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Process Control

Latest version now available of ABB’s System 800xA

System 800xA serves as the foundation for a number of unique industry-specific automation applications. Designed from the beginning to act as an integration platform, it has been proven to promote collaboration, improve operator effectiveness, achieve seamless control solutions, and provide flexible evolution paths through integrating diverse, usually separate plant systems, applications, information or fieldbus and controller platforms.

ABB snaps up K-TEK

ABB has completed its acquisition of the Prairieville, Louisiana, company K-TEK, which becomes part of the Measurement Products business unit within ABB’s Process Automation division.

SourceGas implements trading and risk management solution

Allegro Development announced that SourceGas has completed the successful deployment of the Allegro 8 platform across its natural gas operations. Allegro provides SourceGas the ability to capture physical and financial natural gas trades, manage transportation, actualization and invoicing on a single, integrated solution

CPFD Software set to distribute Barracuda in China

CPFD Software LLC, the creators of the Barracuda simulation package for particle-fluid systems, announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Hi-Key Technology to distribute and support Barracuda in China.

Honeywell acquires Matrikon

Honeywell has acquired Matrikon for $139 million. Matrikon will be integrated with the advanced solutions business of Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS). Matrikon’s open connectivity in process control business, MatrikonOPC, will operate as a separate business entity within HPS.

Perfecting liquefied natural gas analysis techniques and methods

Emerson Process Management: Hale, S.

Following these procedures will improve measurement accuracy and reliability

Boosting temperature inferential control performance in distillation columns

Beijing University of Chemical Technology: Huang, K.  |  Luo, X.

An effective compensation method improves performance

HP Control: Continuous improvement or core-competency?

Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.

In the past decade or two, the concepts of key performance indicators (KPIs), continuous improvement, core-competency and best practices have received a lot of attention. What are the relationships be..

How will carbon emissions regulations revise energy conservation economics?

Mustang Engineers, LP: Davis, E.  |  Glasgow, I. M.  |  Nguyen, T.  |  Polcar, S.  |  Price, J.  |  Stuecheli, C.
Mustang Engineering Inc.: Palmer, R. E.

Including the cost of carbon in refinery project economics has the potential to convert previously marginal energy projects into more attractive options

Low-cost advanced process control project captures energy savings in utilities area

LyondellBasell Industries: Chang, E.  |  Viducic, M.

This low-cost project resulted in over $300,000 per year in benefits