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Yokogawa will supply the control system for the SWRO-4 Desalination Plant, which is being built in Jubail, Saudi Arabia by the Power & Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu (Marafiq).

The updated specification includes additional support for fieldbus device replacement and backwards compatibility, Device Description (DD) templates, field diagnostics and alarm/alert integration.

The dataTaker datalogger records tank temperature from multiple thermocouples and uses these readings to trend the run data to prove best practices to customers.

ISA publishes a book that declares that another Chernobyl- or Fukushima-like catastrophe is inevitable unless nuclear power plants across the world adopt fully automated safety systems.

By Softing The San Jacinto Tizate geothermal project in Nicaragua is using Foundation Fieldbus connected to pressure and temperature transmitters and control valves to move the actual control function from the control room to the field devices.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Emerson’s Sonnenberg and Zornio discussed pervasive sensing as a growing trend. They framed the discussion around the idea of pervasive sensing as the way to achieve the pursuit of actionable information to improve operations and maintenance.

Yokogawa will supply control systems, safety systems, remote instrument enclosures, and the analyzer shelters and analytical systems for the USGC Petrochemicals Project.

The H1 ITK is an advanced testing solution benefitting both developers and end users of Foundation fieldbus H1 devices.

Emerson will provide an Ovation expert control system, Rosemount wireless measurement and analytical equipment, AMS Suite predictive maintenance software, and CSI Monitor for turbine vibration analysis.

E+H invested over eight million euros in a new production facility for flow, level and pressure measuring instruments in Brazil.

Scope of Registration includes design, manufacturing, assembly and distribution of motion control products and accessories.

By Dr Harry Zervos, IDTechEx Energy harvesting is the process by which ambient energy is captured and converted into electricity for small autonomous devices, such as satellites, laptops and nodes in sensor networks, making them self-sufficient. The market for energy harvesters is expected to reach approximately $150 Million in 2014.

Rene Aldana will become the Managing Director of Yokogawa Canada.

Catalog assists engineers in specifying the right flow, level or temperature instrument for improving plant process control lines or increasing OEM equipment performance.

Exida certified the Rosemount 5300 Series Guided Wave Radar Transmitter meets the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capability per IEC 61508: 2010.

The AST4530 submersible pressure transducer has been certified by CSA International to Class I Div 1, Groups C and D for use in intrinsically safe areas with an approved barrier.

1000 pp catalog contains photoelectric, inductive, capacitive and cylinder sensors, along with accessories and cables.

Thermoelectrics satisfy a need that other energy harvesters do not -where there may be no movement, RF field or other viable form of ambient energy other than a heat gradient.

Yokogawa will supply a CENTUM VP control system to control plant facilities such as reaction tanks and distillation units, and field instrumentation and equipment including FOUNDATION fieldbus flowmeters, pressure transmitters and control valves.

ARC says the European debt crisis and slowdown in China’s and India’s growth slowed the market, but it will rebound. No market numbers are listed.