AutoQuiz: What Process Confirms That a Company Meets the Needs of Customers and Complies With Statutory and Regulatory Requirements?
AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager. This automation industry quiz question comes from the ISA Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) program. Certified Control System Technicians calibrate, document, troubleshoot, and...
Alarm Management and DCS versus PLC/SCADA Systems
The following technical discussion is part of an occasional series showcasing the ISA Mentor Program, authored by Greg McMillan, industry consultant, author of numerous process control books, 2010 ISA Life Achievement Award recipient and retired Senior...
How to Reduce Control Valve Noise
This post was authored by Hans D. Baumann, Ph.D., PE, author of Fluid Mechanics of Control Valves: How Valves Control Your Process and a world-renowned expert on control valve technology. To read a brief author Q&A plus download a free, 42-page excerpt from the...
AutoQuiz: What is “Slip” in an AC Induction Motor?
AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager. This automation industry quiz question comes from the ISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP) certification program. ISA CAP certification provides a non-biased, third-party, objective...
The Role of Standards and Regulations in a Pipeline Leak Detection Plan
This guest blog post is part of a series written by Edward J. Farmer, PE, ISA Fellow and author of the ISA book Detecting Leaks in Pipelines. To download a free excerpt from Detecting Leaks in Pipelines, click here. If you would like more information on how to...
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An Optimal Fuzzy Logic Controller for Urban Traffic Networks [technical]
This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to ISA members, or can be purchased from Elsevier Press. Abstract: Urban traffic network model is illustrated by state-charts and object-diagram. However, they have...
AutoQuiz: What Factors Affect the Reynolds Number for a Flowing Fluid?
AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager. This automation industry quiz question comes from the ISA Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) program. Certified Control System Technicians calibrate, document, troubleshoot, and...
How to Use Passive Loopback Process Simulation for Factory Software Deployment
This post was authored by Michael Whitt, manager of integrated control systems at Mesa Associates, Inc., and author of the ISA book, Successful Instrumentation and Control Systems Design. One challenge faced by control systems integrators is the prospect of testing...
Why Are Process Automation Projects so Difficult to Manage?
This post was authored by Lee Swindler, program manager with MAVERICK Technologies, a Rockwell Automation company. Reflecting on my long career as a project manager, I have come to realize process automation projects have unique challenges, which make them more...
AutoQuiz: Identify Three Levels Within the Manufacturing Computer Systems Hierarchy
AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager. This automation industry quiz question comes from the ISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP) certification program. ISA CAP certification provides a non-biased, third-party, objective...
Edge Analytics Can Help When Cloud Computing and Big Data Fall Short
This post was authored by Andrew Hopkins, managing director of Accenture Mobility, and Brian Irwin, head of Accenture’s Industrial Group in North America. Traditional industrial analytics brings gains in operating efficiency, machine uptime, and risk and hazard...
How Virtual Reality Makes Industrial Training More Immersive and Meaningful
This post was authored by Peter Richmond, portfolio director for XR and 3D visualization with AVEVA. Peter has extensive experience in the chemical as well as oil & gas industries. Immersive technology advancements extend far beyond commercial and consumer use...
AutoQuiz: What Are the Limitations of an Analog Multimeter?
AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager. This automation industry quiz question comes from the ISA Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) program. Certified Control System Technicians calibrate, document, troubleshoot, and...
How to Design and Configure Secure Industrial Networks
This post was authored by Richard Wood is product marketing division manager for Moxa. In today's connected world, securing industrial control systems (ICSs) is more important than ever. Industrial control system cybersecurity standards like NERC CIP, ISA-99...
Webinar Recording: Advanced Calibration Techniques Based on Loop Testing
This ISA webinar on advanced calibration techniques was presented Ned Espy and Roy Tomalino of Beamex. While not a new concept, there are advanced calibration techniques based on loop testing. In some cases, it is best practice to perform individual instrument...
