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DeltaV Blog: Maximizing the Return on Your Control Investment – Part 1

Terry Blevins

At Emerson Exchange, 2011, I had the pleasure of working with James Beall, Principal Control Consultant, Emerson Process Management to host a workshop that addresses how to get the maximum return from your control investment. The design and commissioning of the controls associated with a continuous or batch process directly impact plant operating efficiency and … Continue reading » Read the full text.
- 12 Dec 2011
DeltaV Blog: How to Succeed – Part 5

Gregory K McMillan

We continue this series with some helpful hints for control system design and implementation. This week and next week we look at control valve selection. There are a lot of misconceptions from sales pitches that lack an understanding of the need for a valve to have minimum backlash and maximum resolution and sensitivity. Most of this stems … Continue reading » Read the full text.
- 8 Dec 2011
DeltaV Blog: BEKA 8-Variable Indicator Rev1 Fieldbus Device Files

Larry Griffin

In Emerson’s continuing commitment to open and interoperable standards, the BEKA 8-Variable Indicator Rev1 has passed the rigorous and comprehensive testing of the DeltaV Stress Test labs. Using the Device Installation Kits for Emerson Products website...
- 8 Dec 2011
DeltaV Blog: Process Analyzers. Analyze This!

Gregory K McMillan

Fewer Analyzer Specialists Are Left Working at the Plant Floor, Could It Be Because Newer Anaylyzer Systems Come Available as Complete Packages? Read the full text.
- 7 Dec 2011
DeltaV Blog: How do you know when feed-forward is needed?

Gregory K McMillan

In the ISA Automation Week Mentor Program I am providing guidance for extremely talented individuals from Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and the USA. We will be sharing a question and the answers each week. If you would like to provide...
- 6 Dec 2011
DeltaV Blog: Commissioning Highly Interactive Process

Terry Blevins

At Emerson Exchange, 2011, I had the pleasure of working with Eric Chen, Research Associate, Pickle Research Center, University of Texas at Austin SRP and Willy Wojsznis, Senior Technologist, Emerson Process Management, to host a workshop that addresses commissioning of a skid process that is characterized by a high degree of process interaction. The size … Continue reading » Read the full text.
- 5 Dec 2011
DeltaV Blog: Updated S-series DC to DC Power Supply Product Data Sheet

Larry Griffin

The DeltaV S-series DC/DC system power supply delivers more current on the 12-VDC I/O interface power bus and eliminates the need for 24- to 12-VDC bulk power supplies. All controller and I/O power can be sourced from 24-VDC bulk power supplies. (132KB...
- 5 Dec 2011
DeltaV Blog: Updated M-series DC to DC Power Supply Enhanced Product Data Sheet

Larry Griffin

The DeltaV M-series Enhanced DC/DC system power supplies are modular, easy to install, and secure. (188KB PDF) Read the full text.
- 5 Dec 2011
DeltaV Blog: Updated M-series FOUNDATION Fieldbus I/O Product Data Sheet

Larry Griffin

Use DeltaV state-of-the-art FOUNDATION fieldbus I/O for your process control system. (305KB PDF) Read the full text.
- 5 Dec 2011
DeltaV Blog: How to Succeed – Part 4

Gregory K McMillan

We continue this series with some helpful hints for control system design and implementation. This week we look at measurement location and selection. Since a control system deals with change, the prevalent theme is how to improve the detection and correction for change. In the coming weeks we will take a look at control valves … Continue reading » Read the full text.
- 1 Dec 2011
Safety Instrumented Systems Blog: Clarifications on the Use of the DVC6000 SIS in Safety Applications

Jim Cahill

I had the chance to catch up with Emerson’s Riyaz Ali at the Emerson Exchange last month in Nashville. You may recall Riyaz from many process safety-related posts. In his conversations with process automation and safety professionals, he has been encountering...
- 1 Dec 2011
DeltaV Blog: Fault Tolerance and Mitigating Risk

