Technical Papers
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ISA 2008 – Houston
Make a Better Use of Data to Manage Your Assets Efficiently – Claude Gosselin,
Establishing a Culture Driven Safety Management System - Chuck Miller, Emerson Process Management
Managing Assets Using Modern Tools at White Birch Paper - Eric Tremblay, White Birch Paper, Michel Ruel, Top Control
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Safeguarding Direct Iron Reduction with SIS - Gerardo Gonzalez, Tenova HYL
Industrial Ethernet – A Control Engineer’s Guide – Daniel Knight, Cisco
2008 Newsletter Technical Paper
"The Brookwood Disaster and Electrical Requirements for Hazardous (Classified) Locations" by Thomas H. Dubaniewicz, NIOSH
NIOSH recently published a paper that might be of interest to those installing process or signaling equipment in gassy underground mines.
Abstract
Thirteen miners died as a result of 2 explosions in the Jim Walter Resources No. 5 mine near Brookwood AL in September 2001. Both explosions were ignited in intake air entries, and both were probably ignited by electrical equipment. Researchers with the NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory studied the electrical equipment ignition sources for the Brookwood and other disasters to develop recommendations for preventing similar disasters. Some findings and recommendations from the study were presented at the IEEE Industry Applications Conference, 42nd IAS Annual Meeting,
2008 POWID/EPRI Conference
Open Systems Technology: Progress Offers Opportunity & Risk
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By Carl Hoisier, Honeywell Process Solutions
Open Systems, Past, Present, and Future:A Curse or a Balm?
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By Thomas Szudajski, P. E., Global Nuclear Industry
Power Plant Automation: Where We are and Where We're Headed
By Roger A. Leinbach, Metso Automation
Advancing Control System Technology for Your Power Plant
By Ralph Porfilio, ABB Power Generation
Distributed Control Technology: From a Decade of Progress to an Era of New Possibilities
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By Bob Yeager, Emerson Power & Water Solutions
2007 Newsletter Technical Paper
Improved Mining Safety, Communications and Productivity Through the Use of Fiber Optics by C. Taylor & W. Reid, Amphenol Fiber Systems International
ISA 2007 - Houston
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Advantages of Monitoring The Performance of Industrial Processes, by Claude Gosselin, Quebec Cartier Mining Company, Port-Cartier, Quebec Canada and Michel Ruel, Top Control Inc., Quebec, Canada and Green Bay, WI, USA
Asset Performance Management for Control Systems, by George Buckbee, P.E., ExpertTune, Inc.
Engineering Automation Meets Safety Systems (Using Engineering Automation Software to Document Safety Instrumented Systems), by John Dressel, Fluor Corporation, Sugar Land,
Exploiting Process Historian Data to Improve Process Performance, by Michel Ruel P.E., Top Control Inc.,
Integrating ISA-88 and ISA-95, by Bianca Scholten, Fellow, Ordina ISA-95&MES Competence Centre, Rosmalen, the
Converting Serial Networks to Ethernet Communications, by Brent McAdams, Freewave Technologies
ISA 2007 -
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Foundation Fieldbus - Practical Success Stories, by Ian Verhappen, MTL Instrument Group
Alarm Management Current State and Direction for Alarm Management Guidelines, by Nick Sands
An Overview of ISA99 Part 1, by Eric C. Cosman, The Dow Chemical Co.
ISA100 - Standard for Wireless Industrial Automation - When, Where, How, Why?, by Wayne W. Manges, Oak Ridge National Lab, ISA100 Chair
Metrics Used for Major Strategic Initiatives, by Charlie Gifford, Director Lean Production Management, GE Fanuc Automation
Optimizing Wireless Technology: Perspectives of the End User, by Dick Caro, CMC
ISA 2006 - Houston
Security Testing Standards for Industrial Control Devices, by Eric Byres, Wurldtech Analytics Inc.
Wireless Networking: Innovative Solutions for Industrial Measuring, Monitoring and Controlby Matthew Piecuch and Steve Walker, Adalet Wireless
Pitfalls in Alarm Management, by David Strobhar, Beville Engineering, Inc.
