Control and Instrumentation articles from January 1993

Control and Instrumentation archives from January 1993

Fuel route diagnostics at Torness nuclear station.
January 1, 1993... Scottish Nuclear's Torness power station in East Lothian is an Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) type. Here, fuel element assemblies can be inserted into, and removed from the reactors whilst on load. So, fuelling is a critical part of the...

Programmable controllers.
January 1, 1993... WHOLE LIFE COSTS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN SELECTING PLCs, SAYS STEVE HYDE OF AEG-MODICON The economics of recession are forcing engineers to review their criteria when automating plants. In addition, users are looking beyond suppliers'...

CIM in the process industries. (computer integrated manufacturing)
January 1, 1993... BUSINESS AND HUMAN NEEDS COME BEFORE TECHNOLOGY - FOR SUCCESSFULLY USING CIM Effective communication between people, computers and processes - with information tailored to every department to provide the best cost/benefits for the entire...

The future of CIM. (computer integrated manufacturing)
January 1, 1993... A PERSONAL VISION OF THE WAY FUTURE CIM PROJECTS COULD IDEALLY (BUT HOPEFULLY NOT TOO OPTIMISTICALLY) BE RUN At the beginning of any project, you start generating data that will be of importance to all aspects of computer integrated...

Control in the chemical industry. (process control)
January 1, 1993... ADAPTIVE CONTROL, CONSTRAINT CONTROL, pH - IT'S ALL MOVING ON, AND YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE Although development is characteristically slow and cautious in the chemical industries, both where processes themselves and their monitoring and control...

Gas quality - how to detect moisture.
January 1, 1993... ENORMOUS FINANCIAL LOSS CAN RESULT FROM FAILURE TO DETECT MOISTURE IN NATURAL GAS PIPELINES One of the most serious concerns facing any natural gas production operator is the presence of water in the gas stream - even if only at levels verging...

Programmable Controllers - An Engineer's Guide.
January 1, 1993... An excellent addition to the range of books on PLCs. However, it is not an instructional book in programing (although it provides a good section on applying programs) and neither is it a comparative guide to the different types of PLCs available....

Fundamentals of Industrial Control - Practical Guides for Measurement and Control.
January 1, 1993... This book attempts the almost impossible task of bridging the gap between theory and industrial practice for the whole range of control and instrumentation activities. It attempts to interpret procedures adopted in industry, and will be of...