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OF the received eters, one ou argued that NASA's measurements are wrong, {and global warming does nok exist and repeated ‘the usual "denials slinss, The ther group ac cepted the findings ofthe scientific community, ‘and asked serious and interesting questions sich ‘as: why does CO, rise, whan i's eave than ai? Why CO, te cttca greenhouse gas, when there fs much more water vapor in the a? Or, why carta passive CO, sensor operate a night? I answer both group of questions, naturally, win ‘he space mations of tis hort cokumn Before coming to the questions, et me just say ‘few wots about the scale of what wee doing {othe plane, Sti millon years a0 asthe lasttime when the Earth was this warm. At that tine, a meteors impact in the Yucatan wiped fut the dnesaurs and mest other fe forms re ‘ne eats temperature sped 5 °C. Current era ‘lbal warming has reschod 1 °C. What are we cog? The daly per canta 00, cerision of each U.S. eskents 10 kg, To obtain each kin of etry, we emit. kg, and when ving, we release 0.25 kg per me. One of our ‘smal (500 MW) ‘clean coal” powerplant emits 100 ons of CO, per how. Wee just beginning to se he fist consequences (which affect he lmate because tha mass of the atmasphare ‘more than 1,000 timas smal than that ofthe ‘ear, ut wil stop here, an get back to a ‘ering the questions, ose of he dni es. From the deniaist camp Te deniaists questo if global warming so: curring atl nd ft does, they question t's ‘aused by human activ. They conten that ‘here could be other causes ofthe warming, such aan increase nthe amount of getherma at coming fom inside the plane, a decreas in the distance botueon our planet and the sun, or an increase inte sola raaon coming fam the sun, La’ took teach. 1. An inereace in the amount of geothermal tat coming from inside the planet. The ta! seothermal power ofthe Earth varies between $382 and 44 terawalts TW. The amount of beat requied to heat ony the oceans atthe ‘ate a which theyre presently warming 2 ‘quites heating power of 253 TW. Therefore, ifthe total geothermal heats 447, teant| cause 253 TW of heating. 2. The distance betwoon our planot and the sun thas decreased as the Earth travels on its obit ‘around the sun, Firs, according tothe Mlanko- ‘ch yc ects, the pero of eccentric of the Eats ot around the sun (rom cxculrto ‘ra anc back rougty 100,000 years. Sec- nd, the oreiaion ofthe Earth's aes does not ‘ays pi to the North Sar, but yces shy center an eur serra poston every 26000 years. Tid, the angle which Eartisanis tite (tween 22. ad 24.5 ‘egy2es andi response for our seasons, nas cj patio o 4,000 yous. Clay, tno Mt lankovtch yes cant caus a temperature so that’s occuring thousand of tines faster 23. Soar aeation coming from the un is neeas- Ing. Durig te ast 80 years the sun hasbeen Under contmous observation an heat output tas not increased, but tye a 342 Wi IF _anying, ifs decreased sep. Also that was the casa, xg porton would be absorbed dr ing the dy flowed bya smaer parton aright Ye, the parton of energy reflected back nto ‘pace ise same dy anc nigh. Therelore, what. ‘ever is warming the Earth operates cay and igh, ‘whch nes out any hes source functonngonty ring the day. Therefore the oly possible lanaion ofthe torperatre rise fhencreasing ‘concentain af geenhouse gases tra’ causing the Emthto abso mere hest and ada less back utinto space Now othe “good” questions. Thirst is: "Why '5 CO, uprising into the troposphere whan ts heavier han a?" | could answer by saying, “Go fake” Not because | wanted tobe rude, bul eevee omYOKOGAWA Bie ec LU Leesa Rol ee) ees eT Te COAL) Sears Seen Ls AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 3 Marriott Hotel & Convention Center BOO d Deeg ESL oy ce ese ee and 3 day event passes available EER CUCES CMe ees Cmca Ee and profitable operations can be achieved through People, eres Mont Cran cla cd Oprex™ Caen) ac) Canc cag erase cs Ne ace Noonan ce) oley VeLESSONS LEARNED — {o remind the questioner thatthe ite ‘ao near than a and sti es, Act ‘aly the Eartn was stationary then the ‘tmesphere wou, n time, separate nto layers. Radon, the heaviest gas, would be atthe bottom and tho lightest gas (hyo ‘gn would boat the tp. Thankful tis ‘doesn't happen or wed al be breathing, tn radon-—a ton, radioactive gas. Fortunately, our planet weelydo- ‘signed, rotates and the resuting Ficton the Eat’ surface, plus th Corots force and the temperature and pressure ‘ferences move thea andthe resulting wind causes ifusion that sribues the C0, fait evenly through the troposphere ower atmosphere), and it even reaches the mile atmosphere (10-100 km, ‘whee its concentration i sil fy high 100 opm, wile that ela theres neo no water vapor. ‘Water vapors greehouse effect ‘Another question was, "Since water va- ors a geenouse gas, dont changes ints concentation cortibu to global warming?” Unit for unt, water vapor isan abun ‘ant but weak greenhouse gas. CO, ‘causes about aight mas as much warm ‘nga water vapor, methane causes ‘aout 200 times as much, and nts ‘nid about 2,500 times. The Meine (of HOin me atmosphere about two ‘weeks, while CO, remins inthe atmo- sphere fr decades cenluties. As to your question, there are tuo answers to ‘it bocause tho answar is diferent when the planet temperature is satonary and when its warming! Water vopor accounts fr between 36% and 66% ofthe greennouse tiect when te sky lear, and accounts for between 66% and 85% whan i's clout. He planets a a constant tampora- ture, then snl remains appro ‘mately constant. This