GranBio Investimentos SA is a Brazilian industrial biotech company that was born out of the vision of bringing about a green revolution through the construction of second-generation ethanol plants that will produce cheap, clean-burning biofuel from readily available biomass. Following its establishment in June 2011 by Gran Investimentos S.A., a holding company in which the Gradin family are the primary investors, the company built Bioflex 1, the first commercial second-generation ethanol plant in the Southern Hemisphere. Bioflex 1 started operation in early 2014 and is able to produce 82 million liters of biofuel per annum, making it one of the largest such facilities in the world.
As the main automation contractor (MAC) for the Bioflex 1 project, Yokogawa South America was involved from the front end engineering design (FEED) stage, performing the basic design for a control system and field instrumentation solution that will reduce costs and improve production efficiency throughout the lifecycle of the plant. Yokogawa installed the CENTUM VP integrated production control system; the csTUNER control loop tuning software; the CENTUM VP Batch package to control the plant’s pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation, and distillation/separation units; field instruments including FOUNDATION™ fieldbus-enabled ADMAG AXF magnetic flowmeters, DPharp EJA series pressure/differential pressure transmitters, and control valves; and the Plant Resource Manager (PRM) asset management package. Yokogawa South America was responsible for product delivery, engineering, and operator training.
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Promag D, the wafer device is designed for all applications where space is at a minimum. Combined with Proline 400, the transmitter for optimized measurement of water and wastewater, Promag D 400 will be the preferred basic solution for all applications in the water industry with space restrictions. Promag D 400 also offers time-saving local operation via the integrated web server without additional software and hardware, as well as an integrated verification with Heartbeat Technology™.
Designed to address some of today’s toughest measurement challenges in the upstream and midstream natural gas markets, Emerson introduces the Rosemount Analytical 370XA gas chromatograph (GC) for C6+ BTU / CV applications, including custody transfer, power generation and burner fuel/air ratio control. Meant to operate unattended in even the most extreme weather conditions and withstanding ambient temperatures within -20 °C to 60°C (-4 °F to 140 °F), the smarter, compact, and more economical 370XA features advanced technology, improved diagnostics, and an intuitive local operator interface (LOI ). Built-in software assistants included in the LOI guide the user through common operation and troubleshooting tasks, greatly simplifying the installation, startup, commissioning and on-going maintenance of the 370XA.
Phoenix Contact has designed hundreds of products to make your job easier, such as products equipped with our leg-spring, push-in connection technology (PT). Terminate by simply pushing a ferruled wire into the PT terminal. No tools are required. To disconnect the wire, or terminate a stranded wire, simply push a screwdriver into the orange actuator to open the spring.
National Instruments, the provider of solutions that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges, announced a collaboration with CERN, an intergovernmental research organization building the world’s largest and most advanced scientific instruments. The objective is to push the standardization of all CERN control systems to Linux 64-bit OSs, with goals to boost system performance, design cost-effective distributed control systems and enlarge opportunities for small and medium enterprises with expertise in NI and open-source technologies.
The GTM-201-3GWA is an industrial Tri-band 3G WCDMA cellular modem with RS-232 and USB interfaces working on frequencies of Tri-band WCDMA 2100/1900/850 MHz, and Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. The modem which supports up to 7.2Mbps downlink speed and 5.76Mbps uplink speed services can utilize the 3G/GSM/GPRS network for convenient and inexpensive data transfer from remote instruments, meters, computers or control systems in either live data or packet data. The GTM-201-3GWA enables internet connection over 3G, when 3G service is available. It automatically selects 3G or GPRS continue to work.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has developed an enhanced version of the GA10 data-logging software for the SMARTDAC+® data acquisition and control system. Sales of this new version, release 2.0, will commence on January 20.
Small PLCs, that do not have an integrated network interface, can easily be connected to fieldbus and industrial Ethernet networks via their RS-232 interface and the Anybus Communicator.
36th annual Energy Generation Conference on January 27-29, 2015, at the Bismarck Events Cente is one of the premier energy industry conferences in North America. It focus on providing an energized environment where attendees can expand their skill sets, interface with equipment suppliers, network with fellow workers and be exposed to the latest technology. The conference expands every year offering a variety of subjects and is welcoming a wide range of industry professionals.