The Challenges Faced in one of the World’s Largest Foundation Fieldbus Implementations, by Mark Cowley, Bechtel Limited and Johan Veerman, Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.
ISA 2005 - Chicago
Extending the Reach of Enterprise Data Management in a World of Machine to Machine Communication by Matthew Miller and Laurence Keefe, OSIsoft
Approaches for Migration of Legacy DCS Systemsto Maximize Return on Existing Assets by Ken Keiser and Todd Stauffer, Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc.
Optimizing Fieldbus Link Schedules Makes a Difference by William Hodson, Honeywell
A Practical Approach to Fieldbus Installationby Bernd Schuessler, Pepperl+Fuchs Inc
Wireless Sensors: Best Practices in Operational Efficiencies by Clifford Lewis, Accutech, Division of Adaptive Instruments
How Much Redundancy of Communications in Control Systems is Really Necessary by Frank Wilson, The Pacific Lumber Company
15th Annual Joint ISA POWID/EPRI Control and Instrumentation Conference
Intelligent Field Devices and Asset Management Software: Discover the benefits of Utilizing the Combination by B. LaBelle, Emerson Process Management
Software Life Cycle Management Standard by H. L. Staples and R. Miller , Oklahoma Gas and Electric Energy
ISA 2004 - Houston
A Framework to Transmit Process Control Data over Commercial Wireless Networks by Mark Nixon, Rusty Shepard, Bill Bennett, Deji Chen, Emerson Process Management and Aloysius Monk, University of Texas at Austin
Using HART and FOUNDATION Field bus Together in an Integrated Environment by Alan Dewey, Emerson Process Management
OPC Unified Architecture Internals by Lee Neitzel, Emerson Process Management
Lists of Characteristics for Optimization of the Processes in Automation and Process Control by Dr. Gunter Loeffelmann, Bayer Material Science AG and Dr. Peter Zgorzelski, Bayer Technology Services GmbH
Creating a Reliability Culture in your Company by James Davis, Strategic Asset Management
Embracing the Contemporary Project Management as a Competitive Advantage for the Automatic Control Vendors in the Process Industry by Kwek Keong, EPMP Consulting Private Limited
ISA Automation West 2004
Enabling Network Connectivity with Today’s Wireless Technology by Michael Malone of Microwave Data Systems,
Intrusion Detection and Cyber Security Monitoring of SCADA and DCS Networks by Dale Peterson of Digital Bond, Inc,
Connecting the Enterprise to the Plant and Managing Performance by Caitlin Smith of Aspen Technology,
14th Annual Joint ISA POWID/EPRI Control and Instrumentation Conference
Application Challenges of a Field bus System by Regina Bratty of the Washington Group International, Denver CO.
Layered Security in Plant Control Environments by Ken Miller of Ensuren Corp,
ISA 2003
Using Filtering to Improve Performance by Michel Ruel, Top Control Inc
Developing Real World Applications in Microsoft .NET Architecture by Mikael Sundfors, Oy Beamex Ab
Architecture of Federated Enterprise
Security Issues in Internet Programming by Mayank Gandhi,
Process Monitoring with Fieldbus in Existing Plants by James Cobb, Emerson Process Management
Enhancing Field Instrumentation Performance Using HART by Bud Adler, AE Solutions
2008 Newsletter Technical Paper
"The Brookwood Disaster and Electrical Requirements for Hazardous (Classified) Locations" by Thomas H. Dubaniewicz, NIOSH
NIOSH recently published a paper that might be of interest to those installing process or signaling equipment in gassy underground mines.
Abstract
Thirteen miners died as a result of 2 explosions in the Jim Walter Resources No. 5 mine near Brookwood AL in September 2001. Both explosions were ignited in intake air entries, and both were probably ignited by electrical equipment. Researchers with the NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory studied the electrical equipment ignition sources for the Brookwood and other disasters to develop recommendations for preventing similar disasters. Some findings and recommendations from the study were presented at the IEEE Industry Applications Conference, 42nd IAS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, September 23-27, 2007. The conference publication "The Brookwood Disaster and Electrical Requirements for Hazardous (Classified) Locations" may be downloaded from the NIOSH Mining Internet site
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pubreference/outputid2527.htm
