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  • DeltaV Blog: Wireless Control Foundation – Part 1, Background

    Terry Blevins
    Mark Nixon and I hosted a short course at Emerson Exchange 2015 titled Wireless Control Foundation. In this short course the book authors present key areas of the book Wireless Control Foundation that was published by ISA in October, 2014. This book addresses control techniques that enable closed loop control using wireless valves and wireless transmitter. It is designed to bring an engineer quickly up to speed on the…

  • DeltaV Blog: Control With Wireless – Part 4, Wireless Control Using ROC800

    Terry Blevins
    At Emerson Exchange 2015 Eric Cytrynowicz, Emerson Process Management, participated in a technology forum on control with wireless. In his presentation, Eric discussed applications that can be address in upstream oil and gas applications using wireless transmitters and wireless valves. In his presentation Eric discussed work to add PIDPlus capability to the ROC800 to support of control using wireless transmitters…

  • Operations Management Blog: Niche-Buster Medicine Information Solutions

    Jim Cahill
    Author: Michalle Adkins We are seeing a trend in the life sciences industry moving away from blockbusters to niche busters, population based medicines and even to the extreme of personalized medicines. The Emerson Life Sciences consulting team recently had the opportunity to work with one of these emerging companies that is using a novel process that genetically engineers each patient’s own T cells to recognize and…

  • Operations Management Blog: Niche-Buster Medicine Information Solutions

    Jim Cahill
    Author: Michalle Adkins We are seeing a trend in the life sciences industry moving away from blockbusters to niche busters, population based medicines and even to the extreme of personalized medicines. The Emerson Life Sciences consulting team recently had the opportunity to work with one of these emerging companies that is using a novel process that genetically engineers each patient’s own T cells to recognize and…

  • Operations Management Blog: Niche-Buster Medicine Information Solutions

    Jim Cahill
    Author: Michalle Adkins We are seeing a trend in the life sciences industry moving away from blockbusters to niche busters, population based medicines and even to the extreme of personalized medicines. The Emerson Life Sciences consulting team recently had the opportunity to work with one of these emerging companies that is using a novel process that genetically engineers each patient’s own T cells to recognize and…

  • Operations Management Blog: Niche-Buster Medicine Information Solutions

    Jim Cahill
    Author: Michalle Adkins We are seeing a trend in the life sciences industry moving away from blockbusters to niche busters, population based medicines and even to the extreme of personalized medicines. The Emerson Life Sciences consulting team recently had the opportunity to work with one of these emerging companies that is using a novel process that genetically engineers each patient’s own T cells to recognize and…

  • Operations Management Blog: Niche-Buster Medicine Information Solutions

    Jim Cahill
    Author: Michalle Adkins We are seeing a trend in the life sciences industry moving away from blockbusters to niche busters, population based medicines and even to the extreme of personalized medicines. The Emerson Life Sciences consulting team recently had the opportunity to work with one of these emerging companies that is using a novel process that genetically engineers each patient’s own T cells to recognize and…

  • DeltaV Blog: Tokyo Keiso FST4000 rev 4 FF Passes DeltaV – Interoperability Test

    Larry Griffin
    In Emerson’s continuing commitment to open and interoperable standards, the Tokyo Keiso FST4000 rev 4 has passed the rigorous and comprehensive testing of the DeltaV Stress Test labs. Using the Device Installation Kits for Emerson Products website at  http://www2.emersonprocess.com/en-US/documentation/deviceinstallkits/Pages/deviceinstallkitsearch.aspx , these fieldbus device files are now available for use.

  • DeltaV Blog: Control With Wireless – Part 3, Wireless Valves

    Terry Blevins
    At Emerson Exchange 2015 Kurtis Jensen, Emerson Process Management, gave participated in a technology forum on control with wireless. In his presentation, Kurtis discuss how a wide variety of discrete control applications have been addressed using wireless transmitters and wireless on-off valves. Also, in his presentation Kurtis provided some information work that is being done to progress develop a wireless throttling…

  • DeltaV Blog: Process Automation Nextgen Leaders

    Jim Cahill
    Given the important role that process automation plays in the products that process manufacturers and producers bring to the world, it’s important to have continuity in leadership. Each year, Control Engineering and Plant Engineering magazines recognize Engineering Leaders Under 40 to highlight that this continuity is alive and well. In their 2015 selection of leaders under 40 years of age , they share these statistics…

  • Safety Instrumented Systems Blog: Separate versus Integral Final Element Accessories Questions

    Jim Cahill
    A post from a few years ago, Separate Versus Integral Final Element Accessories in Safety Applications , continues to generate some good questions. I thought I’d make these questions and associated answers more visible in today’s post. Here’s the first question: I understood the whole description, But while calculating PFDavg, We will have to add the Failure rate of valve assembly (Valve+Actuator) which brings down…

  • DeltaV Blog: Develop, Test and Train for Lower Risk Projects

    Jim Cahill
    One way to improve the probability for a successful process automation project is to include dynamic simulation during the design phases to help with configuring the control system, testing before commissioning the system and training the operators before the process goes live. In an earlier post, Building Competency through Operator Training Systems , we highlighted the application of operator training simulators …

  • Operations Management Blog: Managing Coalbed Methane Wells Feeding LNG Plant

    Jim Cahill
    Liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities require careful pressure management on their incoming gas pipelines. In a recent LNG Industry article, Turn it Up (and Down) , Emerson’s Michael Calvert describes the challenges and solutions around the Santos Gladstone LNG (GLNG) project . One of the big challenges is that the source gas is from coal-bed methane (CBM) fields instead of traditional gas production wells. In these…

