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Flow, Level & Process Instruments Portal - News, Articles & Resources
Process Instruments Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to Automation.com's portal for Process Instruments with information for control and automation engineers to apply measurement instruments in process control applications. Stay up to date on instruments which are becoming more sophisticated with improved sensing technology, embedded processors and open architecture communications. Process instrument types include temperature, humidity, pressure, level, flow and various types of analyzers.
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Articles
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Using HART with asset management systems
- 01/29/12 Control Engineering, January 2012 By John Yingst, Honeywell Process Solutions Is HART information sufficient for a comprehensive asset management program? Is native HART-enabled I/O a necessity, or are there practical ways to use it in a legacy I/O environment? Should users expect to make substantial hardware changes? |
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Measuring level in highly dynamic petroleum processes
- 01/29/12 Control Engineering, January 2012 By J. Yerkovich, Questar Pipeline and W. Buhler, Emerson Getting an accurate level reading where there is fluid boiling and off-gassing makes for quite a challenge. Here are two examples plus advice on bridle configurations. |
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Optimising the cost of steam generation
- 01/29/12 South Africa Instrumentation & Control, January 2012 By Johan van der Westhuizen, Yokogawa Efficient and accurate metering is vital to ensure that excessive consumption can be detected, along with an accurate picture of where the steam is being used to enable cross-departmental energy charging to be applied. |
White Papers
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Energy Harvesters reduce wiring and battery costs for wireless sensors
- 01/23/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Roy Freeland, Perpetuum Energy Harvesters are now readily available to power most low power wireless installations. |
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Signal Conditioning: Getting the most for your money
- 12/21/11 Automation.com, December 2011 By Acromag This paper reviews signal conditioning features such as accuracy, adjustability, isolation, surge withstand capability, RFI/EMI protection, packaging, and repairability. |
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Fluid Automation: Unsung Contributor to Plant Performance
- 07/13/11 By ASCO Numatics Fluid automation systems do more than control the flow of a process liquid or compressed air. Perceptive managers know that valves and pneumatic actuators can control the flow of profit. This management brief explores how fluid automation’s speed and reliability can provide competitive economic advantages in plant operations worldwide. Learn more about improving plant economic performance. |
Application Stories
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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. |
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Digital architecture helps tank farm meet safety requirements
- 01/29/12 Industrial Ethernet Book, February 2012 Emerson’s wireless level and pressure transmitters and a plant-wide wireless network have been used to automate tank storage level monitoring in Sweden, improving safety and reducing costs. |
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HART Communication proves valuable on a major project
- 01/29/12 Control Engineering, January 2012 The 2011 HART Plant of the Year is Shell’s Scotford Upgrader, recognized after programming and commissioning 1,500 devices from Rosemount, E+H, Fisher, Krohne, K-Tek, Magnetrol, Metso, and Ohmart Vega. |
Resources & Literature
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RheoSense describes viscosity test protocol
- 01/30/12 Application note describes a viscosity test protocol that achieves viscosity measurement using only 20µl (microliter) of sample fluid. |
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Video Explains Interface Detection for Air, Oil and Gas
- 01/23/12 Video demonstrates how a Flow Switch can be configured to detect the interface of air, oil and water in oil/gas production operations, refining plants and storage facilities. |
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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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Gas Monitors Training Course - Electronic Download or Online 14-Day Access
This self-paced training course which covers all of these aspects of Gas Monitors. Learn how these instruments work, what do they measure, how to select them, install them, calibrate them & maintain them. The subject is explained by means of text, rich graphics, Flash based animations, real-life plant photos and videos and interactive simulation exercises. There is also a self-assessment test & a glossary. |
Training & Seminars
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Featured Products
Product Announcements
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Invensys introduces Foxboro Model RTT80 Temperature Transmitter
- 01/24/12
Model RTT80 two-wire temperature transmitter has HART, FOUNDATION Fieldbus and Profibus PA protocols, dual sensor inputs, diagnostics and alarms. |
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Palmer Instruments announces pressure transducers
- 01/18/12
The unnamed pressure transducers feature ceramic, silicone, or piezoresistive sensing elements. |
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Monitor Technologies introduces collapsible paddle Bin Level Switch
- 01/12/12
This stainless steel paddle assembly is insertable from outside a bin or silo through a 1-1/4” NPT or 1-1/2” BSPT coupling. |
Company & Organization News
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Magnetrol radar level sensor receives SIL 3 certification
- 01/25/12 Exida certified the Eclipse Model 705 Guided Wave Radar Transmitter as Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capable per IEC 61508. |
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ISA announces Robert E. Lindeman as its 2012 President
- 01/12/12 Lindeman will work with ISA leaders to continue moving the Society toward meeting its strategic goals. |
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Flowserve promotes Thomas L. Pajonas to chief operating officer
- 01/12/12 Pajonas, formerly senior vice president and president of the Flow Control Division, assumes the role of COO responsible for both the Flow Control Division and the Flow Solutions Group. |
Project News
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Metso to automate Stora Enso containerboard project in Poland
- 01/10/12 Metso will supply MetsoDNA Automation System, Process Info Management System, Control and On/off-valves as well as Consistency transmitters and Field Instruments. |
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Wireless level gauging solution for refinery
- 01/11/12 Control Engineering Europe, January 2012 The state-owned Tüpras refinery in Izmir, Turkey, has placed an order with Emerson Process Management for a tank gauging system that includes 85 wireless TankRadar Rex radar level gauges. |
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Emerson to automate lead and zinc plant in China
- 12/01/11 Emerson will provide a DeltaV automation system, AMS Suite asset management software, and smart field devices using Foundation fieldbus and WirelessHART. |
Event News
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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. |
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China is Partner Country of HANNOVER MESSE 2012
- 06/28/11 The People's Republic of China will be honored as the official Partner Country at HANNOVER MESSE 2012 (the Hannover Fair) in Hannover, Germany. |
Events
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