Control System World

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announcedrecently that it has begun work on a new project for Sasol Technology Pty. Ltd. in South Africa for its Tar Separator Project. The new contract is for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the replacement of 24 duplex stainless steel separator tanks. The undisclosed contract value was booked in the second quarter.

"Fluor is pleased to continue its ongoing 45-year relationship with Sasol for this important new Tar Separator Project," said Peter Oosterveer, president of Fluor's Energy & Chemicals Group. "The tar separators feed all four phases of Sasol's Secunda complex and we're honored by the trust Sasol has placed in Fluor to perform this project."

The purpose of the gas liquor separation units is to separate various gaseous, liquid and solid components from the gas liquor streams that originate in the gasification, gas cooling, rectisol and phenosolvan units. Engineering is under way with construction to begin in the fourth quarter of 2012. The 24 separation units weigh between 80 and 100 tons each.

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Exida, a global supplier of functional safety products, services and certifications has released SILStat, software that helps evaluate risk reduction by collecting and analyzing operation and maintenance data.

The tool captures key operational and maintenance data, including equipment failures, process demands, success or failure of protection layers and proof test results. The data is reviewed and analyzed as required by the IEC 61511 / ISA 84.00.01-2004 standard and as part of compliance with an OSHA PSM Mechanical Integrity Program.

“The SILStat software addresses one of our most frequently asked questions: I’ve designed this Safety Instrumented System (SIS); now how do I determine how well it works in my plant,” says Iwan van Beurden, exida director of engineering. “Data collected by SILStat can help determine the actual risk posed by a hazardous situation and the effectiveness of the individual layers of protection. Comparing actual vs. expected risk reduction allows safety practitioners to evaluate the effectiveness of their process safety design.”

For more information please click 'EXIDA releases SILStat Operation and Mainenance Data Collection Software'

Advantech adds two new TPC Automation Control Panels to the series. These also offer greater expansion capabilities, expanded DI/DO support and extended fieldbus control support. Each of the new 10” and 12” models uses the fanless low power consuming Intel® AtomTM 1.8GHz processor making them ideal for a range of machine automation and factory automation applications.

The TPC-71H Series feature a PCI-e expansion slot which supports four control protocols (Profibus, PROFINET, EtherCAT and Powerlink). With this feature, users can connect with PLCs such as Advantech’s APAX for further control and monitoring easily. This also supports the needs for the future of the IoT. In addition, TPC-71H Series (except for 6”) are integrated with eight isolated DI/DO ports which helps to connect with sensor devices for alarm function at industrial environments.

Salt Lake City, UT. July 11, 2012 – Beijer Electronics, a designer and manufacturer of rugged mobile data terminals and human machine interface (HMI) products, introduces the TREQ®-VMx mobile data terminal with cellular communications available in either a fixed-mount or removable version. The removable version includes a lithium-polymer battery that allows the terminal to be easily removed from its base with one hand for occasional short excursions from the cab, facilitating important fleet management activities such as pre-trip vehicle inspections and viewing of driver logs by authorities.

The TREQ-VMx includes a 2G quad-band GSM/GPRS modem, an integrated GPS receiver and J1708/J1939 (CANbus) interface. Additionally, the TREQ-VMx features a bright, LED lighted, 800 x 480 WVGA, 7” LCD display with touch screen, Marvell®XScale™ PXA166 (800 MHz ARM), 10/100Base-T wired Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n with internal antenna, one EIA-232/422/485 configurable; one EIA-232, five USB 2.0 high-speed host ports, one hour active life lithium-polymer battery, extended operating temperature ranges of -20 to 60 °C and Windows® Embedded CE 6.0 R3 operating system.Starting in the fourth quarter of 2012, TREQ-VMx models will be available with 3G UMTS/HSPA+ and CDMA/EV-DO modems.

For details please click 'New TREQ-VMx Mobile Data Terminal with Cellular Communications'

Yokogawa launched the wireless field products conforming to the ISA100.11a standard in 2010 and has led the business ever since. Now, Yokogawa has released a new, large-scale, reliable, next-generation plant-wide field wireless system.

In developing this system, which forms the core of field digital solutions, Yokogawa has focused on the following three key features.

