Industrial automation and control guides

Automation and Control Books / Guides

This section covers guides related to automation and control systems as well as information technologies that will help you to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services.

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Industrial automation – engineering pocket guide

Plant design (process plant design, powerplant design, etc.) refers to the automation technologies, work practices and business rules supporting the design and engineering of process and power plants. Such plants can be built for chemical, petroleum, utility, shipbuilding, and other… Read more

Sep 14, 2013

Industrial Automation - Engineering Pocket Guide

SCADA systems in wastewater treatment plants

To the uninitiated, SCADA may seem like just another chunk of consonants and vowels floating around in the alphabet soup of today’s culture. But a SCADA system is, in reality, an extremely important application of computer technology that has created… Read more

Aug 18, 2013

SCADA systems in wastewater treatment plants

Basics for Practical Operation – Motor Protection

In line with applicable standards, every motor manufacturer guarantees that critical machine parts remain within the permissible temperature range during rated operation and that short-term overloads do not damage the motor. The motor protection device, on the one hand, has… Read more

Feb 16, 2013

Adjustable Speed Drives Tutorial

There are three different types of Adjustable Speed Drives (ASDs) on the market that primarily differ in the type of rectification they use to convert AC to DC and back to AC. VVI – Variable Voltage Input CSI – Current… Read more

Jan 05, 2013

Cyber Security Issues for Smart Grid

In its broadest sense, cyber security for the power industry covers all issues involving automation and communications that affect the operation of electric power systems and the functioning of the utilities that manage them. In the power industry, the focus… Read more

Nov 24, 2012

Energy Saving Tools for Fan and Pump Applications

This thesis analyses the calculation of FanSave and PumpSave energy saving tools calculation. With these programs energy consumption of variable speed drive control for fans and pumps can be compared to other control methods. With FanSave centrifugal and axial fans… Read more

Nov 24, 2012

Variable speed pumping – A good guide to successful applications

Pumping systems account for nearly 20% of the world’s energy used by electric motors and 25% to 50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities. Significant opportunities exist to reduce pumping system energy consumption through smart design,… Read more

Oct 06, 2012

Variable Speed Pumping // A Guide To Successful Applications

Allen Bradley Scada System Guide

A master station can be configured to communicate with slave stations in either Message-based polling mode or Standard polling mode. The pros and cons of each polling mode are described below. Message-based polling mode is best used in networks when… Read more

May 20, 2012

Industrial training for SCADA system and PLC

An industrial SCADA & PLC system is used for the development of the controls of machinery. This paper describes the SCADA & PLC systems in terms of their architecture, their interface to the process hardware, the functionality and the application… Read more

May 20, 2012

An Industrial training report – Study of SCADA System and PLC

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