Process Control
HP Control: Consider other control system benefits
In spite of remarkable advances in control systems, multivariable control algorithms, intelligent field devices, process modeling techniques, information system integration and user experience,1 quant..
HPInternet: Primarily Petroliana
Primarily Petroliana (http://www.oldgas.com/) is a site you won't normally stumble across. It is a site to visit that brings back memories of the oil industry's golden days. You can buy memorabilia li..
Fieldbus improves petrochemical plant operation - Fig 2
Fig. 2. System management is carried out over a network with ..
HP Control: Moving control into the field
I recently turned into our Production Dept. the articles for our May supplement, Fieldbus Technology. It will be mailed to readers of Gulf Publishing Co.'s three magazines – Hydrocarbon Processin..
HPInternet: OilMonitor
The folks at PricewaterhouseCoopers have created a Web site that is useful to the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI), especially those running crude units and buying crude. The product is called Oi..
Unique approach to real-time optimization - Fig. 3
Fig. 3. The operator display provides online cost ..
Unique approach to real-time optimization
This method requires less software work than alternatives
HP Control: Cooperation needed between FF and OPC
Editor's note: The following is in response to my March '98 column, "Controversy in control," which requested input from our readers on controversial issues. Recently, representatives from OLE fo..
HPInternet: LawRunner: a legal research tool
It has been said that the Internet is the largest library in the world, but all the books are on the floor. Here's one site that helps us to find government, legal and court information from all over ..
HP Control: The rise of the independent advanced control firm
Recent years saw a shift in the control engineering business toward consolidation of companies in the field. During 1998 this trend began to reverse in favor of a proliferation of small independent fi..
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