TOC | October 2006 Web TOC | Plant Services

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Above the storm

Chevron Refinery, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Pascagoula Refinery skyline (scroll down to locate)
Hurricane Katrina making landfall as a category 3 storm
The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season

Encoded motion

Robotics maintenance - Running robots means flowing profits
PLCS and Internet - Automation online
Motor brushes - Brush life in DC motors
Protective relays - Don't fade to black

Exploit the sun 

Solar Energy - Where the sun shines
Wind power - From breeze to kilowatts
Instrumentation resources - Control: in fact and theory
Optical fiber - Clear communication
Remote diagnostics - Action at a distance

Unwinding the spin

CA as a process variable - Treat compressed air as a process variable
Speed-regulated drives - Drive down the cost of compressed air
Control systems - Control options in rotary screw compressors
Condensate - What does Mother Nature say about compressor condensate rates?
Flow monitoring and zoning - Building a case for better air

Growing green plants

Blueprints - Drawing control made easy
Reverse osmosis - Water treatment and reuse
IAQ - Work can make you sick
Insulating roofing - Spray polyurethane foam roofing
On-site power - Cogeneration solutions