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  • Emerson Automation Experts: Managing Change in Process Control: Lessons from Greg McMillan

    Jim Cahill
    In this seminar, Process Automation Hall of Fame member Greg McMillan delivers a masterclass on the foundational concepts that drive process control improvement. The post Managing Change in Process Control: Lessons from Greg McMillan appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Tuning and Control Loop Performance: Practical Lessons for Process Engineers

    Jim Cahill
    Process Automation Hall-of-Fame member, Greg McMillan’s freely available Tuning and Control Loop Performance, presents a field‑tested body of knowledge built on decades of industrial application. The post Tuning and Control Loop Performance: Practical Lessons for Process Engineers appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Plant Walkdown Planning for Turnarounds

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson Accredited Service Providers, combined with digital tools, can assist you in collecting and reviewing information to validate your installed base of valves, actuators, and regulators at plant startup or to analyze equipment health in preparation for a shutdown, turnaround, or outage. The post Plant Walkdown Planning for Turnarounds appeared first on the Emerson Automation Experts blog.

  • Implement & Build Blog: Successfully Planning and Executing Power Projects

    Jim Cahill
    Combined cycle plants will play a crucial role in this growth in electricity production. Emerson’s Ovation distributed control system automates 18 of the 20 largest combined cycle plants here in the U.S. Ovation Green automates many other forms of non-hydrocarbon energy sources, including nuclear, wind, solar, hydroelectric, battery, and green hydrogen. The post Successfully Planning and Executing Power Projects appeared…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Preventing Desuperheater Nozzle Failures with Routine Testing

    Jim Cahill
    Desuperheaters play a critical role in many steam processes, spraying water into steam to protect downstream equipment from overheating. The heart of a desuperheater is its spray nozzle, but these nozzles are often installed and forgotten until they fail, resulting in expensive repairs and downtime. Our article in the May 2025 issue of Automation.com Monthly , titled “How Desuperheater Nozzle Testing Prevents or Predicts…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Driving Performance with Digital Valve Controllers

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Jaime Alvarado Millan , Nathan Krasnovsky , and Naman Tahan teamed up to present, Harnessing the Power of Digital Valve Controllers: Introducing Valve Reliability Suite Solutions, at the Emerson Exchange 2025 Conference. Here is their presentation abstract: Ensuring valve reliability starts with acquiring and analyzing data from your digital valve controllers. However, effectively leveraging this data can…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Valve Services for LNG Startup and Commissioning Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    Some of the largest greenfield projects going on throughout the world are liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants. These huge projects liquefy natural gas for transport across the globe. Regasification plants take in the LNG and convert it back into natural gas for distribution throughout the pipeline network. In this podcast, Devin Cloud with one of Emerson’s Impact Partners , John H. Carter , and their ControlWorx Premier…

  • Implement & Build Blog: Streamlining Modernization Projects–Reduce Risk, Cost & Complexity Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    Due to the rapid advancement of technology, we face the issue of technology obsolescence in our daily lives. Control systems that have been operating for decades face this challenge. While incremental improvements can be made over time, sometimes a more comprehensive modernization project must be initiated to meet the control challenges and improvement opportunities of the production operations. Emerson’s Scott Campbell…

  • Implement & Build Blog: Streamlining Modernization Projects–Reduce Risk, Cost & Complexity Podcast

    Jim Cahill
    Due to the rapid advancement of technology, we face the issue of technology obsolescence in our daily lives. Control systems that have been operating for decades face this challenge. While incremental improvements can be made over time, sometimes a more comprehensive modernization project must be initiated to meet the control challenges and improvement opportunities of the production operations. Emerson’s Scott Campbell…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: If it Weren’t for Deadtime…

    Jim Cahill
    One of Greg McMillan ‘s favorite sayings in his illustrious process automation career was something to the effect of, “If it weren’t for deadtime, I wouldn’t have a job.” Just do a search on “Greg McMillan” “deadtime” , and you’ll see how much of his expertise he’s shared on this subject over the years. I mention this because his and Peter Morgan’s recent ControlGlobal.com article is titled Deadtime compensation opportunities…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: If it Weren’t for Deadtime…

    Jim Cahill
    One of Greg McMillan ‘s favorite sayings in his illustrious process automation career was something to the effect of, “If it weren’t for deadtime, I wouldn’t have a job.” Just do a search on “Greg McMillan” “deadtime” , and you’ll see how much of his expertise he’s shared on this subject over the years. I mention this because his and Peter Morgan’s recent ControlGlobal.com article is titled Deadtime compensation opportunities…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Tuning and Control Loop Performance—Freely Available Educational Resource

    Jim Cahill
    As promised, here is the third book of the three books Automation Hall of Fame member Greg McMillan , a renowned expert in the field, has generously made available to you. If you missed the earlier posts, check out Centrifugal and Axial Compressor Control and Process Control Case Histories . This book is Tuning and Control Loop Performance . In the abstract section, Greg describes this book. This book provides the…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Tuning and Control Loop Performance—Freely Available Educational Resource

