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Power & Energy Portal
Power & Energy Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to the Automation.com portal for Power & Energy with valuable information and resources for control and automation engineers to apply power and energy products in power plants, cogeneration, wind power, hydro generation, substations, and transmission. Maintenance and modernization of power and energy systems and integration with other automation systems is essential for reliability and efficiency.
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Articles
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Changing with the Times: Industrial Automation 2.0
- 01/27/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Matthew Littlefield, LNS Research There are a whole slew of new technologies and system architectures being adopted in the automation industry at a very rapid pace. Companies today face the very real possibility that if they don’t effectively understand, adopt, and leverage these new technologies to their advantage; they will be left in an increasingly uncompetitive position. |
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Major Automation & Control Trends in 2012
- 01/16/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Here are my thoughts on major automation and control trends in 2012. These opinions are based on a wide range of inputs from users, suppliers and industry consultants, and from attending numerous industry forums, conferences and trade shows every year. |
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Highlights from PI NA General Assembly Meeting 2011
- 01/09/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The 17th Annual PI North America General Assembly Meeting was held October 4-6, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ and included vendors and users who provided updates on PROFIBUS and PROFINET technologies. Topics included PROFINET survey, GE IP, Chrysler-Fiat, Wireless and PROFIenergy. |
White Papers
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How to Choose the Right Application Software for Your Measurement System
- 02/04/12 Automation.com, February 2012 By National Instruments Application software lies at the core of modern data acquisition (DAQ) systems, making it imperative that you select a software tool that fits the needs of your application today and easily scales as your system matures. This paper walks through five questions to consider when choosing application software. |
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Assessing PROFIenergy's potential
- 01/09/12 By PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e. V. (PNO) PROFIenergy is a Profile of the real-time Industrial Ethernet protocol PROFINET, developed in response to calls from the AIDA group of automotive manufacturing companies for an open, standardized method of controlling energy consumption in automation systems. This white paper will quantify the energy saving possibilities of PROFIenergy and assess its deployment opportunities. |
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The Changing Energy Landscape: A How-To Guide
- 11/17/11 Automation.com, November 2011 By SMC Machine builders, manufacturers, and all compressed air users can decrease energy costs by following the steps outlined here. |
Application Stories
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Emerson supplies largest Dantorque actuator to Trinidad gas company
- 01/30/12 The actuator--2.4 m tall and 1.64 m in diameter--will be used to isolate gas being supplied from Trinidad’s northern offshore gas fields in the event of an emergency situation. |
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Rotork valve actuators help keep offshore wind farm cool
- 01/29/12 Rotork IQTPro actuators are controlling the operation of butterfly valves in the cooling system for the power conversion plant and the fuel systems for emergency generators. |
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Level instrumentation works in Nuclear Decommissioning
- 01/23/12 Vega level sensors are being used in the decommissioning of the Dounreay nuclear plant in north Scotland. |
Resources & Literature
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EGE releases on-line sensor product finder
- 02/05/12 Using the product finder, customers can now make a pre-selection according to medium type, medium temperature, sensor material and design, voltage supply, connection type and ATEX category. |
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SCADA: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, 4th Edition - $109.00
After completing these 15 self-study units, readers should be conversant with SCADA nomenclature and architecture, understand the basic technology of the system’s building blocks, understand its limitations, understand how it can benefit particular operations, and have a basis for selecting appropriate SCADA technology for their operational requirements. |
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Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification, 2nd Edition - $99.00
This revised best-seller addresses the increased realization that today’s engineering systems - and the computers used to control them - are capable of large-scale destruction. This book is a practical how-to text on the analysis, design, application and installation of safety instrumented systems. |
Training News
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Safety Instrumented Systems Training Course - Electronic Download
This course on Safety Instrumented Systems is designed to make the learning experience comfortable and easy. Everything is explained in easy to understand terms, with plenty of graphics, interactive simulations and worked problems. Everything that you need to know about Safety Instrumented Systems, put together, in an easily digestible form, stripped of all the complexity, but still useful to impart skills to you that you can actually use in your work. |
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Honeywell to expand its in-house engineering training
- 04/06/11 Honeywell is creating programs to develop the engineering talent of the future, including plant operators, maintenance technicians, implementation engineers, system administrators and management. |
Training & Seminars
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Endress+Hauser Introduces Installed Base Audit Program
- 02/05/12
The Installed Base Audit simplifies measurement device maintenance, helps a plant conform to various regulations and safety requirements, and reduces its Total Cost of Ownership. |
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Land Instruments announces Critical Vessel Monitoring System
- 02/01/12
System uses thermal imaging cameras to measure refractory surface temperatures in all parts of a vessel including the critical cone and dome sections. |
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Belden announces GarrettCom's enhanced Magnum 10KG Managed Switches
- 01/26/12
Enhancements include up to eight Gb ports to support data-intensive Smart Grid applications. |
Company & Organization News
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ISA names Juliann Grant social media community manager
- 02/05/12 Grant is a vice president of Telesian Technology, and has more than 20 years of experience developing marketing strategies for high-technology and industrial-automation companies. |
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ABB buys Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion
- 01/31/12 T&B has a portfolio of more than 200,000 low-voltage products marketed under 45 brand names. The combined product portfolio will enable ABB to double its addressable market in North America to around $24bn. |
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Yokogawa’s YS1700 Controller Qualifies for Nuclear Service
- 01/17/12 Qualification was based on EPRI TR-107330 under an audited quality management program meeting the requirement of 10CFR50 Appendix B, NQA-1, and 10CFR21. |
Project News
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ABB to control energy on Viking Line ferry
- 01/25/12 The environmentally-friendly cruise ferry will use liquefied natural gas as its fuel, which will be a first for a passenger vessel of this size. |
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AEP, Duke Energy Transmission Project in Indiana Moving Forward
- 01/22/12 Pioneer Transmission, a joint venture formed by American Electric Power and Duke Energy in 2008, will begin engineering, permitting and siting activities on a 66-mile, 765-kV electric transmission line in Indiana. |
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ABB books $900m power transmission order in India
- 01/22/12 Utilities-me.com, December 2011 ABB wilil deliver an ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission system. The link will supply hydropower from mountainous northeast India to Agra in central India, 1,700 kilometers away. |
Event News
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HANNOVER MESSE covers sustainable efficiency
- 02/01/12 HANNOVER MESSE 2012, which runs from 23 to 27 April, provides an overview of all key resource-saving industrial technologies. |
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Industrial Supply 2012 Showcases U.S. Industrial Subcontractors
- 12/06/11 Leaders in the subcontracting business will be presenting their latest product developments in industrial materials to a vast audience attending HANNOVER MESSE. |
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HANNOVER MESSE 2012 focuses on sustainability
- 11/21/11 By adopting "greentelligence" as its keynote theme, HANNOVER MESSE 2012 has put the spotlight squarely on green technologies as a central growth driver for industry. |
Events
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