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August 31, 2007
Compressor Anti-Surge Control Application Whitepaper Update
This document explains how a DeltaV system was used in a compressor anti-surge control application. (69KB PDF)
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August 29, 2007
In Search of Satisfaction
“I – can’t – get – no – satisfaction.” That lyric was part of the biggest rock and roll hit of 1965 and ranks as second on the Rolling Stone magazines’ top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Times seemed to have changed in this millennium. Nearly 40% of Control Engineering magazine's readers reported they were “very satisfied” with their product and services in the July 2007 issue. Notable among the responses were two of Emerson’s first place finishes in customer satisfaction topping the DCS Software and single, multi-loop controllers categories with 92% and 100% satisfaction reported respectively. Emerson also won an award in the Process Analyzer’s category with an overall 97% customer satisfaction score. You can dig out your magazine copy to find out more or see the whole survey in "In Search of Satisfaction". (337KB PDF)
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August 27, 2007
DeltaV Connect™ for Honeywell® Systems v1.2 Product Data Sheet Update
DeltaV Connect™ for Honeywell Systems provides a pathway for Honeywell® TotalPlant® Solution (TPS) systems to easily transition to a PlantWeb® digital architecture with the DeltaV™ system. (1,502KB PDF)
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August 24, 2007
Getting Projects Approved
"A business exists to create a customer," said Peter Drucker, a well known management consultant. Every time you submit a project proposal for an automaton project you are hoping that management, your customer, will buy your proposal. They’re your customer.
Emerson’s Doug White teamed up with Kenna Amos, editor for Automation World magazine, to discuss ways for you to improve your odds at making this “sale” in a one-page piece, Getting Projects Approved, published in the May issue of Automation World. A quick read of this material could help you sell your ideas to management. (918KB PDF)
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August 22, 2007
Continuous Control Techniques for Distributed Control Systems
Greg McMillan's Continuous Control Techniques for Distributed Control Systems is now available as an ebook.
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August 21, 2007
DeltaV Connect for Bailey Systems Product Data Sheet Update
For improved operator consoles and a platform for today’s digital technologies, DeltaV consoles easily connect to your Bailey systems. (511KB PDF)
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August 20, 2007
Measurement and Control Basics, 4th Edition in the DeltaV Bookstore
Measurement and Control Basics, 4th Edition by Thomas Hughes is now available in the DeltaV Bookstore.
It is a practical introduction to the technologies, systems, and strategies involved in industrial process control. New features in the 4th Edition include improved coverage of analytical measurement and control, and the addition of sections on the international standard for PLC languages; process visualization; and personal computer-based control systems.
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August 16, 2007
FHX File and Bulk Edit Tool for the configuration of R.STAHL IS1 in DeltaV
New in the DeltaV Application Exchange is the FHX File and Bulk Edit Tool for the configuration of R.STAHL IS1 in DeltaV from Jürgen Wetzel. Learn how to configure a IS1 Remote I/O system in DeltaV when using a Profibus link. Thanks Jürgen for sharing this configuration tool!
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August 15, 2007
DeltaV Control Module Execution Whitepaper Update
This document explains how the execution of control modules is managed in the DeltaV controller. (129KB PDF)
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August 14, 2007
Maximizing PAT Benefits from Bioprocess Modeling and Control
Few moments in a bioprocess startup are as invigorating as putting chemicals in the reactors for the first time. It is at that moment that you know if all of the planning you’ve done to that point was done properly. You could look good in your management’s eyes, or if things go badly, maybe you’ll look not-so-good. Testing control strategies and training operators with a robust process model that incorporates the processes actual system’s control strategy could go a long way towards helping things go well during this very high career visibility moment.
Emerson’s Mike Boudreau, Greg McMillan, and Grant Wilson have penned an article in the November issue of Pharmaceutical Technology magazine that shows how creating a virtual plant can go a long way towards eliminating goofs during initial processing in a piece called, Maximizing PAT Benefits from Bioprocess Modeling and Control. A quick read of this piece may point the way to a happier start up. (808KB PDF)
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August 13, 2007
DeltaV Connect for APACS Product Data Sheet Update
For enhanced operator workstations and a platform for today's digital technologies, DeltaV workstations easily connect to your APACS or QUADLOG system. (392KB PDF)
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August 9, 2007
System Time and Calendar Module
Brian Wood shares a new item in the DeltaV Application Exchange. The System Time and Calendar Module extracts the system time and date. Other modules can then reference the day, hour or minute parameters. Thanks Brian!!
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August 8, 2007
Press Release: Emerson acquires Decision Management International
Acquisition expands scope of Emerson's real-time manufacturing solutions for regulated process industries, including life sciences, specialty chemical, and food and beverage
AUSTIN, TEXAS (August 8, 2007) – Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today announced it has acquired Decision Management International, Inc. (DMI) of Bradenton, Florida. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
DMI (www.dmius.com) becomes part of Emerson Process Management, adding leading software and expertise, including electronic management of workflow, materials, equipment, personnel, and documentation, to expand Emerson's real-time manufacturing solutions. The acquisition includes all DMI technologies, applications, services, and employees.
