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 ...

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 ...

Process and electrical operators have traditionally accessed their data through two separate systems, making timely and proactive decision-making difficult. A new offering from Rockwell Automation ...

Comprehensive modernization of process control systems at gas storage facilities can increase gas-transfer flexibility and shorten response times, even with existing field equipment. Wingas undertook ...

Which subjects should be included in the curriculum of an undergraduate process control course, and which should not?