Control Systems
Achieving on-stream control room relocations
A natural gas processing and compression facility control rooms had to relocate, which caused many challenges in an application with many potential hazards during the process. Project included control panel upgrades, communication digitalization and moving process control and process safety systems.
Enhancing chemical company control system reliability, performance
A chemical manufacturing company needed an upgrade to its burner management system (BMS) and combustion control system, which were not automated and causing disruption to production targets.
A new future for process control systems
Industrial control systems need to change and future process automation systems need to deliver on these new expectations.
Plant instrumentation and controls: Modernize or maintain?
Best project practices: How to achieve successful plant modernization and how to properly prepare for the project. See related article: Why modernize plant instrumentation, controls.
Building interoperable control systems
Mixing control system components from different manufacturers often took more integration time than practical. Efforts from Open Process Automation Forum are leading to interoperability among controls manufacturers.
Modern machine control system design in 7 steps webcast preview
Seven steps can help with modern machine control system design: Get a preview below of a June 15 webcast providing more detail.
Modern machine control system design in 7 steps
Seven steps can help with modern machine control system design: Get a preview below of a June 15 webcast providing more detail.
The control system is key to optimal loop tuning
Leveraging the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) tuning tools embedded in automation software helps identify the ideal tuning values and maintain them, regardless of process changes. Example: Startup and product formula change time fell 40%; production rates of some products increased 35%.
Introduction to ICS security fundamentals
It's important to define what industrial control systems (ICSs) are, why they are vital and the unique challenges of securing them.
Consequence-driven ICS risk management
Managing control system cyber risk and tactical industrial control system/operational technology (ICS/OT) defense is doable.