Control and Instrumentation articles from September 1995

Control and Instrumentation archives from September 1995

Temperature controllers: today's small controllers have some of the features formerly only found in full-blown process controllers.
September 1, 1995... Today's small controllers have some of the features formerly only found in full-blown process controllers The pace of development of controllers has increased in recent years. Features common in process controllers have been ported to small,...

Process heaters and thermal crackers.
September 1, 1995... Are we hurrying money - and can we improve control? Today, the cost of running a typical process heater with several banks of burners could easily be of the order of [pounds]2,500,000 per year. Savings of 2%, or [pounds]50,000 per year, are...

New sensors for better energy efficiency.
September 1, 1995... New sensors could save [pounds]100s of millions Improved process control, as a means of saving energy, is often limited by the sensor technology available. In fact, the Government's Energy Technology Support Unit (ETSU) has estimated that new...

Batch control the next stage.
September 1, 1995... With ISA's SP88 published, the next phase should be quicker An Arco analysis presented at the World Batch Forum in July in Pennsylvania showed that the introduction of batch standards had improved reliability by 7%, with batch cycle times down...

Food and beverage industry.
September 1, 1995... A versatile sensor that was first developed for the food industry (the electronic nose) is maturing in its capabilities, and looks like it will migrate into other industries If you were to ring someone up, probably the last. thing you'd want...

Interkama '95 huge in Dusseldorf. (control and instrumentation trade show)
September 1, 1995... Interkama, the triennial international C&I show in Germany, is the biggest in the world. Here's a taste of what's on Yes, three years have elapsed and it's Interkama time again. Taking place from 30th October to 4th November in the Messe...

Manufacturing Week. (trade exhibit)
September 1, 1995... Although quite different to its Total Solutions ancestor, Manufacturing Week will still play host to some interesting launches Although over 550 exhibitors are expected at this year's Manufacturing Week (10-12 October at the NEC, Birmingham)...

CIM '95 Show. (trade exhibit)
September 1, 1995... This year's CIM Show gives you the opportunity to ask suppliers about integration and software support, the Interpret, and also sees a strong Microsoft presence CIM '95 will be the first opportunity many people will get to ask about one of the...

Keeping track of materials: interfacing weighing systems, PLCs and data entry systems. (programmable logic controller)
September 1, 1995... Interfacing weighing systems, PLCs and data entry systems British Nuclear Fuels has recently opened a Mixed Oxide Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Sellafield, and installed a computer system to record the processing of all nuclear materials....

Automatic sensor validation.
September 1, 1995... Self-validating sensors, uncertainty monitoring, fault detection and remote diagnostics are all close Control in the future must respond not only to changes in measurement values, but also to changes in measurement quality. Such information can...

Adding value at the front end: increase your profit on process plant at the design stage.
September 1, 1995... Changes are now taking place in the way business opportunities are being developed in the process industries. These changes have been pioneered by oil companies in the North Sea that needed to reduce operating costs in order to make smaller...