Benefits result from reduced maintenance, greater safety and increased performance
Economic benefits of the digital fieldbus
instrument communication standard have been developed and
studied for new construction cases. Versus a traditional
analog installation, fieldbus achieves cost reduction through
reduced footprint, shortened configuration and commissioning
times, and reduced wiring and labor costs. These are easily
tracked, tangible savings. Fieldbus implementation can also
be economically beneficial in the case of retrofits and
revamps of existing hydrocarbon processing plants. When
calculating the life cycle cost and benefit of a plant,
stages beyond construction must be considered.
Although the economic di
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