Compliance Suite by DMI software is tightly integrated with Emerson's DeltaV™ Batch software as part of PlantWeb® digital architecture. The comprehensive technology provides high data integrity in paperless manufacturing solutions and an integrated, electronic batch record that improves overall cycle times and reduces manufacturing costs. Data integrity is a critical part of operations for manufacturers that must comply with requirements in regulated industries, such as life sciences, specialty chemical, and food and beverage production.
Emerson and DMI have had a close relationship since 2002, delivering integrated manufacturing solutions to process facilities. With the added capabilities of DMI software, Emerson's automation solutions encompass the entire spectrum of process facility operations — everything from customer order receipt through production, warehousing and shipment. The comprehensive automation extends into production recipes, materials, equipment trains and overall site documents.
"We are excited to bring on board the excellent leadership team from DMI and to add its technologies, services and application expertise to the Emerson family," said John Berra, president, Emerson Process Management. "This acquisition extends Emerson's portfolio and leadership in batch automation solutions to improve and streamline production processes, and enables us to offer an even broader range of value, performance and reliability."
"This is excellent news for our company, our customers, and the Life Sciences Industry," said Frank Grywalski, chief executive officer of DMI. "Being part of such a successful global automation organization will enable us to provide an even broader and deeper range of solutions, grow our business faster, and continue to contribute to the success of the Emerson businesses."
Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), a business of Emerson, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the pharmaceutical, chemical, food and beverage, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific-engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Emerson brands include PlantWeb®, DeltaV™, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, Mobrey®, Bristol®, Daniel®, Ovation®, and AMS™ Suite.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2006 were $20.1 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.
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August 7, 2007
Press Release: Emerson completes commissioning phase of project to digitally automate floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) for BP Angola
Emerson's leading edge technologies, including PlantWeb® digital architecture, help BP Angola speed startup and minimize production cost.
AUSTIN, TEXAS (August 7, 2007) – Emerson Process Management has successfully completed the commissioning phase of a project with BP Angola for the automation of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The vessel, which will develop the Greater Plutonio deep water offshore oil fields off Angola, left the Hyundai shipyard in Ulsan, Korea, in November 2006, at the start of its 10,700 nautical mile journey.
Emerson was awarded the initial order for this project in 2003, and work started immediately on the long lead activities, which included Front End Engineering Design. This work scope included interface management planning, general project execution planning, and definition of engineering standards to be adopted, including FOUNDATION fieldbus standards.
In April 2004, there followed a further order for the Integrated Control & Safety System (ICSS) work scope for the FPSO topsides. Emerson provided project management and engineering services to design, implement, test and deliver the ICSS. The order also made provision for commissioning support on the vessel in Korea for the duration of 2006, commissioning and start-up support on the vessel in Angola, and long-term support services of the ICSS through to the year 2016.
In May 2004, Emerson was awarded a contract by Hyundai for the provision of a MACS (Marine Automation Control System) system for the hull, with a similar work scope to the topsides.
Further orders have followed, and the additional systems supplied by Emerson include PIMS (Process Information Management System) functionality and an Operator Training System (OTS) based on DeltaV™ Simulate, which provides full simulation of the Integrated Control and Safety System.
Emerson products used in the project include Rosemount® pressure and flow transmitters, Fisher® valves with FIELDVUE® Digital Valve Controllers (DVC), and a DeltaV digital automation system. The DeltaV system supplied was required to be marine certified to meet Bureau Veritas requirements. This was the first time that the DeltaV system had been certified to BV standards for such an application.
Emerson believes that this installation is the first major offshore project to be based on the FOUNDATION fieldbus communications protocol. Emerson is a leading company in the development of this technology, which provides many benefits including reduced installation costs and faster configuration. By using FOUNDATION fieldbus and Emerson's PlantWeb® digital architecture, operational costs are also minimized, providing BP Angola with a commercial advantage by using the best available technology to bring oil out at the lowest cost.
A key service provided by Emerson was the synchronization and management of the consistency between the topsides and hull systems. In the early stages of the topsides commissioning, the topsides and hull systems were merged into a single integrated control and safety system for the entire vessel.
During commissioning, Emerson provided the expertise necessary to troubleshoot the hardware and software supplied, and as most of the topsides process equipment and control systems were built in modules, there were several months when these modules were located on the quay side waiting to be lifted and installed on the deck of the FPSO. BP identified that significant testing could be completed on the quay prior to full integration and Emerson provided temporary workstation hardware and software licences to enable parts of the system to be separately energized. This approach saved several months additional commissioning time.
The current contract makes provision for Emerson to provide long-term support for the Block 18 FPSO through to 2016. This includes the provision of hardware and services, spares services and engineering support in order to maintain a high level of performance. BP is currently looking at remote access options and it is likely they will employ the DeltaV Remote Client product to allow operations staff based in the UK to monitor the Block 18 asset.
