Since the early days of distributed control systems, much work has been done to improve alarm management and prevent alarms from flooding operators to prevent them from properly diagnosing and correcting abnormal situations. The ANSI/ISA 18.2 alarm management standard...
As renewable energy supplied to electrical grids continues to grow, the need for more scalable options to control these additional sources of energy. In a 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference presentation on the Ovation Compact Controller (OCC), Emerson's Tom Snowdon...
Emerson's Laurence O'Toole and Felipe Londono were joined by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS)'s Michael Glover to present on gas turbine control enhancements at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. MHPS and Emerson formed an alliance in 2008 to provide...
Emerson's Juan Panama and Mark Jordan presented on building the utility of tomorrow, today at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. The focus was on how to start down the path to digital transformation. It begins with a solid business case. For instance, in a...
At the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference, Emerson's Sam Onuska and Greg Lieb provided an update on turbine overspeed protection in Ovation distributed control systems. Sam opened discussing the purpose of turbine overspeed protection. It's required for personnel...
Emerson's Mike Ames and Nick Koonce teamed up to discuss Ovation Lifecycle Planning and the need to think beyond periodic upgrades at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. Nick opened by defining lifecycle planning for the Ovation system: Ovation Lifecycle...
Emerson's James Bare shared how effective process control and tuning improves combustion air management and improves overall emissions control at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. James opened describing different types of boilers and their operation in...
At the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference, Emerson Jason King provided an update on Ovation DCS solutions for cooling towers. Jason opened explaining that $450,000 USD can be saved using automated cooling tower monitoring and optimization solutions. Several...
Some key ways simulation technology is used by manufacturers and producers for training, optimizing operating procedures and engineering to evaluate ways to improve overall performance. In a 2019 Ovation Users' Group Conference presentation, Ovation Digital Twin...
At the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference, Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee provided an update on the cyber threats facing manufacturers and producers. Emerson and Dragos yesterday announced an agreement, Emerson Selects Dragos to Collaborate on Cybersecurity Protection for...
At the 2019 Ovation Users' Group Conference, a U.S. power producer shared their story about shrinking down to a 17-minute purge on their combustion turbine (CT) startup. A heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) purge removes combustible levels of fuel mixtures prior to...
Emerson's Mircea Lupu shared his thoughts on Ovation system algorithms for handling processes with long lag times—a control challenge that vexes many. Mircea opened noting that control algorithms are at the heart of any control system to provide stable and accurate...
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