Processing, April 2018
CONTENTS COVER SERIES Oil Gas 12 APRIL 2018 VOL 31 NO 04 16 PLC modernization By Luis Gamboa Rockwell Automation Control system upgrades in a crude oil re nery improve security and reduce downtime from hours to minutes 22 Gas processing data analysis from afar By Andy Young Pioneer Energy Advanced analytics and data collection system help an energy company monitor and evaluate gas processing equipment at remote well sites LinkedIn www ProcessingMagazine com 2 Processing APRIL 2018 12 48 26 Improve reliability decrease alarm count in re nery level measurements By Bill Sholette Endress Hauser Chris Fournet Vector Controls Automation Group The importance of gas phase compensation and its affect on the level readings of guided wave radar devices is critical to maintain stable and safe production Facebook facebook com ProcessingMagazine Twitter @ ProcessingMag linkedin com groups 4050058 38 44 FEATURES A guide to selecting con guring portable mixers By Tom ODonnell Neptune Chemical Pump Company Pumps may grab the headlines in industrial applications but mixers are the leading technology for many critical mixing and blending tasks provided they are con gured and utilized properly Designing PD pumps for modern food safety guidelines By Jeff Sporer SPX FLOW Inc Pump manufacturers are increasing the cleanability of proven pump designs 48 Commissioning processing facilities By Amin Almasi How to plan for the dif culties and challenges of bringing a plant into routine operation 138 26 Redundant valve manifolds help HIPPS achieve SIL 3 By Abby Sanchez IMI Norgren Oil and gas producers can meet IEC standards and keep their plants employees and communities safe with this design 30 Q A The recovery of EPC rms With Paul Donnelly AspenTech A concurrent process engineering approach shortens cycle times and allows for easier incorporation of project revisions 56 Crunching data to increase safety reliability By Dean Whitford Cybertech Automation Inc Using big data analytics on process control and safety instrumented system con guration and databases
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