Process analyzers measure the concentration of specific substances for the purpose of measuring and/or…
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Any physical location in an industrial facility harboring the potential of explosion due to the presence of…
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A Safety Instrumented Function, or SIF, is one or more components designed to execute a specific…
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A number of different sensors used in instrumentation generate DC voltage signals proportional to the process…
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Capacitors store energy in electric fields, proportional to the square of voltage. Inductors store energy in…
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Since we often use electricity to convey energy from one location to another, it is important to be able to…
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Any physical location in an industrial facility harboring the potential of explosion due to the presence of…
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An variable-area flowmeter is one where the fluid must pass through a restriction whose area increases with…
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Labwork is an essential part of any science-based curriculum. Here, much improvement may be made over the…
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The final element of PID control is the “D” term, which stands for derivative. This is a calculus…
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A wise PLC programmer once told me that the first thing any aspiring programmer should learn about the PLC…
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Suppose we wished to measure the rate of propane gas flow through a hose to a torch: Flowmeters appropriate…
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When control valves operate between fully open and fully shut, they serve much the same purpose in process…
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A variety of problem-solving techniques have been presented for students over the years which are all helpful…
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“Feedforward” is a rather under-used control strategy capable of managing a great many types of…
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Weight-based level instruments sense process level in a vessel by directly measuring the weight of the vessel.…
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While 50 and 51 (instantaneous and time overcurrent) relay functions monitor line current magnitude and guard…
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Hydrogen ion activity in aqueous (water-solvent) solutions is a very important parameter for a wide variety of…
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There are multiple motives for compromising the security of an industrial control system, some of which…
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At the root of successful system diagnosis is a rigorous adherence to scientific reasoning. There exists no…
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Learning PLC programming is a very important skill. If your job involves programming, then you will likely…
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