Author Patrick Bouwman explains how his book, Fundamentals of Process Control: Principles and Concepts, helps up-and-coming automation professionals build a solid foundation. What inspired you to ...

High-tech instrumentation and state-of-the-art modeling tools are helping power plant operators achieve best-in-class performance, meet pollution targets, and better predict failures. Calibration ...

However, producing biofuels at scale remains a complex process, as market competitiveness, process intricacies and safety requirements demand operational excellence.   In this context, digitalization ...

Used to measure, display, record and control process variables such as pressure, temperature, flow, level, load, speed, distance or angle, process instruments can be as simple as direct reading ...

The International Society of Automation (ISA) has published a new edition of its popular technical book, Successful Instrumentation and Control Systems Design, Second Edition, by Michael D. Whitt. The ...

Advances in instrumentation, modeling and control are more fully understood and utilized when assisted by first-principle, ...

Developed by the International Society of Automation (ISA), the ISA-5 series of standards are essential for industries that rely on complex instrumentation and control systems, including chemical ...

The equipment showcase section includes products from a variety of vendors that serve the power generation industry. POWER magazine will feature a different power-related equipment category in several ...

The nation’s fleet of nuclear power plants was originally built with analog instrumentation and control systems. Upgrading to a digital system is an important consideration for power producers as dome ...

Critical manufacturing and process control instrumentation is steadily gaining smarts, allowing companies to collect and analyze a smorgasbord of data at pivotal points in their operations, leading to ...

The Measurement, Control & Automation Association predicted in its annual market forecast that the process instrumentation and automation market in the United States, currently valued at $11.7 billion ...

prevent single failures or anticipated events from escalating into plant shutdowns, trips, or accidents endangering plant equipment, personnel, and the public. Typical examples include feedwater and ...