Monday, April 27, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM
Room 3 (Tampa Convention Center)
#6 - Instrumentation: An Engineer’s Best Friend and Biggest Enemy (12D00)
With technology improvements have come more accurate and diverse types of instrumentation to make the lives of engineers and operators easier. With instrumentation, we can better understand how the plant is running and potentially pinpoint problems. So why is something that sounds so good such an issue? Instrumentation can fail and give a false sense of security. This session will present situations of instrumentation failure, ways to ensure your instruments are working properly, and how to increase the life and accuracy of your instrumentation.
Chair:Jason V. VanRoeyen
CoChair:Shawna S. Berg
8:00 AM6aThe Evolution of Process Control - from Hand-Turned Valves to Wireless Networks
Pete Sharpe
8:25 AM6bA Guide for Signal Processing of Sensors and Transducers
Himanshu Dehra
8:50 AM6cProcess Variability: Causes, Costs, and Cures
Douglas C. White
9:15 AM6dGC- the to DO and the NOT to DO List for Plant Engineers (Webcast Not Available)
Julie Freelin
9:40 AM6eOn Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing Process for Titanium Alloys
Sharma, Renganathan Kal
10:05 AM6fOn Nanoscale Bolometer to Study Chemical Plumes
Sharma, Renganathan Kal

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