AutoQuiz: How Are the Maintainability and Maintenance of Automation Systems Related?
AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager. This automation industry quiz question comes from the ISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP) certification program. ISA CAP certification provides a non-biased, third-party, objective...
How to Manage Control Valve Response Issues in the Field
The following technical discussion is part of an occasional series showcasing the ISA Mentor Program, authored by Greg McMillan, industry consultant, author of numerous process control books, 2010 ISA Life Achievement Award recipient and retired Senior Fellow from...
How to Prevent Impulse Line Blockages Due to Temperature Variability
This post was authored by Asad Shaikh, an instrumentation and control engineer with Worley. In the glass manufacturing industry, raw materials are heated to high temperatures until they turn into liquid. At this stage the molten glass is still very viscous, but can be...
AutoQuiz: How to Use the Parity System to Detect Data Transmission Errors
AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager. This automation industry quiz question comes from the ISA Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) program. Certified Control System Technicians calibrate, document, troubleshoot, and...
My Journey on a ‘Yellow Brick’ Path to Becoming an ISA Fellow
This guest blog post is part of a series written by Edward J. Farmer, PE, ISA Fellow and author of the ISA book Detecting Leaks in Pipelines. To download a free excerpt from Detecting Leaks in Pipelines, click here. If you would like more information on how to...
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Embedded Intelligent Adaptive PID Controller for an Electromechanical System [technical]
This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to ISA members, or can be purchased from Elsevier Press. Abstract: In this study, an intelligent adaptive controller approach using the interval type-2 fuzzy neural...
AutoQuiz: What Electrical Event Can Occur With a 24 VDC Open-Collector Output Sinking Configuration?
AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager. This automation industry quiz question comes from the ISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP) certification program. ISA CAP certification provides a non-biased, third-party, objective...
How Visual Data Analytics Software Improves Natural Gas Well Site Efficiency and Reliability
This post was authored by Andy Young, a research reactor controls engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Previously he was the director of operations at Pioneer Energy. Pioneer Energy in Lakewood, Colo., is a service provider and original equipment...
Primer: Essential Guide to Industrial Wireless Network Configuration and Layout Options
This post was authored by Shuji Yamamoto, wireless promotion manager in Yokogawa’s New Field Development Center One of the first steps when creating a new wireless instrumentation network using ISA100 Wireless, or any other industrial wireless network, is a site...
AutoQuiz: What Device Is Used to Convert an Analog Signal From a Transmitter to the Signal Required by a Digital Controller?
AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager. This automation industry quiz question comes from the ISA Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) program. Certified Control System Technicians calibrate, document, troubleshoot, and...
The Ball Is in Your Court Now
This post is authored by Paul Gruhn, president of ISA 2019. I have used this blog every month to inform you of the various resources and activities going on within the society that are available to benefit you and your employer. Our standards, books, journals,...
Will Blockchain Technology Disrupt the Industrial Control System World?
This post was authored by Steve Mustard, an industrial control system and cybersecurity consultant, and author of the ISA book Mission Critical Operations Primer, and Mark Davison, is a software engineer with more than 30 years of experience. Currently he is an...
AutoQuiz: What Process Confirms That a Company Meets the Needs of Customers and Complies With Statutory and Regulatory Requirements?
Alarm Management and DCS versus PLC/SCADA Systems
How to Reduce Control Valve Noise
AutoQuiz: What is “Slip” in an AC Induction Motor?
The Role of Standards and Regulations in a Pipeline Leak Detection Plan
An Optimal Fuzzy Logic Controller for Urban Traffic Networks [technical]
AutoQuiz: What Factors Affect the Reynolds Number for a Flowing Fluid?
How to Use Passive Loopback Process Simulation for Factory Software Deployment
Why Are Process Automation Projects so Difficult to Manage?
AutoQuiz: Identify Three Levels Within the Manufacturing Computer Systems Hierarchy