Honeywell selected for expansion of major LNG terminal
07 August, 2015Honeywell Process Solutions has been selected to provide automation and security systems to help Freeport LNG Development expand its south-east Texas LNG terminal into a world-class liquefaction and export operation.
Emerson Logbooks now integrated with DeltaV
27 July, 2015Emerson Process Management's Logbooks, an electronic database of operator log entries, can now be embedded in the DeltaV distributed control system interface to improve task management.
Qenos control system optimisation exceeds expectations
04 June, 2015The challenge for the Qenos operators has been to ensure a constant supply of high-consistency ethylene to their customers while managing a fluctuating ethane feed.
Emerson Logbooks software
23 March, 2015Emerson Process Management's Logbooks enables operators to electronically document activity records to streamline shift changes, drive operator action and accelerate decision-making.
Qenos makes a step change with adaptive process control
25 November, 2014The most critical shortcoming of current advanced control systems, as used by most larger process plants, specifically refineries and chemical manufacturers, is that as the plant ages and feedstock characteristics change, the as-built control model loses fidelity, resulting in inefficiencies and substandard output product.
ABB System 800xA Minerals Library Release 5.1/5
12 November, 2014System 800xA Minerals Library Release 5.1/5 offers enhanced control, routing, yard and port functionalities.
Emerson DeltaV v13 distributed control system
10 November, 2014Version 13 of the DeltaV distributed control system is designed to deliver greater efficiency and performance for process control applications.
Optimising clean-in-place processes in food and beverage operations: Part 2
07 November, 2014 by Benjamin Jude and Eric Lemaire*Existing clean-in-place (CIP) processes are time intensive and waste large amounts of energy, water and chemicals. In Part 1 of this article the risks and costs associated with inefficient CIP processes were discussed, but new innovations in CIP technology can now allow plant operators to cut costs in an environmentally friendly manner while still conforming to regulatory safety standards.
Splunk and Kepware form alliance, using IT technology to gain new insights from industrial data
03 November, 2014The integration between Splunk Enterprise and KEPServerEX breaks down the industrial data and IT data silos to deliver new real-time insights that were previously unavailable.
Emerson DeltaV Virtual Studio v2.3
30 October, 2014With the release of DeltaV Virtual Studio v2.3, Emerson has expanded the virtualisation capabilities in the DeltaV distributed control system.
Fast track automation of LPG terminal in Mexico
28 October, 2014 by Marcelo Carugo and Fernando Mirafuentes*Emerson has helped an LPG terminal in Mexico to implement terminal automation with safety and fire systems, in just one week, including an integral control system, 100% monitoring of the operations and compliance to all international environmental and safety requirements.
Optimising clean-in-place processes in food and beverage operations: Part 1
10 October, 2014 by Benjamin Jude and Eric Lemaire*Clean-in-place (CIP) processes are often intensive and waste large amounts of energy, water and chemicals. New innovations in CIP technology allow plant operators to cut costs in an environmentally friendly manner while still conforming to regulatory safety standards.
Emerson DeltaV distributed control system
04 August, 2014The DeltaV distributed control system (DCS) helps plants improve operations by harnessing today's predictive technologies in an easy, intuitive and interoperable way to connect people, processes and production.
5 reasons to upgrade your old DCS to a new automation system
03 July, 2014An older DCS is typically not capable of running a modern process plant at optimum levels, creating increased costs and possibly causing excessive downtime.
Kepware Technologies KEPServerEX version 5.14
19 March, 2014KEPServerEX version 5.14 software offers liquid electronic flow measurement support, store-and-forward support for data logging, and improved support for Siemens S7 PLCs and Allan-Bradley ControlLogix.
