Implementing a new distributed control system is one of the biggest and most complicated projects in a process control engineer’s career. Doing one successfully requires everything from a well-defined ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is based on a technical paper recently presented at POWER-GEN International 2017 in Orlando, Florida. A microgrid can be defined as a group of interconnected loads ...

Over the past decade, the functionality of different control systems has been merging. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) now have capabilities once found only in distributed control systems (DCSs) ...

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 ...

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) improved ethylene crackers operations, increased desirable olefin product yields, and reduced fuel consumption by implementing DCS-resident advanced control ...

In the years since the last super cycle ended, many mining companies have turned their focus to operational efficiency. It’s the logical approach: maximize recoveries from existing mines now, and ...

“The same system used on a skid can be integrated to control the entire plant.” Jim Winter of Rockwell Automation explained why the company’s PlantPAx DCS offers unprecedented scalability for process ...

The average U.S. hydroelectric plant has been operating for 64 years. Such a lengthy service record shows the plants have staying power. But it also invites questions about aging hydro control systems ...

The TPS62085 is a 3 A high frequency synchronous step down converter with DCS control and hiccup short circuit protection intended for small solution size and high efficiency. With an input voltage ...