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Process Control
from the Automation List department...
Plugged Up Coriolis Flow Meter
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by FT on 9 November, 2009 - 10:40 pm
Coriolis Flow Meter plugs up after few minutes of operation.
New Replies:
Hello FT may be You need to be filter in front of the meters or strainers or upgrade the size of...
from the Forum department...
WEST Controler - Input span
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by John D on 7 November, 2009 - 3:29 pm
What is input span?
New Replies:
Thank you very much for your help. Much appreciated. John D....
Depending on context, input span is either - the range of input, from lower to upper - the top...
It wants to know what the span of the device you are connecting e.g. Pressure transmitter 50 -...
from the Forum department...
PID Simulator
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Posted by oyko on 9 November, 2009 - 8:15 am
I need to tune the process of control valve.
from the Forum department...
Auto Tuning
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Posted by xxxx on 9 November, 2009 - 4:34 am
Auto tuning in ABB 800XA system
from the OIU department...
Bailey net90 OIU troubles
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by George on 6 November, 2009 - 12:24 pm
Two OIU's crashed at our facility and no matter what parts I throw at them, they won't come back.
New Replies:
Wow!! surprised that some old OIU's are still out there doing their jobs... I agree, check the...
Oh memories, memories, the first Bailey OIU and the best HMI they ever made.. Diagnostics, chunky...
from the Automation List department...
Drum level swelling control at plant start up phase
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Joeliu on 2 June, 2007 - 12:09 am
Drum level swelling control problem solved, but we don't know why our solution worked...
New Replies:
...and you can trip the boiler due to low-low level! There are some important things to be taken...
from the electrical and instrumentation department...
Selecting a control valve
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by rajiv on 6 November, 2009 - 11:04 pm
How to select a control valve?

New Replies:
valve specifications are as below at normal flow 1. inlet pressure - 700psig fluid - ...
We need more information. What are you trying to control, flow, level, pressure? What is the...
from the Automation List department...
Control valve positioner
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Hemanth on 8 March, 2007 - 10:56 pm
I would like to know the operation of positioner.
New Replies:
Mr.Hopkins, I would like to answer your questions. First of all, when it comes to the issue of...
from the Operation department...
Speedtronics partial load
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
Originally posted by Peter Wale on 6 November, 2009 - 3:24 am
Need explanation of Speedtronics partial load control
New Replies:
By definition, Base Load is full load. Anything less (preselected load, manual setting) is partial...
from the Oil & Gas department...
DEHN Surge arrestor Selection
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Posted by Cseabu on 6 November, 2009 - 12:31 pm
DEHN Blitzductor CT ex(i) or DEHNconnect RK (i) Surge arrestor Selection in Ex(i) loop
from the Forum department...
Forced Coils in Quantum using Proworx
Topic: PLCs and related questions.
Posted by mavh on 6 November, 2009 - 10:59 am
Problem with forced coils in Quantum Proworx
from the Automation List department...
barg and bara
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Anonymous on 16 November, 2006 - 11:45 pm
I want to know the difference between barg and bara.
New Replies:
Or you can use the standard value of atmospheric pressure - 1.01325 barA. But if you are...
For getting the approximate value while converting bar g to bar a then bar a = bar g + 1.02. That...
from the Forum department...
looking for a vibration monitor
Topic: Sensor technologies.
Originally posted by symphony on 25 October, 2009 - 11:52 pm
looking for vibration monitor
New Replies:
Can anyone tell me the vendors/distributors of Solar Turbine or Bentley Nevada....
from the Operation department...
Preselected Load in Generator
Topic: Power generation equipment control.
Originally posted by Walter on 4 November, 2009 - 6:12 am
Operating the Turbine Generator on Preselected Load
New Replies:
Preselected Load Control is really just a lazy man's way of not having to...
Thanks for responding this post. The question is about the behavior of the generator against big...
What causes the distrubances? Frequency excursions? Fuel supply disruptions? Dirty oil? ...
from the Forum department...
