Control and Instrumentation articles from April 1994

Control and Instrumentation archives from April 1994

Get a foresight of technology. (investments in new technologies) (Editorial)
April 1, 1994... "What's more important to you - Malaysia's ban on UK contracts (which could escalate further in the Far East), last month's launch of the Technology Foresight scheme, or the imminence of the C&I Exhibition? No, it's not a serious question -...

Fieldbus - a steep learning curve for users on the last lap. (Fieldbus conference on engineering standards)
April 1, 1994... 'It may be 1997 before a single standard is agreed' said Graham Loose, from BP - chairman of EEMUA's user group in the UK. He was speaking at the UK Fieldbus conference held in March, organised by the Institute of Measurement and Control and ISAI...

Wytch Farm's MIS extends scope of its site control system. (British Petroleum Company PLC's Wytch Farm oil field)
April 1, 1994... When investigations at the Wytch Farm oil field identified reducing electricity expenditure as a key way forward for cost savings, BP Exploration's control engineering department 'developed a solution with great flexibility', according to senior...

Chart recorders. (includes related articles)
April 1, 1994... RECORDERS ARE SHUNNING THE RUBBISH TIP. DICK VEIT OF EUROTHERM CHESSELL SHOWS THAT TECHNOLOGY IS THE KEY The demise of the chart recorder has been predicted for at least the last 10 years. However, in spite of these dire predictions, they still...

Beware data overload when SCADA meets MIS. (management information system)
April 1, 1994... LINKING SCADA SYSTEMS TO DATABASES CAN BE A CHEAP MEANS OF DISTRIBUTING MANAGEMENT DATA -- BUT WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Linking your SCADA system to a database can be a very economical way of spreading data among managers and workers on site,...

Continuous processes - the missing links. (computer integrated manufacturing)
April 1, 1994... CONTINUOUS PROCESSES PRESENT VERY DIFFERENT INTEGRATION PROBLEMS TO BATCH/DISCRETE In a classical sense, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, CIM, had its beginnings in the batch chemicals and discrete parts manufacturing businesses. As far as...

Integrating your process computers. (computer integrated manufacturing)
April 1, 1994... IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE RIGHT DATA TO THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME IN THE RIGHT FORMAT For most of us, CIM, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, has more to do with discrete parts manufacturing than process control. Here, there's a clear and...

Use CASE to assess controllability. (computer-aided software engineering)
April 1, 1994... CASE TOOLS ARE EASIER TO USE THAN YOU THINK - AND THE REWARDS ARE HIGH It's been said before; in fact it's been said by us before - Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) means different things to different engineers. Last April, C&I...

Measurement and control for Drax. (Drax coal-fired power station)
April 1, 1994... TWO FGD ABSORBERS HAVE JUST COME ON LINE AT DRAX - WITH CHANGES IN CONTROL PHILOSOPHY Pollution from the 850ft chimney at the 4,000MW coal fired power station at Drax is being reduced, following the start-up of two of the six flue gas...

Software for the Channel Tunnel. (underwater tunnel across the English Channel)
April 1, 1994... The Channel Tunnel is one of the largest civil engineering projects in the world. What is less often recognised is that the extent and complexity of the computer systems developed for the tunnel also make it one of the largest transportation...

Control & Instrumentation Exhibition 1994 preview.
April 1, 1994... WITH A POWERFUL SET OF CONFERENCES AND EVERY TECHNOLOGY UNDER ONE ROOF, THIS IS THE SHOW OF SHOWS Welcome to your preview of the 1994 Control and Instrumentation Exhibition. Just to remind you of the venue - it's from the 10th - 12th May in...