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Posts from...
Monday, October 22, 2007
from the control department...
ACC control
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by jamal on 21 October, 2007 - 6:16 pm
explain of starting control for gas turbine
New Replies:
By CSA on 22 October, 2007 - 5:15 pm -
Jamal, SO *many* questions. If you have a GE packaged Frame 9E heavy-duty gas turbine you have...
By a-w-p-d on 22 October, 2007 - 5:11 pm -
Are you asking about the "ACC group control" or about the GT "Auto Start" or...
from the Automation List department...
WinCC Toggle
Topic: Human-Machine Interface and SCADA.
Originally posted by Khaled Ezzat on 20 October, 2007 - 11:16 am
Want to assign tag to make toggle
New Replies:
By sergey on 22 October, 2007 - 5:15 pm -
For connecting tags use: GetTagDword, SetTagDword functions Ex: int a; ...
from the Instrumentation department...
Current/Power Limitation for Hazardous Areas
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Posted by kaustubh on 22 October, 2007 - 5:14 pm
Current/power limitations for hazardous areas
from the ELECTRICAL department...
Voltage and Power Factor
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by LAGAN on 21 October, 2007 - 5:23 pm
How to control the voltage and power factor when two generators are running in parallel...
New Replies:
By sergey on 22 October, 2007 - 5:12 pm -
http://www.siemens.com/page/1,3771,1132546-0-12_0_0-0,01.html...
from the Automation List department...
Explosion Proof Enclosure
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Originally posted by Anonymous on 21 October, 2007 - 5:08 pm
query regarding the explosion proofing of Junction box...
New Replies:
By Bruce Durdle on 22 October, 2007 - 5:09 pm -
Be aware that the pressure must meet the requirements for "simple apparatus" if it is to...
from the Operations department...
Liquid fuel change over.
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by a-w-p-d on 21 October, 2007 - 5:20 pm
What are the criteria for changing over fuel on line?
New Replies:
By CSA on 22 October, 2007 - 5:09 pm -
We'll presume that the liquid fuel system is "primed and ready for operation." The...
from the engineering department...
Function of Turbine – Compressor set
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Originally posted by H.P on 19 October, 2007 - 3:40 pm
Function of Turbine – Compressor set
New Replies:
By CSA on 22 October, 2007 - 5:06 pm -
While it's not very common on older machines, it is possible to measure the amount of torque being...
from the Instrument department...
How to calculate Repeatability of an Instrument?
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by Anonymous on 21 October, 2007 - 5:04 pm
Calculation of Repeatability
New Replies:
By Curt Wuollet on 22 October, 2007 - 5:06 pm -
Present it with the same input multiple times and observe how consistent the reading is. ...
from the Automation List department...
Wireless connectivity
Topic: Communications systems and equipment.
Originally posted by FN on 18 October, 2007 - 2:29 am
I need help about wireless connectivity
New Replies:
By Roy on 22 October, 2007 - 5:03 pm -
Rob, Radio is fine for line-of-sight but since you already have some cables check out...
from the Automation List department...
Why is it 4-20
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Rafa on 16 October, 2007 - 11:28 pm
Can someone explain the whole 4-20mA thing to me?
New Replies:
By Bruce Durdle on 22 October, 2007 - 5:02 pm -
Foxboro at least put out a 10-50 mA transmitter built around their standard mechanics as for a...
from the Automation List department...
Current transformer in series
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by Sukumar on 20 October, 2007 - 11:14 am
Two CT secondaries, in series.
New Replies:
By Phil Corso, PE on 22 October, 2007 - 4:57 pm -
Responding to Sukumar's 20-Oct query... the short answer is, yes, connecting CT outputs in series...
from the Automation List department...
Scaling Control Values
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by ControlNag on 21 October, 2007 - 6:20 pm
What is meant by Scaling of Control values
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By Roy on 22 October, 2007 - 4:56 pm -
Nag, Scaling is when you change the control system input signal to equal the signal seen by the...
from the Valve control department...
Analog Input to Digital Ouput
Topic: PLCs and related questions.
Originally posted by Eric on 17 October, 2007 - 12:59 am
Controlling a valve using digital outputs
New Replies:
By Bruce Thompson on 22 October, 2007 - 4:48 pm -
I appreciate your dilemma. Many years ago, we had selected digital valves (16-element, pneumatic...
from the new guy in the house department...
dp flow measurement
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by SI on 20 October, 2007 - 7:24 pm
changing the dp range for flow measurement
New Replies:
By Roy on 22 October, 2007 - 4:42 pm -
Hi SI, You may be able to change the transmitter. Recalculate the DP for a higher flow rate then...
from the Automation List department...
Copy and paste to Excel
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Posted by ahmad k.zonouzi on 22 October, 2007 - 4:40 pm
Copy and paste address field of a DB to an Excel file.
from the Engineering department...
DCT System Six replacement
Topic: Human-Machine Interface and SCADA.
Originally posted by doraimon on 2 August, 2005 - 11:15 pm
Other X-terminal brand as a replacement of the NCD's X-terminals?
New Replies:
By Tony on 22 October, 2007 - 4:31 pm -
It's really long ago that you posted your question - but I can assure you that a Linux based PC...
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