If the rotating equipment and boiler are a plant’s brawn, then a control system that efficiently integrates myriad plant functions is its brains. Luckily, in a power plant, we can perform a brain ...

Distributed control systems are powerful assets for new and modernized power plants. Thanks to three product generations of technology innovations, these systems now provide new benefits — including ...

The control systems world is changing. Historically, process control systems—which include all industrial control, process control, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), distributed ...

Layered security is a well-documented practice that allows an organization selectively to implement multiple layers of security technology for its plant control systems. The technology is applied ...

An asphalt plant control system consists of a computer (PC) and in many cases a programable logic control (PLC). The PC and/or the PLC provide commands in sequence to field equipment to allow the ...

A century-plus of steam-generated power production has shown the importance of water and steam chemistry. Just one boiler tube failure in a conventional unit or heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) ...

A plant manufacturing a wide range of polymers, polyesters, fiber intermediates, and petrochemicals needed to determine the best way to update the industrial automation system. The complex ...

KENNESAW, Ga. — To help chilled water systems reach their efficiency potential, Carrier ® has further enhanced the ChillerVu ™ plant control system to include the new chilled water system optimizer.

Cheney, Washington, is the home of the Eastern Washington University Eagles, the bright red Roos Football field, and the Rozell Plant. The Rozell Plant was brought online in 1970, providing 100-psig, ...