Sensors, Actuators
Career advice for engineers: Step out of the comfort zone
Looking wider, at engineering career development requires looking at other perspectives, understanding customers, finding a mentor, and having fun.
Deploy IIoT sensors and networks in remote locations
IIoT adds value within a plant, but also is a natural fit for field data gathering
Understand partial-stroke testing
Partial-stroke tests (PSTs) of emergency shutdown (ESD) valves improve safety instrumented system (SIS) performance; monitor these critical valves to ensure the system’s ability to shut a process down in the event of an emergency
How to select, apply process sensors
When specifying process sensors, several common factors need to be considered such as the operating environment, mounting options and cable connections.
Top 5 Control Engineering articles February 17-23
Articles about the Engineers' Choice winners, process valve choices, cotton gin improvements, robots and drones in process facilities, and the top 2019 university articles were Control Engineering’s five most clicked articles from February 17-23. Miss something? You can catch up here.
Most-viewed university articles in 2019
The most-viewed articles from university sources included stories on drag-and-drop analytics, robotic actuators, nanocrystals, and prolonging power plant life with AI. Links to each article below.
Advanced radar technology optimizes separation process performance
Level measurement design: Guided wave radar (GWR) transmitters can detect a thinner top liquid layer in interface level measurement applications, making the separation process more efficient and preventing unwanted cross-contamination.
Detecting water carryover in natural gas
Instrumentation improves control of the water removal process from natural gas
Intelligent use of cloud sharpens operational insight
Cloud-based wireless sensing enables safety, reliability and profits through widespread asset monitoring
Making process control valve choices
Today’s process control valves offer an ever wider range of features and benefits for industries that require precise control over fluids, steam and other gases. With so many control valves to choose from it is important to establish the features that will deliver the most cost-effective design for a particular application.