means the same amour of preigitation occurs overland when the i coos as evaporates over the ‘oceans whan they warm, Tero, this ‘constant humidity water cycle doesnot ontibute to global warming 100) 0 0| Pal to 4 0,46, 0 7 co, 7 9 ‘lr (nico) ABSORPTION VS. WAVELENGTH ‘Figure 1: Co, ts measuted at slighty ovr 2 microns, and while CO, is Mighty absarbing F,0 isl Ut fun, vapors nada! bu weak goenbods ak. CO, case soak sl times 5 much warming as water apt. Howeve, wen an increase green- CO, is measured in the infor range, house gas cancenvaion causes heat waveengh of sgh or 2 me Planet's tomporature tors, the above rons, wher waor vapor intofornce is. ‘serioed evaporation an condensation minimum (Figure D. If NASA's pused, Cycle interrupted. A positive feedback integrated path ferential absorption | loop is created Necause tat warmer ar PDA) Snsor is used, pulses ofboth an now carry more water vapor. So, high-and low absorption wavengts ineressing temperatures increase the are aimed ata hard target. The afer wale vapor in the almosphereresuling ence between te return nals cor in turther warming. ‘lass tothe average amount of CO, in For exampla, ifthe CO, concentra- the column botwoor the detector and the tion rises to 860 ppm from the pre- tage. Thsinsirument can be used both inurl 280 ppm, the waler vapor fs during the day and at right ‘estimated to add another dagre Cat- ‘outer hat NASA recanly ‘us tothe global temperature. Hope- launched Orbiting Carbon Observatory {ullyand eventual, oer processes Works by observing the CO, effect on| wil offset this posve feedback cycle, sunlight. This technique fst fined to {and stabiize the global temperature ata fxd target, bul can make measure. 2 now (higher temperature) equilbvium, ments al ocatons (erent aitudes preventing the complete loss of Earth's etc). The key mation of such passive water, through a Venus-he runaway measurements they can only operat sreenhouse eect in daylight, so one cat measure, or ex Tho lst quoston: Why can tno- amp, espaton a night or ahh at- spheric CO, messuremens oly be done tudes, including the poles, wherein the inthe daytime?” san easy one, wines, there's no sunt at al. 2 verve om= Pea eT ip: When technology and expertise = come together Phoenix Contacts expertise spans a wide range of applications so that you can make power, control, and network connections with absolute confidence. 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Visit Emerson.com|IndustrialDisplays to learn more. & os EMERSON.A history of instrument issues ‘Who has the time o brainpower during project engineering to individually set historian ‘sampling rates and compression for thousands of points? “THE polor sudeny shutdown at 3-48 am. on ‘Saturday, and te crew on shit was befuddled, A had been que end routne up othe unexpected shuldown or rig” (aterm adie rom the vr necuar of eeckical cuit breakers, When the ‘dey superior avd to assist inthe restart, she wast satisfied wth “something got us"—efore ‘elightng he bol, she wanted tobe certain the took case was identi and cessed. Wile the burner management system (BMS) has an annuncitorcapabl of indicating to fist ‘ut alarm among the mart possible ineloks, it hod been eset inthe ensuing chaos, and noone ‘on night sit was trained or could rcal wich ‘arm, any, was fashing to signal the culprit. Neither nas he site equipo wih highsesc= luton sequence-oterens (SOE recorder, wth ‘atypical capabie of sub second rasclution of alarms and events. Sothey began staring at ‘vends leading up tothe i. Flame detectors, fue pressure, steam crum le, anda Tow a pa ‘icipated in the boll intracks por National Fra Protoction Associaton (NFPA) guidlines. Wit alrecorded measurements going othe tripped ‘ale a near te sme instant, was a chelonge {tw ascertain which one—it any—eaused te shut- ‘own, Was ita shutow for cause ora spurious {ep caused by an errant measurement? Process engineers and management can ‘loan much from trends; prior to modern com- pulrized historians, we were puling reams of Paper out of sip chart recorders you've ever ‘lad the nk eserves o an el recor, you Temember how cfeut twas comparing events ‘cross numerous varies, Distal ane recorders have been round fora few cares, 2s wal as microprocessor asad “paper” tecrder, Tokay, poperos recorders ae avaabie wth huncreds of U0, upwards of 20 vital pens, ‘eabyles ol memery, PID conta, and samping ‘ates fastone microsecond. Samp aes may boss impressive or ust the data is coming via digital nk he Modus, Ethernet or wes, 25 most wl be subject to varible tence, and wear co {ne tue umestamp of an event or devon ight ot core wih UO xa ote roca A cautionary corollary ‘Woven int ther impressive capabiiess a cau- tionary coral: the maee paints you monitar andr the faster the samplng/ogaing ae, the ‘uicker that onbcard memary is consumed. A 500 MB SD car night oot ast long weekend if hundreds of points are monitored at sub second intrals, As madera recdats include options for [there rofious or OPC itercomection with host stems, the elevare mang us raght be able ost routine backups tat prevent cata loss. However, tis creates a sorgefarching challenge in the host, doesn i? Host-based historians have been around for de- ‘cados 2s wel, ad thei decades-old herage has lingered into present-day defaults or samping and data compression, a was explored in Cots September 2019 ticle, "When rea-ume data sot ‘that real” Lethe paperessrorde,compro- mises are advised to prevent overisaing histor. ans. Dring deta engineering, ts common for ‘tne