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Information Systems

Foundation fieldbus helps meet regulatory and profitability challenges

Fieldbus Foundation: Glanzer, D. A.

The technology simplifies field-level communications and provides new functionality

Getting started with fieldbus – a primer

Honeywell Industrial Automation and Control: Wheatman, S.

Use these guidelines to set up an experimental Foundation fieldbus system

Intrinsically-safe fieldbus provides chemical plant savings

Wacker-Chemie: Krummen, H.

Similar conventional and fieldbus installations are compared

Lube oil blending plant revamps with fieldbus

Deutsche Shell AG: Jacobs, P.

The technology provided 3% capital savings, as well as ongoing engineering and maintenance benefits

PROFIBUS International – a strong community

PROFIBUS International: Volz, M.

This fieldbus organization provides many services and benefits

Fieldbus improves petrochemical plant operation - Fig 2

Smar Equipmentos Industriais: Castilho, L.
Deten Chemicals S. A.: Cruz, O.
Smar International Co.: Evans, D.

Fig. 2. System management is carried out over a network with ..

Expert systems aid plant operations managers

INOVx Solutions: Ayral, T.
Key Control Inc.: Glidewell, M. C.  |  Stahl, D. E.

Actual plant examples show how this technology can solve problems and improve operations

Real-time optimization: an ''alternative approach''

MDC Technology, Ltd.: Dormer, A.  |  Raynor, S.

Performing functions simultaneously can improve performance

Applying neural networks

Aspen Technology Inc.: Guiver, J.  |  Neelakantan, R.

Use these practical guidelines for successful applications

LP integrates economics into dynamic matrix control

Chevron Research & Technology Co.: Cutler, C. R.  |  Sorensen, R. C.

This popular algorithm becomes cost conscious