Modbus and HART protocol connection
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Originally posted by Alex on 18 December, 2008 - 12:41 pm
Modbus and HART protocol connection
New Replies:
Pl visit www.renuelectronics.com. You can see the product required. The model is Gwy-800....
from the Damper Control department...
Waste Heat Recovery Units on Turbine Exhaust
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Sanjeev vijayan on 4 November, 2009 - 9:20 am
Most reliable way for control of Waste Heat Recovery units on Gas Turbine Outlet
New Replies:
Trying to control gas turbine exhaust heat input to a waste heat recovery boiler with dampers is...
from the Instrument&Automation department...
Comparison FF HSE/H1 and Profibus DP/PA/ Profinet
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Ing. Fabrizio Di Paolo on 30 October, 2009 - 10:40 am
Need for an help to choose the best fieldbus in a Generating Power Plant
New Replies:
Both Foundation Fieldbus and PROFIBUS have been used successfully to do close loop control. One of...
The comments made by Powell and Steinhoff are very true for modern versions of Profibus and...
Dear Fabrizio, For comparing FF and PROFIBUS, there is a good white paper on...
Thank you all for the answers, but I have a new issue: I know that FF premise to substitute easily...
> Dear Mr. Vahid: While Profibus DP and Profinet are excellent fieldbus technologies, they have...
Dear Mr. Vahid: While Profibus DP and Profinet are excellent fieldbus technologies, they have not...
from the Forum department...
Fire & Gas detection systems
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Bart Schaminee on 31 October, 2009 - 11:09 am
Fire & Gas detection and alarming systems in Chemical Plants.
New Replies:
Please check one of them here: www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/october_09/Gas_sensors.htm...
Hi one of the famous gas detection manufacturer is MSA , below is the link: ...
from the Spurious diagnostic alarms department...
Spurious MKV Diagnostic alarms
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Posted by Brian on 2 November, 2009 - 9:29 pm
Spurious diagnostic alarms from MKV panel
from the Manual needed department...
Microcor III controller manual
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by John Wert on 18 May, 2005 - 7:44 pm
Trying to use a Microcor III PR controller made by Coreci. Age unknown. The controller works in manual mode, but I am unable to decipher tuning and programming codes without a manual. Any help locating a manual for this controller would be greatly appreciated.
New Replies:
By Selene at Gefran USA on 2 November, 2009 - 2:43 pm -
Hi, User's manuals and datasheets for obsolete Gefran products are available online at...
from the Forum department...
DC Drive tuning
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by Edwin on 2 November, 2009 - 12:41 am
need to scale down the voltage in to 0 - 9 for running the motor in safe side
New Replies:
The normal method of doing this is to use a signal conditioner module with a DC input and a DC...
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Gooi on 23 September, 2008 - 1:51 am
Can we use a DP transmitter to measure the water level in a vacuum tank? If not, what is the solution for it?
New Replies:
Is this something that just started to occur? Are you the original poster? Is the probe in a...
from the Design department...
Pressure Regulator
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Santosh on 2 November, 2009 - 4:35 am
Cv rating of pressure regulators
New Replies:
Most of the regulators I buy are rated in Volume units, gallons per Minute, CFM or the metric...
Hello The Cv is the flow coefficient of the pressure regulator or the control valve and it is...
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Onyxgaze on 31 October, 2009 - 7:54 am
Correct position for flow measurement?
New Replies:
You want to put the measurement device as far away from sources of perturbation of the flow as...
It's more common to see the flow element upstream of the valve but provided there is sufficient...
from the E&C department...
PLC for steam boilers
Topic: PLCs and related questions.
Originally posted by PK Kochi on 24 October, 2009 - 12:13 am
Standards for Safety PLC in Steam Boilers
New Replies:
I'm really surprised that there aren't some widely accepted standard for burner management system...
from the Automations department...
Abb 800xa Communication problem
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by asd on 7 October, 2009 - 1:47 pm
abb 800xA Communication problems
New Replies:
Hi, i Have gone thr such a situation more than 10 times. but your problem is not clear to me. u...
 
 
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