eonigration tam io soak a default satng— Jno nase te er branpower at at stage ofa Profct onc set historian samping rates and compression fr thousands of points? What usualy happens: we star up wih global defaults and don otc samping rato issues unt ter we oiscover they to sow. When it comes to discerning cause and eect between highly core- ‘ea varaies, one canbe led aay. One variate might appear to precede ancner ony because no ‘samples were colectd from eter inthe 10 sec- ‘nds between archived datapoints. ‘Wihather we're operating a smal package boler ora ge chemical complex, data agers ‘rom paper recorders to DCS historians deserve ‘thought engineering i ensue mineral cont ‘son and lasso information, Lat’ spend some ‘tine evaluating and optimizing ou sampling rates and storage consumption before our operations hens havea need forthe history. 28 ‘ON THE BUS es JOHN REZABEK Contating ice Let's spend some time evaluating and optimiz~ {ng our sampling rates and storage consump- tion before our opera- tions clients have a need for the history.WITHOUT WIRES a AN VERHAPPEN Senor Poet Manage, Tanvonapenca.ca Energy demand on a device at the center of a wireless mesh network is quite different than that of an edge device. Batteries: unsung heroes of IloT Wireless industrial devices pose unique set of power management challenges ‘ALL ct us ty on atari our day eso power ‘everytig rom our col phones to our tabs tout notebook computes. We may tak hem or granted, but because we eer o the requ nee were “inmost case9 of when they need recharing oa top-up tom a porate power bank. But when if comes to industrial devices, things teri sways qu so easy. Indeed, the polera- ing sensors thal undetethe Indust Intra of ‘Things (oT, presenta kay energy managomont chalengo for sovra reasons, incladinge + Aecess because ofthe psc location of the ‘covica. (One hing a wrelessansmitr can Go ‘so wstalod where & would be challenging to puta wied device) + Notification because al davies oly that thir ower supply is nearing end of, bust soon ‘enough to schedule a replacement? + Process impact and the nee to coordinate ‘operatonsmaienance io potently alae te deve by pultng associated operations into ‘manual while works being done. (Though fora ‘monitor ony point this can be part of th work pernitng process) Prasenty, bata techrobogy has a shat and useful feo appronratly 10 years. AS we kM, tary te, wth Canadian (0°C32°F) ox Cul Coast (30°C/86°F) insaations suffering 10% and 15% ‘eduction, respectively, On the ther hand, cry genie -40°C-40°F) processes and te story (85°C185 °F) counterparts at ely osuter 30% and 60% recuctons, respective. Meanwhile, the impact of signal update ale Con ory ie s negative tas expected) but ran linear. Rea to the once-por-inute update standard, batery Ie decreases 20% to update every 32 seconds, 50% to update every 16 c= fonds, and about 60% to update every & seconds. ‘This means tht, hough increasing your update ‘ate decrease baler life, manuacturers have de signed the systems io help maximize avatabily Energy demand on a device at the centr of a otoless mosh network is que alert than that of an edge device. Mesh network design recommends a minimum of two neighborshree descendants (two neighbors pls gatemay or path reliably. Therefore, assuming a simple case of one nade (center) needing to update at twice the rate ofits neighbor further away from the node means the center nod battery fe wil be 20% loss than tho edge node because its sonding the extra messagos. Ifthe cento sup dating from two other nodes, then ts battery ie wil be 40% les, Demand on the rise All thse factors need fo be considered when thinking about battery if for any instalaion. | ust used wireless networks as an example because i's one of the faser growing industrial demand areas, and therefore one fr wich in Toxmation is avatabe (Of course, once your balers havo srved ‘hair useful ito, thay must be disposed of propery because they contain rare metas Inthe Euro pa Union, Drecine 2006/66/EU on "Bateies ‘and Rocumulators and Waste Batteries and ACCA ‘muletors” controls batteries cantaring mercury, ‘cadrium or ea, anc has been in place fr many years, so they can be recovered and recycle. Since manutacturs sel obaly ther mandatod ‘marking ae ikely on your batteries aswel so they canbe properly reeyled, Increase firs bates has creates ademand for thium as well asa market torecyee these used beteres, so thelr metas can be recovered for reuse, especial the larger bolas used in EV and hybrid vehicles. This trend wal impact instal insaations, oo. (OF course wth al his demand for improved ‘energy storage, research ino allen contigura- tions and males to incease energy dans and batlory if are coming closer to realty, and wil bo transferable to smal form factor appcations, such as hase used for industrial coro, = mvc omIN PROCESS ARC forum tackles process issues head-on 24th annual event rolls on with 875 attendees and 55 sessions on cybersecurity, digital transformation AFTER two dozen conferences and thousancs of tctnical ss ‘sons, ARC Advisory Group (mivareweb com) goirg io be prety adept at proving useful sluons to the biggest challenges Taig the rocess and oer iustres. proved Hs mato yt. again by lags 240 annual ARC Indust Frum, Feb. 2-6, in Orlando witn more nan 200 speakers and 55 sessions in si ‘racks for 875 attendees rom 250 companies and 20 counts. ‘The even was neatlned by two vce presents rom Dow (wma dow.cond, who faced ft in ater ital transtrmation -hondown, detain how the company has been wresting