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Emerson to control 1,075-MW Power Station in Poland
Emerson will install an Ovation control and safety system at a 1,075-MW, ultra-supercritical, coal-fired power generating unit under construction at the Kozienice Power Station in Poland. -
MESA Announces Ten International Board Members
The 22-year-old association is seeing an uptick in participation from professionals and corporations who understand the power of Information Technologies (IT) in manufacturing. -
Yokogawa to control PEMEX Diesel Fuel Plant
Yokogawa will supply an integrated control and safety instrumented system solution for an ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel plant that is being built for PEMEX Refinación, a subsidiary of PEMEX. -
GE Software analyzes Cincinnati Sewers
Proficy will assist the city in bringing together information about their wastewater system from remote locations to provide a system-wide view of what’s really happening across its watersheds. -
Emerson to replace Siemens at Power plant in West Virginia
Emerson will replace the Siemens T3000 system currently controlling the Foster-Wheeler boiler, turbine, air quality control system, and burner management system with its Ovation control technology at the Longview Power plant in Maidsville, W.Va. -
Information Revolution 2014
By Bill Lydon, Editor The OPC Foundation Information Revolution 2014 Conference was held at Microsoft's Redmond Campus on August 4-7, 2014. The conference featured industry experts who both presented and learned more about OPC Unified Architecture. This article summarizes the highlights from the conference. -
Metso to automate Greatmoor energy-from-waste facility
Metso will supply a DNA automation system, information management system and a safety system to the Greatmoor energy-from-waste facility under construction in Calvert, Edgcott, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK. -
eWON connects HIMA and Allen Bradley PLCs at gas plant
The Summail Gas Plant has an Integrated Control & Safety System which consists of a Process Control System, Emergency Shutdown System, Fire & Gas Detection System, SCADA server, and Alarm annunciation systems, but their PLCs couldn't talk to each other. -
Advanced Process Control Evolution
By Bill Lydon, Editor They say, “What goes around comes around.” I think this is happening with Advanced Process Control (APC) and Model Predictive Control (MPC). There seems to be a renewed interest in APC, and the systems, while not trivial, seem to be easier to use and lower cost. -
ABB to automate potash mine
ABB will supply an 800xA control system for K+S Potash Canada’s greenfield potash mine in Saskatchewan. -
Internet-Servicing: how to maximise your service revenue potential
By John Pritchard, MAC Solutions The most successful OEMs and machine builders are now generating between 20-40% of their revenues and profits from services rather than ‘pure’ manufacturing. Here’s how to use Internet 4.0 in a safe, secure network. -
Yokogawa to control Kamojang Geothermal Power Station in Indonesia
Yogawa will supply a CENTUM VP integrated production control system, InsightSuite AE plant asset effectiveness optimization services, PRM plant resource manager, Exaquantum plant information management system, and a plant operation training simulator. -
ISA publishes Third edition of Tuning of Industrial Control Systems
Tuning of Industrial Control Systems simplifies modern control system tuning by eliminating mathematical complexity and addressing the real-world needs of control system technicians. -
Honeywell to upgrade icy offshore platform in Russia
In spite of cold as low as -70F, Honeywell will upgrade process control with an Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) and Foundation Fieldbus at the Molikpaq platform on the Sakhalin shelf, Russia. -
Rockwell Automation to control nitric acid and ammonia plants
PlantPAx process automation and Ethernet motor control systems will be installed at LSB’s new nitric acid and ammonia plants currently being constructed in El Dorado, Ark. -
Honeywell to control European paper manufacturer
Sappi Austria Produktions in Gratkorn, Austria, will use Experion PMD, Safety Manager, Experion MX and the latest version of Process Historian Database (PHD) based on the Experion platform. -
Step change in boiler house control
Byworth Boilers in Keighley, UK, uses ABB’s Freelance DCS to control and monitor its boilers. The DCS replaces discrete stand-alone controllers for each loop, such as the maintenance of water level. -
ABB to control commercial algae production
ABB will supply 800xA control systems, instrumentation, low voltage electrical equipment and variable speed drives to Renewable Algal Energy for integrated algal production systems that will produce algae‐based products. -
Watlow temperature controller Receives EtherCAT Conformance Certificate
Watlow’s EZ-ZONE passed conformance testing at the new North American EtherCAT Test Center based in Savage, Minnesota. -
Yokogawa Obtains ISASecure EDSA Certification for CENTUM
CENTUM VP production control system has obtained the ISASecure Embedded Device Security Assurance (EDSA) certification from the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI).