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Read the online version if links don't work in this Process Control Update. | | | June 2009 | Sponsor: ABB | Industrial cpmPlus Smart Client 
ABB’s Industrial cpmPlus Smart Client harnesses the power of System 800xA’s single point change management and engineering in a browser-based thin client that provides secure, real-time access to automation system information, inside or outside of the manufacturing facility. In addition to browser-based graphical displays, Smart Client also provides trending and Statistical Process Control, alarm and event reporting, and a Microsoft Excel interface. Click here for more information | Sponsor: FCI | FCI Flow Meter and Flow Switch CD Catalog 
Finding the right flow or level instruments to improve process control is fast with the new CD Catalog from Fluid Components International. Visit FCI at www.fluidcomponents.com today for more product information. | Sponsor: Honeywell | Experion LS
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Based on the award-winning Experion PKS, Honeywell’s new Experion LS offers the power and reliability of a distributed control system (DCS) in a small and flexible solution, ideal for batch and sequence-oriented manufacturers. Click here to learn more | | | In this Issue |  | | Featured Articles | Boiler-Tuning Basics, Part II
Power, May 2009
By Tim Leopold, ABB
Boilers have enormous thermal mass and are relatively slow to react. Turbines are nimble and quickly answer an operator’s command. Coordinating an entire plant requires an intimate knowledge of both systems and selecting the right logic tools to bring them together. Advanced Process Control – Developing A Plan For The Future
Process Industry Informer, May 2009
By Dr Paul Turner, AspenTech
There is now a consensus that APC needs to be easier to build and maintain. As a result, today’s vendors are being tasked with either making sophisticated capability easier to use or adopting a more practical approach to implementation. Reconsider Start-up Controls to Avoid Boiler Deposits and Underdeposit Corrosion
Power, May 2009
By Robert D. Bartholomew, Sheppard T. Powell Associates
Rates of corrosion can be much greater in boilers and HRSG units during start-up than during routine operation. For that reason, consider adding contingency plans for boiler water chemistry holds in the start-up process. Shutdown: New Planning Approaches For A Faster And More Economical Turnaround
Process Industry Informer, May 2009
By Frank-Uwe Hess, TA Cook Consultants
Large industrial plants in the chemical industry must be shut down at regular intervals to perform maintenance work in accordance with safety requirements. The whole process of shutdown and turnaround begins with switching off plant and equipment. The inspection and servicing can then be carried out and finally the plant has to be started up again.
| | Browse more articles and white papers on the Process Control portal. | Live News Feed | | | Visit our Automation Portals | Our Automation Portals organize information on various topics and include content published on Automation.com as well as other industry websites. Each portal includes new products, company news, articles, white papers, application stories, training, resources, events, and more. Visit these one-stop sites for all your automation information | | | Sponsored Product by Exlar Corporation |  | Electric Replacement for Hydraulics and Pneumatics!
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| | | Product Announcements | | | Other Product Announcements | Browse more Product Announcements on the Process Control portal. Search all Products by keyword, category, manufacturer or release date. | | White Papers | Benefits of State Based Control
By David A. Huffman, ABB
State Based Control results in productivity increases, higher asset utilization of both people and process, automated responses and recovery for abnormal conditions and provides an environment for knowledge capture directly into the control design. Hacking the Industrial Network
By Innominate Security Technologies
While many engineers believe that their production networks are isolated from outside access, nothing could be further from the truth. It is common practice to include access to Web-based services on most programmable logic controllers. This report identifies incidents involving major corporations, utilities, nuclear plants and the Pentagon. A table of twenty-nine major incidents is provided, some of which were kept secret for years. Detailed footnotes and clickable internet research links are provided to document these incidents and each statement of fact. Custom Controller or COTS? Step-by-step guide to making the right choice
By ARC
OEMs typically have two choices, to develop "green boards," which are internally designed custom controllers, or to apply COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) micro PLCs. This whitepaper will examine some of the important and sometimes overlooked factors involved in choosing between a custom controller and a COTS micro PLC. Improving PID Controller Performance
By National Instruments
PID control is the most commonly used control algorithm in the industry today. PID controller popularity can be attributed to the controller’s effectiveness in a wide range of operation conditions, its functional simplicity, and the ease with which engineers can implement it using current computer technology. This paper covers some of the PID drawbacks and how to resolve them while improving performance in current implementations through changes in the algorithm. Adding Process Control to a PLC-based System
By Opto 22
Today's automation applications are less narrowly defined than in the past. Today, both discrete control and process control are often required to get the job done. Because of the architectural differences between a PLC-based system and a DCS, approaching a hybrid system from the PLC side can offer some challenges.