wth the same operation technology (OT versus information techno ‘oy (I) isses and echnical shits impacting eveyone in the process industios and boyond, Bot have worked for Dow fr 33 yours, and witnessed its oko stand, inctudng ts recent mergers and Ge-menpers, and the establisiment of ts Digtal Operations Canter (DCC) in Houston, whieh ses a serum approach io save problems. “V began working witout @ PC and no functions, and ‘saw Dow develop our on process contol syst,” sid Pet Hock, senior VP of operations, manufacturing and enginesring, Envronment, Heath and Safely Operations, Dow. Now, wee ‘changing irom a chemical cernpary that does IT toa cial ‘company tha does material scence, bu this means we have fo ‘wuly support eachother’ pris. We dont ateays kro if Our plsophies are going tal, but we do know that wo cant work inthe same sis We ned o come together Melani Kalmas, corporate VP che information ocean et dlgtl omc, Dow, acd at Dow ide nad to earn ‘more about how is Tanutacring worked, which mean tat she ‘tended Hobck's meetings, and ve versa, "We ined a et of ‘ech fher’s teams, said Kala. "This was imprtat cause the thre ils of cigial transformation are customers, empljees ‘and haw we work. Data can erable ater decisions and salar op ‘eaton, but we depend onthe whole organization to dri innova ‘ions, OT and IT both have deep knowlege and expertise, 50 We Ipgealy ha to xg doun hess ney were, even we Nad outs about doing it Now, weve mandated gal Dow and ‘ae coming tether and workng together. Plus, ence several tes {oned the DOC, othe leaders care onboat, 0" Cybersecurity concentration ‘As usu the forum was prefaced and interspersed wth several ‘bersecuty sessions, modeled by ARC VP Sid Sri. “Digtl transformation aed the nist Inter of Things (oT is usors puting in cheap davicns to ol more data, taking 2cvanlage ofthese echnolosesto do things bets, but ypicall ng cybersecurity ater wards’ said Sik. "Users want he ence co DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION DUO Melanie Kamar, caparat Pcie information ofc and ciety {al fe, Dow, and Poor lk, senor VP of peat, manuae- {uring andengnering, Environ, Health and Safty Operation, ow, detaled ther ampany’s OTT ssues and dial restoration toltion a ARC industry Forum i Ovando. equalent of Phone capable nthe pans, bu tis ao re gies rethinking how o bul cybersecurity progam that res ‘en. The dal arstration challenge fo cybersacurt teas 'sthat business uses wan foo roi, and tradtenacyborsacuty ‘mathods arn't enough. New cybersocuny satis must rach ‘across IT and OT areas, access daa fom more sources, an re- eply tom tne ene and mobile dodices to te coud ae back ator mariage tad’ endpots and tat, dynamic connections” icky Echt, TOT enterprise archtet at BoonMabl add, "Digital ansformation anc cybersecuity cai be in sles because they have kay impacts on each oer, so we need to engineer eyborsecuty into our processes and solutions from the begining leverage third-party colaboration and ouside resources, and go beyond maintaining cybersecuny zones and conduits to ewsingbroat-tased connect and nawork co ‘gn. Fr example, we ave a manufacturing cybersecurity adv sor ateach ste and many enginers learning eybersecuty sil, and theyre working with our Digital Manufacturing Governance Team tat recommends digtaize tots or enancing processes and addressing soley, health and envitonmantal (SHE) issues" Innovations unleased In cther nents a ARC Forums cher sessions, ress confstencas and exhib: ‘Ted Masters, prestent and CED, FekiComm Group Gps? ‘eldcommssoupor) reported ons ates efor, includingIN PROCESS — roggesson Process Automation Device Information Model (PADI, colateaton wth the NAMUR open achtactue, PIM’ demonstration at NAMURYS annual meeting, and c= ‘ressing cig transornation forthe insales base including ART. “Thera big this! fo get data om te plano to the lod, and tat wy PA-DIM was crates said Masters. "Our recent survey of povochorical usors in the Midd East and n- ‘SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM Figure The process contol cts ntl onthe process model and dos not hae a measurement of Tu aaah Based on, 2d Ty the program detemines Now much est needs tobe aces, EAT ADDED ELECTRICALLY | Prey Elaal power o war oatr Input HEAT FLOW —| (ate town) (oe Store wate ampere ne Woe sted water | oesinen ourpur Hear rL.ow ened waar taming at), tnt onto 7 oat ow ate on : ‘arose toa hist a enprtre sear rid oe v0 “ om Sena aac Gone PROCESS MODEL PARAMETERS. Figure2:The model depends ona erica! quantitative understanding of al he variable constant characters ofthe proces, Heat ss arwoneent| Emuenrment eratureINDUSTRIAL CONTROL CHALLENGE Programming approaches “The Click PLC and Raspbesty Pi provide radical tere pro ‘gaming envionmonts. The PLC uses tratonal adder ng, ‘wil the Raspbory Pi lows plethora of programming an- ‘sage possible, thous Python f the outoFthe-boe choice. ‘Gick PLC progamming stare runs ona Windows PC, peo Inga graphical tertace tor creating he ladder log, downoad: ing to the PLC, and monitoring executon. For al the Raspbery Pi programming and operating, we worked wit 3 monitor, key- board and mouse connected fo the contol. ‘Te Glck PLC progiammed usirg adder kee, where eu. ‘exyacton depends on contions. With every scan, theta Processor exalustes inputs acter intemal sat conction, fring whch actions odo. Thus, when onesecond ber ‘completes, the low and nk temperature ar ead. Another con- tact representing the 60 He power ne ining input cocina the zero-whage sach contol. Cick PLCs