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What You Can Learn About Pipeline Leaks From Government Statistics
Nearly any industrial pipeline leak results in costs in the tens of millions of dollars, and costs are increasing over time. About a third of the documented costs involve property damage and cleanup -
![Plant-Wide Control Design Based on Steady-State Combined Indexes [Technical]](/documents/d/acom/plant-wide-control-design-based-on-steady-state-combined-indexes.jpg)
Plant-Wide Control Design Based on Steady-State Combined Indexes [Technical]
An alternative methodology for designing multi-loop control structures based on steady-state indexes & multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems. -
AutoQuiz: What Is PID in a Control Loop?
The PID term as described refers to the loop control technique used in controllers. A PID control loop includes proportional, integral, and derivative functions to control the process. -
Connectivity, Productivity and Efficiency Benefits of IIoT Depend on Integrated Cybersecurity
The Industrial Internet of Things is an important advancement, and a real opportunity to increase ROI and asset value. But first, industrial control systems have to be made secure from hackers and cyb -
Managing the Cybersecurity Threat to Hazardous Process Plants
Process industry plants contain hazards that can have very severe consequences if a loss of containment occurs. Many of the safeguards that have been designed by engineers to protect process plants we -
AutoQuiz: Line Symbol Identification
Line symbol from ISA-5.1-1984, revised 2009. -
Webinar Recording: Drivers for Cloud SCADA Operations
Solutions for virtualization, cloud and mobility are becoming more stable, reachable and cost-competitive to a larger number of industrial SCADA end-users. -
Broadening ISA’s Global Perspective
ISA is driven to focusing on the next generation of ISA Members. -
![Measuring Fuel Oil Viscosity in a Power Plant [technical]](/documents/d/acom/measuring-fuel-oil-viscosity-in-a-power-plant.jpg)
Measuring Fuel Oil Viscosity in a Power Plant [technical]
The viscosity measurement and control of fuel oil in power plants is very important for a proper combustion. -
![Tuning of IMC-Based PID Controllers for Integrating Systems with Time Delay [Technical]](/documents/d/acom/tuning-of-imc-based-pid-controllers-for-integrating-systems-with-time-delay.jpg)
Tuning of IMC-Based PID Controllers for Integrating Systems with Time Delay [Technical]
PID controller with a filter is designed for various types of integrating systems with time delay. -
Incorporate Safety and Cybersecurity Standards Into Automation Design
There are simple steps that must be taken now to make your automation systems more resilient to the inevitable cyberattack. -
AutoQuiz: Can You Identify Instrument Line Symbols?
ISA-5.1-1984 (Revised 1992) - Instrument Symbols and Identification. -
How to Optimize Pipeline Leak Detection: Focus on Design, Equipment and Insightful Operating Practices
Leak detection rarely prevents accidents. Good design, good equipment, and insightful operating practices do that. -
What are New Technologies and Approaches for Batch and Continuous Process Control?
For any type of analysis or prediction, whether using ANN or MSPC, you need to have inputs that show the variability in the process. -
AutoQuiz: How to Minimize Electrical Interference with AC Power and DC Signal Wiring in a Control Panel
Crossing the wires at 90 degrees will minimize the exposure of the wires to each other and therefore minimize the effects of interference. -
Webinar Recording: Cybersecurity for Control Systems in Process Automation
ISA webinar focuses on the current industry security threat landscape and key steps you can take to protect your critical assets in the production environment. -
Internet of Things: Creating Customer Value from Home to Industry
Industrial companies are leveraging IoT connectivity so customers can have the same level of connectivity in their workplace as they do at home -
AutoQuiz: What Is an Industrial Process Variable?
The controlled variable by definition is the variable that the control system attempts to keep at a "set point" value. -
Best ISA Webinars of 2017
An ISA roundup of some of the best educational industrial automation industry webinars presented in 2017. -
![Auto-Tuning Method for Fractional Order PID Controllers [technical]](/documents/d/acom/novel-auto-tuning-method-for-fractional-order-pid-controllers.jpg)
Auto-Tuning Method for Fractional Order PID Controllers [technical]
Technical paper proposes a novel approach for the auto-tuning of fractional order controllers.
![Plant-Wide Control Design Based on Steady-State Combined Indexes [Technical]](/o/adaptive-media/image/7931252/small-576/Plant-Wide-Control-Design-Based-on-Steady-State-Combined-Indexes.jpg?t=1772475192574)
![Measuring Fuel Oil Viscosity in a Power Plant [technical]](/o/adaptive-media/image/7902654/small-576/Measuring-Fuel-Oil-Viscosity-in-a-Power-Plant.jpg?t=1772465680140)
![Tuning of IMC-Based PID Controllers for Integrating Systems with Time Delay [Technical]](/o/adaptive-media/image/7890112/small-576/Tuning-of-IMC-Based-PID-Controllers-for-Integrating-Systems-with-Time-Delay.jpg?t=1772463693301)
![Auto-Tuning Method for Fractional Order PID Controllers [technical]](/o/adaptive-media/image/7905626/small-576/Novel-Auto-Tuning-Method-for-Fractional-Order-PID-Controllers.jpg?t=1772466088026)