Jim Cahill

I wanted to share a Control Engineering article by Emerson’s Dave Denison, a software engineering manager in the DeltaV technology organization-- Architecture For Mitigating Effects Of External Faults: Choosing Tools And Techniques For Creating Fault-Tolerant Control Environments And Networks . I've highlighted a few of Dave's points in an Emerson Process Experts post, Fault Tolerance and Mitigating Risk .
- 29 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: Updated S-series Horizontal Carriers Product Data Sheet

Larry Griffin

The DeltaV S-series horizontal-mount carriers provide plug-and-play ease for your I/O subsystems. (190KB PDF) Read the full text.
- 29 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: Updated S-series H1 I/O Card with Integrated Power Product Data Sheet

Larry Griffin

Use DeltaV state-of-the-art S-series H1 I/O Card with Integrated Power for your process control system. (230KB PDF) Read the full text.
- 29 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: Updated S-series FOUNDATION Fieldbus I/O Product Data Sheet

Larry Griffin

Use DeltaV state-of-the-art S-series FOUNDATION fieldbus I/O for your process control system. (330KB PDF) Read the full text.
- 29 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: MPC, Fuzzy or PID?

Gregory K McMillan

In the ISA Automation Week Mentor Program I am providing guidance for extremely talented individuals from Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and the USA. We will be sharing a question and the answers each week. If you would like to provide...
- 28 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: Improving Continuous Process Operation Using Data Analytics

Terry Blevins

At Emerson Exchange, 2011, I had the pleasure of working with Frank Seibert, Technical Manager and Eric Chen, Associate Researcher, Pickle Research Center, University of Texas at Austin SRP and John Caldwell, Advanced Control Marketing Manage, and Willy Wojsznis, Senior Technologist, Emerson Process Management, to host a workshop that addresses how data analytics may be … Continue reading » Read the full text.
- 28 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: How to Succeed – Part 3

Gregory K McMillan

Over the next year I will be writing a book 101 Ways to a Successful Automation Career. Before getting into specific ways for improving control system design and performance for different types of applications, I stepped back and looked at the more human aspect. I came up with concepts that have personally guided my career. These … Continue reading » Read the full text.
- 24 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: Does Anyone Share?

Terry Blevins

At Emerson Exchange, 2011, I had the pleasure of working with Jay Colclazier, Senior Automation Engineer, CHS Refinery, and Joanne Salazar, Global Marketing Communications Manager, Emerson Process Management, to host a workshop that addresses Online Tools for DeltaV Systems Users. This workshop provides an overview of online tools that Emerson provides to help users collaborate … Continue reading » Read the full text…
- 21 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: How Do You Combine Statistics With Control Techniques?

Gregory K McMillan

In the ISA Automation Week Mentor Program I am providing guidance for extremely talented individuals from Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and the USA. The program was extended from 4 to 9 based on the outstanding resumes of the applicants...
- 17 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: How to Succeed – Part 2

Terry Blevins and Greg McMillan

Our profession is learned on the job by example and ad-hoc, incidental, or formal mentoring. Experienced APC and E&I engineers have largely left the building. In the new millennium we started a runaway reaction with an accelerating loss of expertise....
- 17 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: Updated Comparison of a Single-Loop Digital Controller to a DeltaV Multi-Loop Controller Whitepaper

Larry Griffin

This document provides a comparison between single-loop digital controllers and the DeltaV system. (162KB PDF) Read the full text.
- 17 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: New DeltaV System Software Update Deployment Whitepaper

Larry Griffin

This brief whitepaper provides a handy index to Emerson documents related to deployment of software updates, along with summary information about software update delivery and deployment services available from Emerson. (363KB PDF) Read the full text. ...
- 17 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: New Microsoft Security Bulletin Administration on DeltaV Systems Guideline Paper

Larry Griffin

This document defines Emerson Process Management’s guidelines around the testing and deployment of operating system updates, security bulletins and new operating system service packs. (81KB PDF) Read the full text.
- 16 Nov 2011
DeltaV Blog: New Anti-Virus Scanning in DeltaV Systems Guideline Paper

Larry Griffin

This policy concerns support and setup of anti-virus scanning software used on DeltaV workstations. (70KB PDF) Read the full text.
- 16 Nov 2011