alow te sng and fl ing edges cl a signal abe used, and are fast enought reccgnize ‘each AC cyl are opratethe zero-oage wich as necded. Raspberry A contollrs aro extra flaxbe, ut Pytion po samming as choses fer sirpicy. Python procedural, execu. ingstalesments in top o-botom ode. When sited, terecutes an trial uncon, an can cal ther funtion response exaal ‘rents. Troo functions provi tha iaizaton, one socond read- ings fn emportureand flow, and tho 60 Hz hater conl ‘Overall impressions Both the Raspberry Plan the Cick PLC can un he program, dive the neater, and maintain aspect cute temperature. But for sity and efactveness the Click PLC was the lat rer fori straightforward programming, consistent behavior and use of der ge that ads eral regions wih asynctno- nous execution. Froma hardware perspective, the PLC nately supports RTD ‘signal contioning and 4-20 mA current lop struments, The ‘onl interface reading externa excultry was the 60 He detection ‘fom the AC power ine ‘The Raspery Pi software, using ts native Python program ring erirrmert, ook us barely a day to wre and debug. But, since Python procedural and this application i inlerupt dive, it creaos a layer of comploxty to avoid ting problors. ‘Also, the Raspberry Pi runs variant ofthe Linux operating j5- term, which must mutitask operations ict the system ”O Iertaces, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and mote. This ads un- catant or exacutng fester, nar ral ime program asks. Fincing al te VO hardware needed forthe Raspbery Pl was 2 chore. The passtnoush breskout board was avaiable inthe ‘maker secon of local computer sor, but an oni see was eae ond te analog module, wich had tobe shipped ‘tom China, Since the analog module ony senses 0-33, sal ‘condoning was required for both the RTD and flowmeter, ‘uiing us o desi a cust PWE, ‘Asa practical mate, the Raspberry, with ts multtask- Ing operating sytem nota od fr tis sort of ea-eree contol It could shina as an operator ilrtaco since tintgratos ‘moniter, keyboard and mouse wth ae system onan SD card, ‘utit needs a great deal of efor to crest industrial nteraces Win beter etertaces and a move robust physieal arrangement ‘man stacking rage Boards, t woud be mare competine ‘A detaed cost analsisis not par of this investigation, but there ae some general obsenators From standpoint of aw rorucl costs, the PLC plato solution clearly cos more than ‘me consumer electronics Inplamentalon, Homes, tctoringin the additanal engneenng efor crest harawaeintrtaces nd _rogramming lator to replicate typical PLC fuctonalty makes the Rasphery Piss attract. In addon, theresa question of how robust each soliton stor indus appicatons. Industria suitability ‘user considering choosing one ofthese apprachis fora seri cous indusial appicalion hast ak, “Which do we wanton ou equipment?" With a PLC theres gonerlly more automaton-spo- cic processing gong on inthe background than is evden when ooking atthe progam. This enanced funcionally woul need to be eartuny added into a Raspberry Fa impleentatio, PLCS include softwaro watchdogs, koapng an eyo on tho rogram to mako suo itis exoeubng asi should. For exam ‘le, poor programming could fed to an endless loop, causing a narmful and potently dangerous out-of-control situation. “Te software walchelog monitors the ducaton ofeach programm sean. fa given scan isnt completed inthe alowable te, the og wl bark, ful the PLC, and putt ino safe state while ‘eting the operator. ‘Theoaicaly, aquvalent intemal montoing capababes cous be added to a Respterry P's programming, but a user Would ‘ave to wie the routnes fom scratch ora existing sotware, ‘The rage of automation patorm options is the greatest it has ‘rer been ane wil continue to gow. This god, but i means users must esearch thocoughly and choose carefully to obtain the best su. ur vestigation found that commercial ava able industrialized products cs! more than systems created from consumer electronics controls, bu mchale igfcant mission spocic hardware and software bones. Do ityouso ‘options can be cost-effective, but requie considerable ateniion to propery integrate hardware an satware, 09 ‘Doug Renee 2 reed tcc enpeeer and cut Sastre wo wort fr Be Lan, ReconOptal ans As. He es 8.5. and MLS. ogee nena ongnerng rm wa Stato Urs, Contact ima esseraisce cig. tam shatters 2 obit QA ant in the fanclseices nssty ttrovgn Acari and Reva, He ts 28S. maths fom reson cote. envcetrysh omASK THE EXPERTS D/P transmitter missteps; Venturi or flow nozzle? Our experts address differential pressure transmitters used for level applications, as well as Venturi vs. flow: nozzle recommendations : | have the following questions concerning 3 cewontioal level detection cifferential pressure (CP) tarsrniter wien setae ave the up per pressure tap, Please se sketch ofthe appl eaton Figure 1. We have used a conventional /P transmitter nat one wih a daphragm seal. The eason for beeping the wansmitiar above the top nazz ta dain any condensate back tothe vsselRank. My questions flow: 1. Can we the put vl transmit above the up- er nazz? 2. Please help me fo derve the equation of LAV ‘and URV tobe set when conventional DP transmit is kept above tne above nazi. Ve soon a majo of eve transmits instalod at tower nazale or below the lower naz for head smeasarerent. So, fr this arrangement, whats ‘he impact on catbeaton ange when the rans miter sisted above the top nazz? 3.15 this arrangement, whicn does not include ‘dapiragm sea, seal pot or purging, allowed per inlemational standards suchas API best practices? ‘PROPOSED