Over the past few decades, various control disciplines like process, batch, motion and discrete control have been consolidated into a single, common automation architecture. This integration has ...

Though the presumption is that physical separation is needed between control and safety systems to avoid common cause failures, “effective” separation may be enough with proper analysis and the right ...

Valmet has released Valmet FlexBatch 8, the latest version of its advanced batch automation and recipe management software.

Over the past decade, power plant control systems have evolved from DCS-centered platforms with proprietary software, to open systems using industry standard hardware and software, and then to totally ...

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 ...

PJSC Gazprom Neft is implementing an integrated automated process control system (APCS) at its 430,000-b/d Omsk refinery in Western Siberia. PJSC Gazprom Neft is implementing an integrated automated ...