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| | Resources & Literature | Emerson publishes Natural Gas Regulator Application Guide
The 752 page, 4-color guide provides assistance in selecting the right pressure regulator for a broad range of applications anywhere in the world. ABB announces Process Performance Service
Platform-independent, non-invasive service evaluates and corrects process and mechanical disturbances affecting process performance. It can be applied to any automated process. Engineering Calculation Toolbar
Kollmorgen offers a free Toolbar for a PC that handles common technical calculations such as unit conversion, densities of materials, inertia calculations, parallelepiped, spherical shell, sphere, slender rod, tetrahedron, and trigonometric and calculus functions. Invensys Process Systems video explains energy savings
In the video, Dr. Peter Martin discusses energy management in the context of five areas that process manufacturers can monitor and control in real-time to maximize profit. IR Automation Guidebook: Temperature Monitoring and Control with IR Cameras
By FLIR
Handbook helps those considering the creation or improvement of production automation or monitoring systems with IR cameras. Numerous application examples are presented with explanations of how these IR vision systems can best be implemented.
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| | Application Stories | Reliable processes for biodiesel production
Process and Control Today, April 2009
For the process automation system of its biodiesel plant in Schwedt, Germany, VERBIO decided to use a PROFIBUS fieldbus infrastructure. VERBIO decided to use the FieldConnex product range from Pepperl+Fuchs as the fieldbus interface technology throughout the plant. Wireless Proves its Worth
Chemical Processing, April 2009
By Tim Gerami, PPG Industries, and Jerry Moon, Emerson Process Management
The PPG Lake Charles, La., facility is one of the world's largest producers of chlorine, caustic soda and vinyl chloride. The cost for introducing wired instruments in many remote areas of the 765-acre site is prohibitive; wiring would run from $20/foot to many times that. Wireless devices now supply data from numerous points that never could have been justified otherwise. Control system offers reliability at multi-product chemical plant
Chemical Engineer, April 2009
Chemical manufacturer Degussa Evonik replaced an existing UNIX control system with the Siemens PCS7 OS control system. It not only solved existing process control reliability and legacy issues, but the new system also offered a compatible and flexible solution for its future needs. Bionic Tonic Transforms German Brewery Into Health Beverage Titan
Control Design, April 2009
By Matthias Falk, Bionade Abfüll
Bionade transformed Germany’s struggling Peter Brewery in Ostheim into a European powerhouse. Programmers, engineers, electricians and production managers purchased and blended used components including old PLCs, pasteurization equipment, material handling and unpacking equipment and a case washing system into one fieldbus-based system. Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence: A Room with a View
Automation World, April 2009
By Wes Iversen
Every morning, senior managers at Valero Energy Corp. gather in the company’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for a daily operations call to each of the company’s 15 refineries in the United States, Canada and Aruba. Valero executives are able to call up dashboards detailing real-time operating statistics on each of the 15 sites. In rapid succession, spending less than 60 seconds per plant, managers can get a visual snapshot of the operational status of each refinery.