  • DeltaV Blog: Control With Wireless – Part 2, Distillation Column Control

    Terry Blevins
    At Emerson Exchange 2015 Bailee Roach, a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, gave participated in a technology forum on distillation column control with wireless. As part of the technology forum she gave a presentation on how wireless transmitters have been successfully used with PIDPlus to address liquid flow, steam flow, and temperature control for a 6” dividing wall distillation column installed…

  • Operations Management Blog: Managing Coalbed Methane Wells Feeding LNG Plant

    Jim Cahill
    Liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities require careful pressure management on their incoming gas pipelines. In a recent LNG Industry article, Turn it Up (and Down) , Emerson’s Michael Calvert describes the challenges and solutions around the Santos Gladstone LNG (GLNG) project . One of the big challenges is that the source gas is from coal-bed methane (CBM) fields instead of traditional gas production wells. In these…

  • Operations Management Blog: Managing Coalbed Methane Wells Feeding LNG Plant

    Jim Cahill
    Liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities require careful pressure management on their incoming gas pipelines. In a recent LNG Industry article, Turn it Up (and Down) , Emerson’s Michael Calvert describes the challenges and solutions around the Santos Gladstone LNG (GLNG) project . One of the big challenges is that the source gas is from coal-bed methane (CBM) fields instead of traditional gas production wells. In these…

  • Operations Management Blog: Managing Coalbed Methane Wells Feeding LNG Plant

    Jim Cahill
    Liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities require careful pressure management on their incoming gas pipelines. In a recent LNG Industry article, Turn it Up (and Down) , Emerson’s Michael Calvert describes the challenges and solutions around the Santos Gladstone LNG (GLNG) project . One of the big challenges is that the source gas is from coal-bed methane (CBM) fields instead of traditional gas production wells. In these…

  • Operations Management Blog: Managing Coalbed Methane Wells Feeding LNG Plant

    Jim Cahill
    Liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities require careful pressure management on their incoming gas pipelines. In a recent LNG Industry article, Turn it Up (and Down) , Emerson’s Michael Calvert describes the challenges and solutions around the Santos Gladstone LNG (GLNG) project . One of the big challenges is that the source gas is from coal-bed methane (CBM) fields instead of traditional gas production wells. In these…

  • DeltaV Blog: Control With Wireless – Part 1, Guidelines

    Terry Blevins
    At Emerson Exchange 2015 I participated in a technology forum on control with wireless that was organized and moderated by Neil Peterson, Emerson Process Management. In this session the panel discussed various aspect of wireless control application of wireless control. Wireless Control Guideline – Terry Blevins, Emerson Process Management, Austin Dividing Wall Column Control Using Wireless Transmitters – Bailee…

  • DeltaV Blog: Wireless Distillation Column Control

    Terry Blevins
    I co-authored workshop on Wireless Distillation Column Control for Emerson Exchange 2015 . The workshop presentation was hosted by me, Kurtis Jensen, Emerson Process Management, and Melissa Donahue, a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin. In the workshop we discuss the control performance that may be achieved using wireless transmitters in liquid and steam flow and temperature control. Also, tests…

  • DeltaV Blog: Model Predictive Control Using of Wireless Measurements

    Terry Blevins
    For Emerson Exchange 2015 I co-authored a workshop on Process Model Identification and MPC Control of the Dividing Wall Column with Wireless Measurements. The workshop presentation was given by Willy Wojsznis, Emerson Process Management and Bailee Roach, a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin. In this workshop we show how wireless measurements have been applied with MPC for the control of a divided…

  • DeltaV Blog: Process Control Optimization

    Terry Blevins
    At Emerson Exchange 2015 I hosted a meet the expert session on process control optimization. The six panel members have a wide variety of experience in the process industy. In this session the expert panel members explored the challenges that are often encountered when using traditional and advanced control techniques to optimize plant operations. The experts discussed the basic steps that they recommend be followed…

  • Safety Instrumented Systems Blog: When is a Safety Integrity Level Rating of a Valve Required?

    Jim Cahill
    Control valves play a large role in process control. Emerson’s Riyaz Ali shared with me that he is often asked about their use in safety instrumented functions (also known as safety loops). When asked recently, he shared an ISA Safety Division newsletter from the fall of 2007. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the newsletter in my Google searches. His article in this newsletter, When is a Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Rating…

  • DeltaV Blog: Defining an Architectural Framework for the Internet of Things

    Terry Blevins
    The ISA104 committee , Device Integration, normally meets via WebEx each quarter. However, once per year we have a face-to-face meeting in conjunction with the ISA Fall Leaders Meeting . This year ISA104 committee met on October 12 at the Fall Leaders Meeting held in Louisville, KY. As part of the ISA104 meeting we review work we have done over the last year to promote the Field Device Integration (FDI) standard, IEC…

  • Operations Management Blog: Optimizing Batch Process Automation Design in MES and DCS

    Jim Cahill
    For pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers, the flow and capture of information is as important as the flow of the manufacturing process in readying products to release for sale. In a Pharmaceutical Technology magazine article, Connecting MES to Process Control , Emerson’s Jonathan Lustri is interviewed about advances in using the ISA-88 standard to coordinate manufacturing execution systems (MES) and distributed…

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