Australians, by and large, have responded differently to the devastating drought of the past few years. The Queensland government’s response was to initiate major water management reforms. In 2005, the Beattie government established the Queensland Water Commission and set aside $9 billion to overhaul the management, distribution and marketing of water through the SE Queensland Water Grid.

Today, carbon dioxide (CO₂) is considered to be the largest environmental threat to our world by most researchers. Heightened levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lead to global warming, which in the long run can jeopardise our future on this planet.

The demand for safety technology in bulk liquid storage plants is increasing worldwide. This market trend can clearly be seen in tank gauging projects where Safety Integrity Level (SIL) requirements are now being incorporated.

Pressure is one of the fundamental quantities measured in processing and manufacturing systems.

The new generation of embedded computing platform has no moving parts, no fans, and has components that require less power than before.

In recent times, environmental life cycle assessment has become an important part of packaging design, but with changing packaging materials, and improving recycling and waste disposal technologies, keeping up to date with those factors that affect the packaging life cycle is a costly and time-consuming process. A web-based tool based on centrally updated data provides the answer.

Emerson Smart Wireless technology is enabling polyethylene maker INEOS to detect blocked filters within polyethylene pellet transportation tubes that can lead to production downtime at its plant in Cologne, Germany.

Germany’s paper industry has a turnover of approximately 14.9 billion euro and a total of 3000 different kinds of paper are manufactured at around 180 production locations. Manufacturing paper using air motors ensures that the ravenous paper appetite of industrial nations is continuously satisfied.

Companies like AVN Energy, a Danish manufacturer of wind-power equipment, are creating the technology which now provides 20% of Denmark’s electricity production. AVN co-operated with The Trelleborg Group’s Sealing Solutions to develop seals for their wind power actuators.

At Terminals Pty Ltd’s facility in Geelong, bitumen is unloaded from ships through a pipeline 900 m long and 200 mm in diameter. Wireless temperature monitoring helps keep the bitumen heated so it doesn't solidify in the pipe.

Part 1 of this article introduced the standards efforts in relation to best practices in securing SCADA systems and introduced some key practices in protecting remote control systems. In Part 2, we discuss physical protection of remote RTU systems and highlight best practices for dealing with system failure.

Sensor technology is constantly evolving, giving OEM packaging machine designers new ways to reduce the cost of their machine designs while decreasing planned downtime during machine changeovers.

Australian expertise has been showcased in the development of the Phu Kham Copper-Gold Operation in Laos. PanAust Limited, which has a 90% stake in the operation, appointed Brisbane-based Ausenco Limited to design and engineer the project on an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) basis.

At Power Plastics in Sydney, Australia, hand-packing 3000 polyethylene condiment bottles an hour was taking a high toll in labour costs and operator health and safety — in a highly competitive market.

When designing a combustible gas safety monitoring system for oil and gas, petrochemical or other applications, how do you decide whether to use infrared or catalytic gas detector technology?