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| | Featured Training | Regional Forum: Electrical Engineering
July 1-2, 2009 Tasmania, Australia
Technical papers on Electrical Safety: Safe theory & practice, earthing and bonding, standards & regulations, auditing techniques; Switchgear and Cables: Installation, commissioning, joint & terminations, arc flash hazards; and Emergency and Remote Power Supplies: Batteries, UPSes, and renewable energy. Hazardous Areas Conference
August 10-12, 2009 Melbourne, Australia
The conference will present an industry-wide forum to examine and discuss the latest local and international practices and standards in hazardous areas. The overall objective of this conference is to share best practices and new technologies in hazardous areas. IT, Automation, Control and Communications Technologies in the Power Industry
September 1-3, 2009 Melbourne, Australia
This conference is an ideal opportunity to gain a complete picture of IT, Automation and Communications technology as applied to the power industry, whether you are a utility, regulator, private power producer, supplier, research or academic environment. Also covers wind and solar power and other renewable energy as well as gas turbines. Hazardous Area Instrumentation Training Course - Electronic Download
This is a self-paced training course which covers all aspects of instrumentation and automation systems used in hazardous (classified) locations. Gas Monitors Training Course - Electronic Download
This self-paced training course which covers all of these aspects of Gas Monitors. The subject is explained by means of text, rich graphics, Flash based animations, real-life plant photos and videos and interactive simulation exercises. It makes the subject fun to learn and easy to grasp. There is also a self-assessment test & a glossary.
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| | Company & Organizational News | ABB System 800xA sales exceed 5,000
Since its introduction five years ago, ABB's Industrial Extended Automation System 800xA has been sold to more than 5,000 new and existing ABB customers in a diverse range of industries. Honeywell to sell MasterLogic PLC worldwide
Long sold in Asia, MasterLogic is now sold, delivered and supported by Honeywell’s global organization. Telvent integrates with Longwatch video surveillance system
Telvent integrated the Longwatch Surveillance System with its OASyS DNA SCADA system. This lets oil, gas, electric, and water network operators monitor video via an OASyS SCADA system. Frost & Sullivan says automation purchases down, but services up
The automation and control solution services market is set to experience a compound annual growth rate of 9.58% to reach $8416.41 million by 2015. ARC says services is the fastest growing automation market segment
The total worldwide market for services expanded to close to $17.3 billion at the end of 2008, and will increase by a compound annual growth rate of 7% over the next five years.
| Browse more company and organizational news on the Process Control portal. | | Project News | Honeywell to control pharmaceutical manufacturing plant
Honeywell’s Experion Process Knowledge System will be used at the LIFE Nutrition site to control production processes, optimize production output and maintain quality control standards. ABB to control solar power project in U.S.
ABB will provide a System 800xA to control the Sierra commercial demonstration facility in California. Emerson to automate biopharmaceutical plant in Singapore
Emerson will supply PlantWeb, DeltaV, Fisher and Baumann control valves with digital valve controllers, Rosemount flowmeters and analyzers, Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters, and Fisher pressure regulators. ABB to supply controls for new combined cycle plant in Thailand
ABB will supply a System 800xA for PTT Chemical’s Electrical Power and Steam (EPS) Project. IPS to supply safety and controls to Petrobras
IPS will supply Triconex safety and Avantis asset management technology to upgrade and modernize 11 Petrobras refining facilities throughout Brazil.
| Browse more project news on the Process Control portal. | | Featured Events | Industrial Automation 2009
July 15-18, 2009, Malaysia
The 5th International Exhibition on Industrial Automation, Manufacturing Process, Control and Measurement Equipment & Technology (IA 2009) will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Machine builders and professional systems integrators from around Asia will keep themselves abreast not only on applied systems and components but also the latest state-of-the-art technology and inventions. Industrial Automation Vietnam
September 16-18, 2009 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The second Industrial Automation Vietnam show will be held in the brand new Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC).The show will be co-located with PIA Vietnam– an exhibition profiling plant & process engineering, instrumentation, measurement and testing, and analysis & laboratory technology. Emerson User Exchange
September 28-October 2, 2009 Orlando, Florida
Emerson Global Users Exchange is more than an industry-leading technical conference…it is a community of manufacturing leaders committed to extracting the most from their automation investment…and sharing their learning with each other. Remote 2009 Conference & Expo
October 29-30, 2009 San Antonio, Texas
Remote 2009 Conference and Expo will focus on the leading advancements for the monitoring and management of distributed equipment and facilities, remote assets, automated process & system controls and device networks. Industrial Automation Show
November 3-7, 2009 Shanghai
Since its inception in 2003, Factory Automation ASIA has been successfully held three times. It has established itself amongst the most important platforms in the production automation industry in Asia.
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