1. Reliability: reliable high-performance field wireless and redundant technologies

2. Flexibility: flexible architecture that supports the full range, from small to large-scale plants

3. Openness: open ISA100.11a standard that allows third-party field wireless devices to be connected

This new system has been developed in line with Yokogawa’s “Grow” concept of helping customers to grow and enabling ourselves to evolve and continue to offer timely solutions.

Yokogawa has developed the following new products for the new field wireless system:

- YFGW410 field wireless management station
- YFGW510 field wireless access point
- YFGW610 field wireless media converter

For further details please click 'Large-scale plant-wide field wireless system by Yokogawa'

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its affiliate, Yokogawa Kontrol (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., has received an order from the CTCI Consortium*1, to supply control systems and field devices for the Kimanis combined cycle power plant*2, which is being built for Kimanis Power Sdn. Bhd. in the Malaysian state of Sabah, in the northeast part of Borneo island.

The Kimanis combined cycle power plant will have a total output of 300 MW (three 100 MW units). The first 100 MW unit, now under construction, is scheduled to start operation in December 2013.

This order is for a comprehensive range of control and instrumentation including the CENTUM® VP integrated production control systems for the power plant's boilers and its boiler and turbine auxiliary facilities; the ProSafe®-RS safety instrumented system for safely shutting down the plant if any abnormal conditions occur; exhaust gas analyzers; and differential pressure/pressure transmitters. Yokogawa Kontrol (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. will be responsible for project execution, including engineering, installation, and commissioning services.

ProSoft Technology's EtherNet/IP to IEC 61850 gateway enables communication between the Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) on an IEC- 61850 network and Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs) on an EtherNet/IP network.

The module operates as an EtherNet/IP server, supporting both Class 1 and Class 3 EtherNet/IP services. Primary data transfer is performed through a Class 1 server connection supporting up to 10 Implicit I/O connections. Additionally the module can also communicate with up to 2 other EtherNet/IP Clients using Class 3 messaging services.

The gateway’s IEC 61850 Client is responsible for obtaining data from up to 20 IED devices on a 61850 network (servers). The network configuration software uses IED configuration files to import complex IEC 61850 data structures and allow this information to be mapped into a RSLogix 5000 based ControlLogix or CompactLogix PAC.

For further information please click 'EtherNet to IP Server to IEC-61850 Intelligent Gateway'

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that it will release the FieldMate™ R2.05 Versatile Device Management Wizard on August 6. FieldMate is a versatile software program for configuring, adjusting, and managing a wide variety of field sensors used in factories and other production sites.

With this upgraded version, German, French, and Russian support has been added, and new tools that facilitate the verification of AXF flowmeter integrity and the installation of new sensor models are available.

As plants often have sensors from multiple vendors that rely on more than one communications standard, versatile software tools are required for device configuration, adjustment, and management. FieldMate, an open standard software package, is ideal for such requirements. FieldMate supports sensors from Yokogawa and other manufacturers, as well as major field communications technologies and standards such as FDT/DTM*. This upgraded version of FieldMate offers improved multi-language support as well as tools that facilitate flowmeter integrity verification and sensor replacement. Yokogawa will use this new version to expand its business in the device maintenance market.

1. Improved multi-language support
   In addition to Japanese, English, and Chinese, support of German, French, and Russian has been added with this new version of FieldMate, better positioning this product to capture a larger share of the European market and the growing Russian market.
2. AXF verification tool (optional)
   A verification tool has been developed for checking the integrity of AXF electromagnetic flowmeters. With this tool, customers can inspect ADMAG AXF series magnetic flowmeters without having to disconnect them from the piping. Device maintenance information reports are automatically compiled and stored in a database for retrieval and printing out.
3. Convenient tool for sensor replacement
   A convenient tool has been developed that makes it easier to replace a sensor with one of a different model. This tool backs up the parameters of existing devices and restores them in new devices. It can be used with differential pressure/pressure transmitters, which are used in large numbers at all kinds of production sites.
4. Enhanced ISA100.11a support
   FieldMate can automatically configure, adjust, and manage ISA100.11a compliant wireless devices via the Yokogawa Field Wireless Management Station. A new version of this gateway device is scheduled to be released by the end of July. Through this new gateway device, FieldMate will be capable of connecting to up to 200 ISA100.11a field wireless devices, which compares to 50 devices with the previous gateway version.

For further information please click 'Yokogawa Releases FieldMate™ R2.05 Versatile Device Management Wizard'