D/P LEVEL CONFIGURATION Figute 1: Condensate dain-bock into tank by Focal the lve rans above the tank wena com 4, When there is 10% of auld filed up, how will liquid create head on the transmitter (high pressure sey? 5. How do we ensure that qui head wil be act- ing on the high-pressure egal the time with- fut any vapor pockel wen the actu level inside the tank is 10-15%? {6 How do we ensure that don of vapor wil be ‘he same on impusse tubing (particulary on low pressure ste), so that the chance of measure rant ero wil be minized? JATIN KATRODIYA ntkaroo}a@yat00 com AL: The operating pressure creas serous prob- om t's myexperonco that earthing leas; tho ‘only questions how much, It woud bo very dit ‘ultio een the high-pressure sensing ne led ‘only wan gs. "Yur scheme as shawn wit most het a to work even at startup. the pressure was low ‘enough, | would suggest a purge on both con- nections. That wil equie @ compressed 535. ‘source. I would preter to use remote chemical ‘seals inthis service. -A2: You crtainly havea non-conforming instal ‘ion. Most installations locate the lover leg below the tank, and use daphragm sels on both gs. Unless the “high pressure” (HP eg isa ied tube with daptragm sols on both sides, dont see how the high pressure from Bq eve and ‘vapor pressure can get the evel transmit. I your high pressure lags apag seal and ied with an inet wanset fd, wl appear ‘tho evel tans asthe hoad (pressure) of the transfer ids the hea ofthe iui nthe ‘tank plus the pressure head ofthe vapor space. ‘Theow pressure (LP sda wll see ony the pres sure of the vapor space. When you subtract the HP pressure rom the LP (he acing ofthe trans rites you wil nave the Haid leven the tk ‘Ts column is moderatoa yb Ua (op paiigtaepe com, automation and saely constant onder ofthe ‘engneers Hanctook (axe fou rave an automation elated question ‘anbeaaol com.ASK THE EXPERTS a us the head ofthe HP leg. Since the HP leg 2 constant ‘can be temoved by satng te 2x0 pct othe vel ante. Nom you shouldbe abe to do your math, TSA ie Fetow |: for some eason you dont want to use chemical seas. ‘- purge both connections, but you do want the condensate to ain back nto the tr, you can flow Figure 2 and reverse the output of the ansmter Nataly, you have to correct forthe densty ference betwoon that of te ambient temperature con- deste and the density of qi in the tank ELA LPTAK ‘ptaebazecotcom ALTERATE D/P LEVEL SOLUTION Figure 2: Seat ess DP vel measurement soliton as often apptnd ta bong is, Venturi vs. flow nozzle? Working as an instrument engineer inthe oil and gas in- istry, Ive specified flow measuring device as an otfice molr, but who sizing with maximum beta rato, the esut- ing permanent pressure oss is higher than what the process ‘department allowed as the maximum allowable pressure drop. Hence, i's understood that otice wil nt be sua for this measurement purpose, and "'m considecng some alternatives for tho process conditions and in siz. Asan altornatie to the orfice, in order to meet the process maximum allowable pressure dtop, we decided tn go wih elthr a Venturt or fow rozzie primary olemant. No, I don't now which to chose. Gan you suaest the fac {ors or considerations in which 2 Venturi meter is prefered toa ‘ow naz o vce vrs? Whal are the base considerations that the tobe taken into account for selecting one or the oer, and hin s preferred and wty sor stunt Ergoear ‘uaganstan rete com {AL In general, you want o we Vent measurement whan the range fs small, say less than 100i. H,0, and nazles when you hve a age low range. Mest Ven meters youl calibrate for (0-10 0-25 in, H,0, Pow nozzles work basicaly as restriction fotice (RO), so use he same base recipe, ALEXCALEIANDRO) ARC varpmix@yetna.com £2: The flow nozze is a prelerad choice for stam lw mea- surement. tase gutaTi@yanco.con £83: This sa common questo, so gio you a more dotalod The meter coefficient of typical rice is about 062, while ‘ato a Vento Now nazz amost ore (0.9), There, at tho sam AP and tho samo 8 ratio (damator of restiction ‘divided by the pipe inside dimele, theso meters pass about 40% more flow than an ores, ‘The big dterence between them fs nto cost and pres. ‘sure recovery. The east of he Venturi ihe, say about ‘$6,000 or an 8 in. cation one, whe an Bin. aluminum naz ‘es about $1,200. Ala beta rato of 0.5, a standard Vertu ‘recovers about 85% of serena, while atthe same beta ‘ao, an ASME Now nazz ony recovers about 35% ofS it ‘erential. Consaquenty, because ofthe high pressure recovery of he Venturi ts operating costs are much lower. As res the savings in pumping costs can quickly compensa forthe ina price dierenca ‘Among he two, the Venturi more accurate, about 1% fall seae (FS), whl the flow nozle is about 2% FS, The rargeabi "iy of both is about 41. The stright run requirement of nazzes are longer (10-30 diameters) than Venturi (5-20 dames), but fatthal much, low nozzes are avatablo in a larga range ot ‘et ratio(0.3-0.7 nd as fara instalation gos, Now mazes Should be installed downflow when used on wet was, wet Steam or iquids wth suspended Sold, bul neber meta shod ‘be used on sluies or dty fis. With Vents metas, cavitation canbe a proborn when the domsteam pressure of aud ops below the Rs vapor pressure. Supbies form and cevtton can destioy te thc of ‘he mater The boom te Is: because your process people ara concemed about pressure lss, a Vertu shouldbe used. 