Articles

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 We a Transmitter Be Installed Above Pipe Taps?
Post Date: 05/07/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Model Predictive Control - Past, Present and Future - Part 2

McMillan, Winer and Darby Discuss Model Development and Tuning
Post Date: 03/14/2013
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Wireless May Make Valve Maintenance Easier

Should You Use Wireless in Managing Your Valve Assets?
Post Date: 03/07/2013
Author: Walt Boyes

Safety Shutdown: How to Avoid the Cost of Separate Valves

Is It Allowable to Use the Control Valve as a Safety Shutdown System?
Post Date: 02/26/2013
Author: Katherine Bonfante

Set New Standards in Productivity and Efficiency

The Right Instrumentation Can Help Both Processes and People Realize Their Full Potential
Post Date: 01/04/2013
Author: Control Global Staff

Diagnosing Final Control Elements

McMillan and Weiner Ask James Beall What Was the Biggest Step Forward that Helped Him Improve Valve Performance
Post Date: 12/07/2012
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Is Your Control Valve an Imposter?

Beware the Disguised Positioner
Post Date: 11/06/2012
Author: Greg McMillan

Bringing Advanced Process Control Home

McMilland and Weiner Talk With Arnold Martin About Model-Predictive Control. Read the Column and Learn About Martin's Accomplishments and Perspective
Post Date: 09/26/2012
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

"Herding" Control and LPG Problems

A Reader Asks Us if "Herding Control" Is a Theoretical Concept, or a System that Our Very Own Bela Liptak Designed. Also, What Is the Suitability of Using a Differential Pressure Cell Pressure Transmitter.
Post Date: 08/10/2012
Author: Bela Liptak

Valves, Actuators and Positioners, Oh My!

Valves and Accessory Products Are on Parade Here
Post Date: 07/17/2012
Author: Control Global Staff

Control Valve Innovations

McMillan and Weiner Asks Hans Baumann About His Most Notable Innovations in Control Valves.
Post Date: 05/14/2012
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

A Failure to Communicate

What's Stalling VFD Adoption? It May Not Be What You Think
Post Date: 05/10/2012
Author: Dick Caro

Valve Actuators and Positioners Go Digital

Digital Fieldbus Technologies Catch Up to Valve Actuators and Positioners
Post Date: 03/08/2012
Author: Dan Hebert

Shared Documents Aid Valve Repairs

Using New File-Sharing and Procedural Tools in Complex Projects Can Save You Time and Headaches
Post Date: 01/10/2012
Author:

Protecting Blast Furnace Pressure Transmitters from Plugging

Installing a Pressure Transmitter for Dusty Service. Help Me Please!
Post Date: 01/10/2012
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Don't Over Look PID in APC

That Old Stalwart PID Can Do a Lot of Heavy Lifting in Your Process Control Efforts
Post Date: 11/09/2011
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Wireless Tech for Remote Valve Monitoring

Remote Automated Control and Monitoring Reduces Valve Maintenance Issues
Post Date: 11/02/2011
Author: Dan Hebert

Collaboration Portal Helps Speed SIS Valve Turnaround for BP

Texas City Turnaround: BP's Story of Supersized Scope and Real Results
Post Date: 10/27/2011
Author:

Plant-Wide Control Approach

Herding Cats: Successfully Manage All Those Process Variables With a Systematic Approach to Plant-Wide Control
Post Date: 10/13/2011
Author:

Which Bus--If Any--for On-Off Valves?

Profibus PA and Foundation Fieldbus Give the End User Flexibility to Integrate On-Off Valves Wherever the Process Places Them
Post Date: 08/31/2011
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