    Jim Cahill
    As promised, here is the third book of the three books Automation Hall of Fame member Greg McMillan , a renowned expert in the field, has generously made available to you. If you missed the earlier posts, check out Centrifugal and Axial Compressor Control and Process Control Case Histories . This book is Tuning and Control Loop Performance . In the abstract section, Greg describes this book. This book provides the…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Centrifugal and Axial Compressor Control – Freely Available Educational Resource

    Jim Cahill
    We continue with our free educational book offerings today. The publication rights have been officially returned from Momentum Press to the author, Gregory K. McMillan , who has decided to make the book available for free to help advance knowledge and achievement in process control. The first post in our series of three, Freely Available Educational Resource—Process Control Case Histories , proved to be hugely popular…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Centrifugal and Axial Compressor Control – Freely Available Educational Resource

    Jim Cahill
    Update: The third freely available book is in the blog post, Tuning and Control Loop Performance—Freely Available Educational Resource . We continue with our free educational book offerings today. The publication rights have been officially returned from Momentum Press to the author, Gregory K. McMillan , who has decided to make the book available for free to help advance knowledge and achievement in process control…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Control Valve Repairing, Why?

    Jim Cahill
    Welcome to our latest blog post. This time, we focus on common control valve repairing reasons businesses have and why successful ones have chosen to invest in proactive maintenance programs for control valves. As we dive deeper into the topic, we explore professional advice on the signs of a failing control valve, providing a helpful guide for those invested in and newbies curious about the mechanics and maintenance…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Control Valve Repairing, Why?

    Jim Cahill
    Welcome to our latest blog post. This time, we focus on common control valve repairing reasons businesses have and why successful ones have chosen to invest in proactive maintenance programs for control valves. As we dive deeper into the topic, we explore professional advice on the signs of a failing control valve, providing a helpful guide for those invested in and newbies curious about the mechanics and maintenance…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Enhancing the Competency of KIPIC Maintenance Engineers

    Jim Cahill
    Whether your maintenance team need to configure and calibrate valves, predict machinery faults, or repair and replace problematic instrumentation, Emerson Educational Services can create suitable training to assist in attaining your specific goals. Emerson is a learning partner that can provide ongoing competency development to drive safe and efficient operations. To create a competency development program, Emerson follows…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Enhancing the Competency of KIPIC Maintenance Engineers

    Jim Cahill
    Whether your maintenance team need to configure and calibrate valves, predict machinery faults, or repair and replace problematic instrumentation, Emerson Educational Services can create suitable training to assist in attaining your specific goals. Emerson is a learning partner that can provide ongoing competency development to drive safe and efficient operations. To create a competency development program, Emerson follows…

  • Implement & Build Blog: Planning the Projects on Path to Net Zero

    Jim Cahill
    The journey to Net Zero is a significant challenge for many manufacturers and producers. Emerson’s Marcelo Carugo and Pete Sharpe write in a Hydrocarbon Processing article, Planning a practical path to net-zero : Many companies around the world and across the size spectrum have committed to aggressive carbon-neutral targets and are now looking to their production sites for practical plans on how to achieve these goals…

  • Implement & Build Blog: Planning the Projects on Path to Net Zero

    Jim Cahill
    The journey to Net Zero is a significant challenge for many manufacturers and producers. Emerson’s Marcelo Carugo and Pete Sharpe write in a Hydrocarbon Processing article, Planning a practical path to net-zero : Many companies around the world and across the size spectrum have committed to aggressive carbon-neutral targets and are now looking to their production sites for practical plans on how to achieve these goals…

  • Implement & Build Blog: Planning the Projects on Path to Net Zero

    Jim Cahill
    The journey to Net Zero is a significant challenge for many manufacturers and producers. Emerson’s Marcelo Carugo and Pete Sharpe write in a Hydrocarbon Processing article, Planning a practical path to net-zero : Many companies around the world and across the size spectrum have committed to aggressive carbon-neutral targets and are now looking to their production sites for practical plans on how to achieve these goals…

  • Implement & Build Blog: Planning the Projects on Path to Net Zero

    Jim Cahill
    The journey to Net Zero is a significant challenge for many manufacturers and producers. Emerson’s Marcelo Carugo and Pete Sharpe write in a Hydrocarbon Processing article, Planning a practical path to net-zero : Many companies around the world and across the size spectrum have committed to aggressive carbon-neutral targets and are now looking to their production sites for practical plans on how to achieve these goals…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Part V: Platform for Product Support and Lifecycle Management

    Jim Cahill
    We conclude our series on the 5P’s of Control System Reliability and Performance with this final P – Platform for Product Support and Lifecycle Management . A platform that combines product knowledge base, technical support, software updates, and asset lifecycle information can help you keep your control system running smoothly and reduce risk in several ways: Information sharing enables risk mitigation. A vendor…

  • Emerson Automation Experts: Part V: Platform for Product Support and Lifecycle Management

    Jim Cahill
    We conclude our series on the 5P’s of Control System Reliability and Performance with this final P – Platform for Product Support and Lifecycle Management . A platform that combines product knowledge base, technical support, software updates, and asset lifecycle information can help you keep your control system running smoothly and reduce risk in several ways: Information sharing enables risk mitigation. A vendor…

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