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    Once we decide where to go, we start looking for the shortest path. The same goes for pursuing net-zero carbon emissions and other sustainability goals. Once we muster the will to take the first step, we pack what we think we'll need for the trip and begin seeking ways to smooth and straighten the road to going green.
    Mobile Access

    Ready for the drone show?

    Len Vermillion
    July 31, 2024
    Drones and robots might seem scary, but they have growing value for us
    Analyzers

    Ins and outs of process analyzers

    July 30, 2024
    Control's monthly resources guide
    Industry Perspectives (sponsored)

    Factors to determine total cost of ownership of SCADA systems

    July 29, 2024
    Cost factors for SCADA software are more complicated to ascertain due to their wide range of features and licensing models
    Sustainability

    Links to fresh green guidance

    Jim Montague
    July 26, 2024
    An updated list and links to the most notable sustainability organizations and resources
    Sustainability

    Building green

    July 26, 2024
    It’s time to construct the infrastructures that hydrogen economies, net-zero emission targets and other sustainability goals will require

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    Sustainability

    Scoping out system integration for sustainability

    Jim Montague
    July 24, 2024
    Vinci Energies’ Actemium and other divisions bring internal sustainability principles to projects for clients.
    Data Analytics

    Integrating mobile robots in plants

    Penny Chen
    July 23, 2024
    Ideally, process control systems can seamlessly exchange real-time data with robots on missions
    Source: Emerson
    Sustainability

    Control moves green beyond efficiency

    Jim Montague
    July 22, 2024
    Lodestone Energy is automating New Zealand’s first large-scale, solar-photovoltaic (PV) project with Emerson’s Ovation DCS and OCR3000 controller
    Sustainability

    Get uncomfortable

    Jim Montague
    July 19, 2024
    Do we have the will to succeed at sustainability? Don’t bet on it
    Source: Yokogawa
    Sustainability

    Sun up, electrolyze and store

    Jim Montague
    July 18, 2024
    Yokogawa manages energy at a green hydrogen plant in Australia and controls combustion at a waste-to-energy plant in Krakow, Poland
    Industry Perspectives (sponsored)

    Growing Li-ion battery market needs dynamic process control

    July 17, 2024
    The innovative automation solutions customers encounter that can help increase speed to market and ensure reliable project execution
    Sustainability

    Hydrogen becomes a battery

    Jim Montague
    July 16, 2024
    Avid Solutions system integrates the largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer facility in the U.S.
    Manage

    Prepare for scarce chemical engineering graduates

    R. Russell Rhinehart
    July 15, 2024
    How to put your company at a hiring advantage
    Cybersecurity

    A little cyber-insurance goes a long way

    John Rezabek
    July 12, 2024
    Are you certain your cybersecurity is up to the task?
    Measure

    Surveying sour water in crude oil

    Ali S. Aldossary
    July 11, 2024
    Saudi Aramco offers field test results for a dielectric constant water cut meter with internal environmental and process temperature compensation in a liquid hydrocarbon process...
    Valves

    Controlling two variables with one valve

    Béla Lipták
    July 10, 2024
    How to properly manage override and selective control
    Sustainability

    Navigating sustainability complexity

    Marcelo Carugo
    July 9, 2024
    For sustainability projects, the objective is more than gaining the biggest return on investment
    Control Talk Column

    Deep dive into distillation control

    Greg McMillan
    July 8, 2024
    Examining the tug-of-war between reboiler and reflux actions
    Wireless

    The benefits of the extra “I”

    Ian Verhappen
    July 5, 2024
    Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices are critical to operations, so what provides the right stuff?