet and Supporting Components to Fuel U.K. Power Utilities
Post Date: 06/14/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Ultrasonic Flowmeters for Paper Pulp; Flowmeter Accuracy

A Reader Asks if Controlotron System 1010P Universal Portable Flowmeter Can Measure Pulp Flow With 1.5% Consistency. Also, Why Vendors' Literature, Often Give Accuracy Measurements as a Percentage but Without Stating of What
Post Date: 06/14/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Process Engineering--The Complaint Department

There's More Work to Be Done by Fewer People
Post Date: 06/13/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

Process Engineering--The State of Pay

In Spite of Economic and Technical Turbulence on Many Fronts, the State of the Process Engineer Remains Remarkably Stable
Post Date: 06/13/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

Contents under Pressure

Check out all the pressure-related goodies here.
Post Date: 06/12/2013
Author:

Loop Controllers

Our Editors Search the Web to Bring You The Latest Information on Loop Controllers
Post Date: 06/11/2013
Author:

The Latest in Level

Level Sensors, Transmitters, Switches and More
Post Date: 05/20/2013
Author:

Motors and Drives Grow Up and Graduate

Motors and Drives Have Been Moving Up to Variable-Speed Control for Better Accuracy, but Now They're Also Increasing Power Density and Efficiency and Even Coordinating More Closely With PLCs and Intelligent Systems
Post Date: 05/08/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Relief Valve Blowdown Rings; D/P and Straight Runs

Readers Ask: When It Comes to Safety Relief Valves, What Is Best? Using Two Blowdown Rings or Ones? and Can a Transmitter Be Installed Above Pipe Taps?
Post Date: 05/07/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Fieldbus is Dead! Long Live Fieldbus!

The Competing Communications Technology That Presumably Will Replace All These Buses, Including Process Fieldbuses, Is Ethernet
Post Date: 05/02/2013
Author: John Rezabek

Eliminate Electromagnetic Interference in Industrial Plants

Understanding Different Applications That Can Eliminate Electromagnetic Interference in Industrial Plants
Post Date: 04/19/2013
Author: Roberto Menna Barreto

Get Your Process Analyzer Goods Here

Flue Gas Analyzers, Gas Chromatographs, Analyzer Flow Switch/Monitors and More
Post Date: 04/16/2013
Author:

Flow Everywhere

Executive Editor Jim Montague Talks About Unusual Flow Applications. Flow Configuration and Conditioning Are Not Only Necessary in Machines, but Also in the Human Body
Post Date: 04/16/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Model Predictive Control -- Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going -- Part 3

McMillan, Weiner and Darby Discuss Practical Considerations in MPC Setup, Maintenance and Improvement to Meet Economic Objectives
Post Date: 04/11/2013
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

New DP Flowmeter Family from ABB

ABB Offers Four Compact Flow Meters Based on Differential Pressure Technology
Post Date: 04/11/2013
Author:

Sealing an Oil Well; Orifice Sizing--OSO versus AGA

Can Someone Explain BP's Sealing Process to Temporary Seal the Oil Well from the BP Oil Spill in the Mexican Gulf? And, What Is the Difference Between the Orifice Calculations Described by AGA 3 and ISO 5167?
Post Date: 04/10/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Flow Charts New Waters

Flowmeters, Controllers and Their Supporting Components and Software Are Adding New Functions That Are Allowing Them to Take On Some New and Unusual Tasks and Applications
Post Date: 04/08/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Baldor Solution Drives Cooling Tower Performance

In with Efficiency and Reliability; Out with Noise and Troublesome Gearboxes
Post Date: 03/26/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Trending Developments in Flowmeter Technologies

Looking Back at Trends Among the Top 10 Flowmeter Technologies
Post Date: 03/15/2013
Author: Katherine Bonfante