Chemingineering – Sense Out of Sensors
– K Sahasranaman, Consultant – Process Engineering and Safety
Sensors have gone far beyond measuring and monitoring basic process parameters. They are playing a crucial in predicting plant health. Sensors are helping to improve the efficiency, reliability, safety and security of chemical plants. In this article, our columnist talks about different sensors and their advantages including on biosensors and soft sensors.
HART, Fieldbus and Smart Transmitters Benefit You
– S. Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant
HART (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer) and Fieldbus are standard instrumentation protocols adapted across the globe for sending and receiving digital information across smart devices, control and monitoring systems. These protocols make for ease of communication between diversive instruments of different makes. The benefits of each protocols are highlighted.
Industrial Autonomy – A Panacea for the Chemical Industry
– Kohinoor Ghosh, Yokogawa India
Latest digital technologies are changing the face of the chemical industry. The transitioning phase is still an ongoing process. The article mentions that the industry is leapfrogging
from automation to autonomous systems which will take plant operations,
plant safety, productivity and efficiency to new paradigms.
Alarm Management – Operator’s Perspective
– Debopam Chaudhuri, Pranay Veer Singh, Venkata Sravan Kumar, Fluor Daniel India Pvt Ltd
Safety is of paramount importance in the chemical industry and process alarms play a key role in safe operation of plants. Alarm management systems are widely used as companies shift to automated operations. In the article, the authors emphasise the importance of
proper configuration and definitions of alarms from the process operator’s perspective.
Specialty Dynamic Restraints
– Sukhjinder Singh Dargan, Mrinmoy Ghosh Choudhury
Piping system vibrations take place due to many reasons. Presented here is the use of dynamic restraints to effectively mitigate piping system vibrations. Four types of frequently used dynamic restraints i.e., Sway Braces, Snubbers, Rigid Struts and Viscous Dampers are covered.