Kellogg Brown & Root, based in Leatherhead, UK, were responsible for the engineering and procurement for the contract, and in a recent review meeting between BP, Emerson and KBR, it was recorded that, "Overall, the project was considered to be a great success with very good working practices being quickly established. As a team, we were able to manage a number of changes while maintaining all on-site delivery dates."
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About Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management (www.EmersonProcess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Its brands include PlantWeb®, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, Mobrey®, Daniel®, Bristol®, DeltaV™, Ovation®, and AMS™ Suite.
About Emerson
Emerson, based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2006 were $20.1 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.
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August 6, 2007
Operational Excellence Begins Here
In a very real way everyone in a manufacturing business is involved in operational excellence. You may be achieving it, striving for it, or perhaps only impeding it. It is easy to understand operational excellence in the abstract, but what the heck does it mean in terms of day-to-day activities? Where do you start?
Emerson’s Michalle Adkins’ primary business is consulting on manufacturing operational excellence practices. She developed a concise approach to addressing this challenge in an article published in Chemical Engineering magazine’s March issue titled, Operational Excellence Begins Here. In this piece she describes what OpX is, provides a practical step-wise methodology for pursuing it, and shows how implementation of this program can benefit manufacturers. She includes an example table that you can use to categorize and show results possible from a program to make communication or results to management easier. (264KB PDF)
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August 3, 2007
DeltaV Video Case Study: Tipton Gas
The DeltaV Video Case Study, Tipton Gas: Alliance Delivers Results, Safely reviews how unifying devices, control and safety instrumented systems under one local supplier let Arrow Energy meet demanding startup deadlines and reliable continuous operation goals at its Tipton Gas greenfield plant in Dalby, Queensland, Australia. (11:50 minutes)
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August 1, 2007
Press Release: Emerson to digitally automate China's largest integrated refining/petrochemical facility
Company to install its PlantWeb® architecture at $3.5 billion project in Fujian Province
AUSTIN, TEXAS (August 1, 2007) – Emerson Process Management, an Emerson business (NYSE:EMR), today announced that the company has been selected to digitally automate the Fujian Refining and Ethylene Joint Venture Project in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China. It is the largest integrated refining and petrochemicals project ever undertaken in China. Project startup is expected by 2009.
Emerson completed front-end engineering and design in September 2006, and is proceeding with project management, engineering, integration, testing, commissioning and other site services, with work being done out of its Pudong, Shanghai, facility .
In addition, Emerson will serve as the Main Instrument and Controls Contractor (MICC) on the project, and will install its PlantWeb digital plant architecture. The PlantWeb installation will include eight DeltaV™ digital automation systems, AMS™ Device Manager software, safety instrumented system (SIS), fire and gas systems, Rosemount® pressure and temperature transmitters, plus Fisher® digital valve controllers, all utilizing FOUNDATION fieldbus, HART, OPC and Modbus communication technologies, and delivering information to a real-time database.
"Emerson's goal is to design a reliable, advanced instrument and control system to assure safe, stable, and long-term quality operations while maximizing the profitability of the company," said Hongye Hu, MICC manager, Fujian Refinery. "Emerson has proven technologies and a proven track record in China. Emerson's local resources and the support of its global resources help to mitigate and minimize risks for owners."
Emerson's PlantWeb digital automation solution will network intelligent field devices and sensors throughout the facilities, collecting and reporting real-time predictive data about the process and instruments and equipment. Operators and maintenance personnel will use this predictive data to optimize performance and to anticipate issues, and correct them before operations are interrupted or shut down. PlantWeb digital architecture is based on an open systems approach that keeps pace with new technologies, enabling customers to preserve the capital investment in their control system. PlantWeb also makes it possible to lower startup and commissioning costs by reducing wiring costs and streamlining device installation, communications verification, and troubleshooting.
The Fujian Refining and Ethylene Project is a joint venture by Fujian Petrochemical Company Limited (a 50/50 venture between Sinopec and Fujian Province) (50%), ExxonMobil China Petroleum and Petrochemical Company Limited (25%) and Saudi Aramco Sino Company Limited (25%). The project will expand the existing refinery at Quanzhou, Fujian Province, from 80,000 barrels per day to 240,000 barrels per day. The upgraded refinery will primarily refine and process sour Arabian crude.
In addition, new petrochemical facilities will be constructed, including an 800,000 tons-per-year ethylene steam cracker, an 800,000 tons-per-year polyethylene unit, a 400,000 tons-per-year polypropylene unit, and an aromatics complex to produce 700,000 tons per year of paraxylene. A 300,000-tons crude berth and associated utilities will also be built.
Sinopec is China's largest producer and marketer of oil products (wholesale and retail gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel). Sinopec is also China's largest supplier of major petrochemical products (intermediates, synthetic resin, synthetic fiber, synthetic rubber, fertilizer), and China's second largest crude oil producer.
About Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, food and beverage, life sciences and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Emerson brands include PlantWeb®, DeltaV™, Ovation®, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, Mobrey®, Daniel®, Bristol®, and AMS™ Suite.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2006 were $20.1 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.
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