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ISA publishes Control Systems Engineer Technical Reference Handbook

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The Handbook is a technical reference guide for the control systems professional, as well as a study aid for the Control Systems Engineering (CSE) Professional Engineer (PE) Exam.

Power generation company gets to grips with process safety

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HazardEx, December 2011
By Martin Sedgwick, Scottish Power
Energy company Scottish Power set out to learn from others about asset integrity, process safety management and key performance indicators, so it looked to the chemical and major hazard industries for good practice.

SIS replacement project at refinery

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Control Engineering Europe, January 2012
Petroplus is replacing SIS equipment that protects the Naphtha Hydrotreating and Continuous Catalytic Reformer processing units. The SIS is to be implemented using two HIMA HiQuad H51q-HS Programmable Electronic Systems.

How China is Stealing Our Secrets

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PD&D, January 2012
By Michael P. Collins
U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism.

Top 5 Automation & Control Trends to Watch in 2012

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Design News, January 2012
By Rob Spiegel
What we'll see through the deployment of new technology is higher productivity, greater throughput, and safer plants. These developments in technology are beginning to draw young engineers.

Simplifying Plant Safety Instrumentation

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Automation.com, December 2011
By United Electric Controls
For point safety applications, a properly designed and implemented digital switch with self-diagnostics can be an important part of the solution.

Improving Safety in Oil and Gas Production

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Automation.com, December 2011
By United Electric Controls
This white paper examines the changing oil and gas production safety environment, explores solutions, and outlines the advantagesthat can result.

Metso achieves ISO 15848-1 BH approval for Finetrol control valve

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The approval certificate covers the full 1” to 10” size range and ASME #150 and #300 pressure classes.

Advantech announces UNO-1100H Embedded Automation Computers

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UNO-1140FH, UNO-1150GH, UNO-1150GHE, and UNO-1172AH received Class I, Division 2 (Group A, B, C, D) certification expanding their uses to hazardous locations.

Level instrumentation works in Nuclear Decommissioning

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Vega level sensors are being used in the decommissioning of the Dounreay nuclear plant in north Scotland.