Basic process control systems—also known as Level 2 in the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture (PERA)—has formed the basis for successful process manufacturing for decades. During that time, ...

Meet the Author. Harold L. Wade Harold L. Wade, Ph.D., PE, is President of Wade Associates, Inc., a company he founded nearly 34 years ago.. Dr. Wade possesses more than 50 years of experience ...

ISA published Process Control Basics by George Buckbee, a process control veteran with over 25 years of practical industry experience. In this Q&A feature, ... He has also written dozens of articles ...

In the late 1980s, when Duran was working on one of his first process control systems, “process automation was not providing the functionality to do safety at that time,” he says. ... Safety standards ...

So, he said, facilities have a basic process control system and a second system that will monitor the same pressure levels at the BPCS but at some given point, the SIS will decide to use the shut down ...

The SPCfWin system offers an uncomplicated and economical way to ensure that all legal requirements are met, such as the EU’s regulation 2200/178 on traceability, as well as standards and supply ...

PLC evaluation board applications for industrial process-controlsystems are diverse, ranging from simple traffic control to complexelectrical power grids, from environmental control systems ...

PlantPAx process control system expansion includes integration of ICS Triplex SIL 3 fault-tolerant technology. For manufacturers looking to better integrate process control and process safety ...