With the increased focus on return on assets (ROA) and Operational Excellence (OpX), users must find ways to effectively migrate from one generation of control system to the next, whether it is from ...

Which subjects should be included in the curriculum of an undergraduate process control course, and which should not?

Comprehensive modernization of process control systems at gas storage facilities can increase gas-transfer flexibility and shorten response times, even with existing field equipment. Wingas undertook ...

Process-control environments are under constant threat from cyberattacks, internal threats, and even simple vandalism. Designers need to consider the spectrum of threats and hardening strategies, from ...

As system integrators, we’re the ones responsible for delivering process control systems to manufacturers. We focus on understanding the process design, making sure that the process is automated well, ...

Now that fieldbus is used in virtually all new refineries, oil and gas companies are looking beyond the older, established products and their problems to more modern fieldbus hardware solutions that ...

Oscillation detection in process control systems remains of paramount importance in ensuring operational efficiency and maintaining product quality. The ability to accurately identify and characterise ...

How self-tuning can support an adaptive control strategy. How Model Reference Adaptive Control can improve adaptability. The different types of MRAC. A certain amount of flexibility is always good to ...

The control systems world is changing. Historically, process control systems—which include all industrial control, process control, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), distributed ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, HSB Solomon Associates LLC (Solomon) announces the launch of its Worldwide Process Control Systems Performance Analysis (PCS Study). This new study gives participants ...

The automation of processes is aimed at making them more efficient by eliminating human error as well as making them more repeatable, ensuring product uniformity. To ...