A specialty chemical company provides UPR (Unsaturated Polyester Resin) in several plants across the country. Each plant has a different DCS/PLC platform and is predominately manually operated. Expansion by building a new reactor is capital intensive, so a master control ...
Year: 2002
This paper discusses the implementation of a Real-Time system on the steam and power generation side of a major heavy oil extraction facility located in Northeastern Alberta, Canada. The tool consists of the PI System and an online Process Optimizer which ...
Year: 2002
PacifiCorp and CHK will discuss their implementation of the PI System for their substations in conjunction with low-cost, high performance devices that provide real-time load monitoring integrated into the PI System. The presentation will be supplemented with a live demonstration of ...
Year: 2003
Despite frequent warnings about the poor security in the IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi) standard, more private networks are broadcasting than ever. There are good reasons for this. In this talk we will cover a survey of the uses, security concerns and ...
Year: 2003
OSIsoft and Industrial Evolution have worked together to deploy a full PI System on a mini-PC for remote data collection. A mini-PC - the size of a few CD's - loaded with PI and Windows 2000 collects real-time data directly ...
Year: 2003