High-tech instrumentation and state-of-the-art modeling tools are helping power plant operators achieve best-in-class performance, meet pollution targets, and better predict failures. Calibration ...

This subsection will discuss compressed air requirements for pneumatic instruments and control purposes. Instrument air is compressed air used to operate pneumatic controllers, pressure transmitters, ...

Review Plan is currently in progress to fully adapt it and the associated regulatory guides, branch technical positions, and USNRC endorsements of industry standards to digital I&C systems. Note that ...

This 5-day course provides an overview of electrical power generation and distribution, process and safety systems instrumentation, and control strategies and configurations. The focus is on ...

20 November 2008 – Siemens Energy has, under contract to Vattenfall, supplied an SPPA-T3000 instrumentation & control (I&C) system for the Schwarze Pumpe pilot carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant.

The power generation industry is constantly evolving, with advanced technologies becoming more ubiquitous in power plants. Along with this evolution, instrumentation and control equipment continues to ...

What is a control system? A control system is a set of mechanical or electronic devices that regulates other devices or systems by way of control loops. Typically, control systems are computerized.

When you design a measurement system, you choose the appropriate hardware and incorporate it into the test program. You have several hardware choices: traditional test instruments, data-acquisition ...

From time to time, you probably wonder how you will communicate with your test and measurement equipment in the future. Will you be able to connect to your GPIB instrument? Will LXI replace GPIB? Will ...

Increasing plant output is far cheaper and less controversial than constructing new nuclear power plants (NPPs) and is therefore an area of continued interest and work. This publication addresses the ...

The Zacks Instruments – Control industry is well-positioned to benefit from a diligent focus on energy-efficient production processes and integrated software systems. The rising demand for ...