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AutoQuiz: Level Reading with a Differential Pressure Cell
If a differential pressure cell is not at an elevation that corresponds to zero percent level in a tank, calibrate to account for difference in elevation. -
AutoQuiz: Which Control Valve Style Is More Likely to Develop a Blockage?
Ball, butterfly, and pinch valve body style have straight-through flow, and they are less likely to develop blockage. -
AutoQuiz: How to Calibrate a Magnetic Flowmeter
Magnetic flowmeters use Faraday's law of magnetic induction as the basis of their operation. -
AutoQuiz: What Are Acceptable Hazardous Location Protection Techniques for Industrial Areas?
Hazardous location protection techniques are defined by NEC 500.7 (NEC 2002 Code). -
How to Use Lifecycle Dynamic Simulation to Optimize Process Plant Operations
Lifecycle dynamic simulation, the virtual plant, is a proven technology to help plant operations address challenges. -
What Are the Benefits of Oxygen-Based Fuel Controllers for Biomass Plants
For plants that use automated fuel control, a pressure-based controller is the most common. -
AutoQuiz: How to Calculate the Inherent Flow Characteristic of a Valve
The inherent flow characteristic is the relationship between valve capacity and valve travel, and it is usually expressed graphically. -
AutoQuiz: Industrial Electrical Standards for Emergency Operations
The reset of an emergency stop circuit will not initiate a restart. -
AutoQuiz: What Are the Characteristics of a Piston Actuator?
An actuator is a device that applies the force necessary to cause a valve's closure member to move. -
How to Use the Cloud to Store and Distribute Manufacturing Data
The cloud is expanding and becoming valuable for improving manufacturing systems. -
AutoQuiz: How Is Fluid Velocity Affected When the Pressure Drop Across a Valve Increases?
The pressure drop refers to the change or drop in pressure from the upstream side of the valve to the downstream side. -
How IIoT Revolutionizes Real-Time Plant Maintenance and Analytics
Data from automation and monitoring systems, leveraged with analytics, monitoring, and reporting, creates the basis for a real-time maintenance program. -
AutoQuiz: What Is the Most Appropriate Technique for Modeling Linear Relationships?
The multivariate statistical-process control excels at modeling unknown linear relationships for a large number of inputs that could be correlated. -
AutoQuiz: How to Minimize the Effect of Feed Upsets to the Top of a Distillation Column
A distillation tower has feed upsets that are measured and used to create a feed forward signal. -
AutoQuiz: How to Calculate the Transfer Function
A transfer function is a mathematical representation of the relationship between the input and output of a system. -
What Are the Benefits of Connected Manufacturing?
Connected manufacturing gives everyone in the organization a voice, from the shop-floor employees to the CEO. -
AutoQuiz: Which Orifice Plate Is Used to Eliminate Damming of Material at the Top or Bottom of a Pipe?
Orifice plates are in a straight run of smooth pipe away from valves and fittings so they do not interfere with the restrictor and readings. -
Flow Measurement and Instrumentation: Critical Components for Sustainable Processes
Flow measurement and instrumentation are critical components for making usage visible to manage sustainable processes and operations. -
AutoQuiz: Which Fuse Has the Quickest Response to Over Currents?
Certain types of fuses have a very high speed of response to over currents. They provide excellent short-circuit component protection. -
Separating Hype from the True Value of Industrial Big Data Analytics
Perhaps no other new technology comes with more promise to manufacturing executives than big data analytics for manufacturing and the process industries.