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Find mao Grogs ones na printed rowecge ans Catal Tak eg ‘eegwecames comments na ct re sugestons at orrTab@ praca The future is here Greg McMillan unloads five decades of instrumentation and control wisdom on an unsuspecting protege GREG: The dozens of experts knew who led the mary advances i istrumetaton, modeng a contal at major chemical companies such as Monsanto and DuPont, and at automation system suppliers such as Fisher Controls and Faxboro, ate eid. Neary al ofthe remaing experts | know ate lige for senior discounts | especialy miss Greg Shnskey and my coleague Tey Tol- iver, who | consider leaders in PID contol. am noatng th end ofthe ine mys attr 50 years in the process industy starting oun instrament tion and electrical 04 design and constuction, ‘moving ont engineering technology at Monsanto and ten process conto npeovement a its spin- cof Sot, and ending up research and devel lopment at Emerson. | see a huge gap in experse belneen the peak in publications by these experts athe result- ing advances in improving process contol and nowt’ extremely strange that all the books by (reg Shinskey are out f pit bythe publishers. “The mistakon opinion that wo havo mad altho _avancoments in process control tobe mado — expressed by some and implied by the HoT being ‘he toa uta solton has Been damaging ‘The loss of expertise a the management vel has furthered the lck of recognition of opportuni- ‘isin process coil improvement, rsuling in lan emphasis on schedule and budget and mare data, Noting could be futhr fom he tut, just based on what new expertise and associated op- portunities Ive developed inthe past 10 yeas. fm seeing go lar untapped the power of stu ‘mentation that has an order of magnatude etter accuracy, and configurable controler tat have ‘an order of magnitude more funciona, im doing wht canto stop this tend, fm ning feature ates and Contol Tak cobunas capturing the expertise of practioner before they eat scene, ging presentalions at hay conferences, using my ISA books, leasing he ISA Mentor Progarn with Huntor Vgas, and form- ing the ISA 5.9 Standards and Practices (S&P) commie to generate a technical report on PID grt ana Perormance. rm hopig to ake aerence—but time sunning ou ‘The enthusiasm and participation by more than 50 member inthe ISA Mentor Program and orer 30 members in ISA SEP 59 ote ray of hope Tohalp provide some guidance and ativan, | fer the folowing conversation with a proiege Hyou are successful, my caeeris successful Prot: What basic understanding do | need? Greg: Engineers tend to operat in box made of projec me and money obctves. You need oink outsige the box. Copy obs area stop backwards in me. The cheapest instrumentation isnot the best, Th increase in prices ns ‘cant compared tothe increase in maintenance cost and the pony much gor cost of ass in process performance. Understanding the eal ice you pay fs crea. Instrumentation provides the window ito me process. Auloraton provides ‘the means of affecting the process, but is only as ‘90d asthe moasuremons, controls and taf ral contol elements 2, contol valves and vr ‘able requency aves “The worst dturbances are selt-nficted in terms of veabilty caused by deficiencies in in strumentafion and automation, Mos ofthe p= cess disturbances arising rom changes in raw ‘mates and enionmertalcodtions (eg, day ‘oh ate slower and thus easier to handle. The sudden changes caused by instrumentation, iner- locks, sequences, setpoint changes and manual operator actions and the osilations from irtrec- tion and mit ces are most stuptve. Protégé: How can | reduce process varity wih beta numeration? Greg: Repeatability, resolution, rangeabity, ral ability and response time Rs) are mest impor. tant While fsa can bo coectod by upper loops and by calration, youre stuck withthe suren changes caused by scatter fom poor avers omrepealabiiy the steps and fit eycles ‘tom a esoiton imi, ne nis ane rai readings when exceeding range- ity, dematc losses rom fale by reliblty defences, and the dad time ‘tom sow response times. For example, esstance temperature detectors (RTDS) have much better r= eatabity, resolution and rangeabaty ‘han thertnocoupls. rsrument slec- ‘tan and instalation should stil minimize sets, especialy when caused by sian icant et and correction by calration requites removal of the sensor rom the process, Drits an err of magnitude less for RTDs (besides the senstiybe- ing an ord of mage beter), hich Is important because upper tamporture loops require gt contol at igh opora- ing point an catration requres sensor removal and insertion na bath ar cy Dock. Thermowell design a instalation ‘ses relaity ond response time, Magnetic Hamers and especialy ‘ovis meles have much bee repeat- abil, eso, rangeaily and o- ity than dierent head meters and vartex meters The installation costs Ione, and the maainaity and accu racy re much better 2s wal though the ‘irinaton of mpuse lines and piping system requitements for upstream and downstream sagt ergs. High temperature gass elbctroges and ‘Pod instalation practices can eliminate relablty and response time problems in pH maasurements du o aging ane coatings. icing stom cotrel vals wth tir fetion (ULF packing, ia pragm actusiors and a ati of va to ‘sys presse cop greta nan 0.25, provid ine best resolution and range nity. rotary vaves are needed due {to puaging or size, spine connections instod of pinned or keylock connee- ‘Wong actuator shaft to tam and a stem Intcgray cast wth bal o sk reat re- ‘duce backlash that comes ino play with resolution km. Digtal postioers tuned wth high gain (no into action wit ‘volume booster it recessary onthe pes ‘one output witha sighty open bypass wen cats co ‘vale offer the best response time. Never use valves designed for mini- ‘mur feskage as trotting valves, These ales, orignal designed for on-off service, ar attractive rom a standpin of pic and as wal as capa, but have terible resolution. They ton Heo smart positoner trough a sat Teecback hat does atch actus plug, bal or ask postion due to unkages and ‘connection and types of actus and ‘excessive Sea or seal rchon, Use taht hut ves i eres wth throting vale for islaton Its important thal the timing and speed ofthe trotting vave ‘opening and closing be coordinated wih that ofthe fsolation vale to prevent a= mat, fashing and plang ‘Google Corl Tak columns *Metng of minds" and “Mesirg of rminas encore for much me onthe best iamperature and pH measurement {design and instalation practices, plus the importance of these best practices for process performance. Then Goeale the Control feature artic, Hom to specify ‘ales and postoner that dont compro mise performance” for a deta ook at how fo ensure ery aspect of contol CONTROL TALK es ‘are design (eg, actuator, postions, booster, connections, packing) and as- ‘sociated PD tuning anc options (eg, ‘extemaleset eedhack) are opinzes set the mest out of assecated measure ‘ments and autoraton, Protégé: How can | reduce process vr- ably by beter automaton? ‘Greg: A control oop can't stop the et {ect ofa disturbance unlit sees the isturbance and affects the process at ‘the point of proper eortection. This eo respands te total loop dead time. I the total lop dead time were zero, | would be out of jb because tuning ould provide immediate and completo correction (assuming the SRS were nota Fitton, Instrumentation and automa- tio i the target source of dead tne in ‘most oops. The good news this sun {er your contol and you can determine your own at. Minimize the dead tie Created by lags and delays du to poor ‘contol valve designs jus noted, sensor response te, transportation delays ‘dus to sersor and transmitter damping, ‘setings, signal tr tines, and update “-TARBUL THANG GO ON! GIT!” ‘Sea the cine versio of this atl for the Tp 10 “Trbu thangs" ie to tiger 2 “Goan 1” tom a Tacs plant manages, 25 wel as det ns to supating ats,CONTROL TALK a ‘or execution tines of transmitters and ‘contre. Realize that esoluton ints ‘rose a dead time that's the percent tesouton it divided bythe signal per- cent rate of chang, Use feodforward and ratio control and ‘turing of control oops to provide tho best correction for load disturbances that are (on te process inpu. Most stubancos ‘are not onthe process output as sen in mary conto theory textbooks, which means thal correction needs to aie on the process input atthe same time and ‘ze with oppose sign asthe dstur- bance. Feedforward dynamic compen- sation and tuning to rejctcsturbances ‘ae important Miniizeoscilations rom Inieracton and resonance wih other loops and volaton ofthe cascade lop ‘ne thal the secondary lop must be fre ‘unes taster than primary top by tuning ‘and PID optlons, such as externa esat ‘eocback noted inthe Canto Talk blog, Missed oppctunities process con oat 3” Work wth operations and process en sneering to get the best conto strategy ‘and one metrics to achieve process | fobjectnes using paling of controtid and manipulatodvarabos that gives the best compensation of oad disturbances 2 seen in the relate gain aay Use 3 ‘digtl twin or exploration, evelopment, protoyping, testing, traning and con- ‘tinuous improvement ‘You lean the mest om your mistakes, “The gia tn provides great oppor ‘unity for nrg and corecting thom, _geallyenabing innovation, Become best ‘fends withthe operators by cornu ‘aon and support in raning ann tne conto room. Develop and implement ‘online metrics in the cata twin, and ‘corporat them nthe operator inert to ‘how wih a moving average the process tetcleney and capaty forthe shit and ‘month and atch or unit runtime fora paicular product See the Cota este aticle"Vetual pant vtuesiy”’ are the ‘Cool Tak column ‘Simulation eed innovation” for much more onthe oppo ‘unites preserted bythe dat win, lmiate manual and incorec ac ‘ons by operators. Develop procedure ‘automation and state-based cortaln ‘the cg twin, and depoy to automat the special actions needed during startup nd trasons, and to dol with abnor ‘mal operation, including equipment and insrumentationfalures Improve the hutnar- machine nerace (HIM), tae bases alarms and aia managemert, 0 the operator isnt misled and knows exact what neds io be done ant i the automaton system s doing ts ob of reds hp, The HMI and operators must provide details of deficiencies for system improvements. Note that automaton sally helps improve the epeatatity of ‘cerecte actions, enabling a much bot tor diagnosis of probloms and identifica. tion of corrections needed. ‘Automaton offers a very repesatla ‘response (gan, assuming the 5s are nota limitation, transfering vari iy ftom impentan contd variables (eg. process output o manipulated vafables (2g, process input). Thus, ‘manipuiated variables must be inctded 2 inputs for dala analytics and syn ‘tronzation with uncorsroed process ‘outputs done for conbruous processes. Usoa dial twin with fst principle models to help determine wheter cor ‘elatons identi by dala anayties are ‘muy cause-ana-etetreaionstigs. Improve the selection and synctrenza ion of process inputs and outputs by exploration with digital win. Please do nol ust ump data into data analytics ‘and expect mrades. 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