CIA 2009 - issue 1

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WHAT’S NEWS

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Learn from an expert how to avoid – or at least manage – crises, emergencies and other abnormal situations

CIA and EnviroAsia: Going hand-in-hand

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for visitors to the Island State, here is an appetiser for just a few of the “not-to-miss” Singapore treasures places you really must visit before you return to your home country

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convenience, we reproduce the full Conference schedule for the “Sustainable Energy Conference” being held here today and tomorrow

Mr Tee Boon Teong proudly observing the exhibition

By Matt Young

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ow that CIA2009 and EnviroAsia2009 are officially underway, one might wonder why did they come to be a pair?

On the one hand you have process engineering, controls instrumentation and scientific equipment. On the other

OUTLOOK

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“Outlook” feature of the week, we examine some of the issues involved in the relationship between process engineering and the increasing benefits to companies from using wireless

you have environmental technology.

They’re not exactly “conjoined twins”.

“The connection is quite simple really,” said Tee Boon Teong, Singapore Exhibition Services’ project director for the shows. “Normally when you have a plant, you need raw materials, controls, and you have an end product as

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wo key participants at the event in Singapore have passed on their advice to the world leaders who will be assembling in Copenhagen, Denmark next week.

At a pre-event Press Conference held at Suntec Singapore yesterday, Dr. Richard Bradley and Mr. Gerhard Meschke added their weight to the growing support for global leaders to take action when they discuss climate change.

Agency (IEA), told media representatives “Time is not on our side; delays will incur extra costs to the tune of US$500 billion for every year of delay”.

Mr. Meschke, Austrian Trade Commissioner to Singapore added that since Chinese President Hu Jintao’s and US President Barack Obama’s comments last week, he had become much more optimistic that real progress would be made at the meeting. However, he realised that decisions on the detailed revised targets would still have to wait until next year’s meeting in Mexico.

well as waste. So when you have a plant you need to take care of the discharge. That’s where the environmental technology comes in.”

In Singapore, the market for both process engineering and environmental technology solutions emerged largely from the late 20thcentury transformation of Jurong Island – located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore – into an industrial epicentre for oil, petrochemicals and specialty chemicals.

Amid reduced consumption and the recent global economic crisis, CIA2009 and EnviroAsia2009 are nonetheless robust shows, with 444 companies >> Please turn to page 6

VIEWPOINT This show I believe is quite “ popular among instrument

people and people who are looking for something new in terms of the latest trend and product in the market. There could be people to come look at new projects in the pipeline over the next couple of years.

It’s a test-the-waters time.

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-Andy Wan, FineTek

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Singapore is a great place for the Far East and central East region. We hope the exhibition will be successful for us. It was successful in previous years.

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-Henrich Wallner, Intergeo Environmental Technology

HOTSHOT

If this were a pen, it definitely would be mightier than the sword. In fact, the EcoMapper, by YSI Inc. (booth 4H3-03), is a unique system for collecting water quality data on missions up to 10 hours long. Launch it from the shore or a small boat. It also has an integrated location pinger. If only all of our lost pens had the same feature…

Additional Exhibitors Dr. Bradley, Head of the Energy Efficiency & Environment Division at the International Energy

Futron Electronics – eChem Instruments – NEA Singapore –

4E2-07 4D2-09 Between Exhibitors’ Lounge & VIP Lounge

SPOTLIGHT

How to deal with problems you hope never happen

Power station emergencies are a cause of concern around the world

By Matt Young

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leaking oil rig operated in the Timor Sea by a division of the Thai energy group PTTEP was almost literally out of the frying pan, but then into the fire last month.

The rig, which had been leaking for 10 months, caught fire immediately after workers stopped the leak and were trying to fill the hole with heavy mud, according to Reuters.

“This is an extreme case of an abnormal situation,” said Ananth Nochur, business development manager, Honeywell Process Solutions, Asia-Pacific, and a member of the Honeywell-led Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium in Singapore.

Whilst extreme abnormal situations can be highly damaging to companies, whether by causing workforce injuries, fatalities or placing the company’s reputation at stake, Nochur suggested that less dramatic abnormal situations are more frequent, but can be just as concerning.

“Many abnormal situations do not result in fires or explosions,” Nochur said, “but working to eliminate them, as well as ‘near misses’, is critical.”

On Friday, Nochur intends to discuss abnormal situation management to highlight the causes, and insightful cases,

and will share best practices and guidelines to improve operator effectiveness and plant safety. His presentation is scheduled for 2.00 pm during the Industrial Bus and Wireless Technology Conference.

Nochur recommends proper alarm systems and response teams should be in place to pre-empt problems which could escalate. But if responsible factories try to employ such measures to begin with, why do things go wrong?

“There are probably failures or weak spots in the layers of defence,” Nochur added. “Some could be latent, others could be active. Once these layers of defence or weakness begin to line up, and depending on the particular day that they line up, there could be an incident.”

Although nobody can predict a future disaster, Nochur suggests that certain methods and devices can help to prevent trouble before it starts.

For instance, the use of more wireless technology may help. “Wireless extends monitoring across a facility where there are gaps today,” Nochur said. “One can monitor process conditions better.”

Using new tools such as wireless corrosion sensors can also provide real-time corrosion monitoring to prevent breakdowns which might not otherwise have

been detected.

Beyond wireless, tools such as infrared devices can be used to detect hot spots in pipes, “and operators also need to optimise the way factories are monitored so that if something goes wrong, the response process can be implemented”, he added.

“The control room is like a cockpit and operators monitor the facility from there,” Nochur suggested.

“Just as for an air traffic controller, the graphics and information can be of utmost importance.” And the display – right down to the colour schemes – should be considered.

It is also important to note that if something does go wrong, alarms will not necessarily be your friend if they are not installed correctly. Operators could be subject to an “alarm flood,” which could cause them to miss some even more critical alarms. “Adding an alarm is very easy when designing a facility,” Nochur said, “but at the end of the day, nobody knows how they are all going to come at you. So, we need to rationalise the system.”

Nochur suggested that for each alarm, a facility should require a defined operator response, which means that he or she would intervene and take appropriate action. “The amount of time to respond must also be meaningful. If human beings don’t have enough time to respond, they won’t”, he concluded.

Finally, one question that Nochur raises to get people thinking about the better management of abnormal situations is : “Although your normal operations are well understood, how well are you prepared for abnormal operations?”

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Early Warning System to Thwart Flood Disasters I

f you live in a village in a valley, wouldn’t it be nice to know when the next flood is going to turn the town into Atlantis?

U.K-based Environmental Measurements (4J1-03) may be able to help.

The company is launching a prototype flood warning and rainfall monitoring system at EnviroAsia2009.

“What we are doing is to try to bring out a sort of pro-active system whereby people can monitor rainfall conditions in real time,” explained Malcolm Howey, the company’s marketing director. “Rainfall up in the hills might have an implication on towns and villages in the valley.” ‘Implication’ is a nice word for flood.

“When rainfall reaches a certain level of intensity over a defined period of time, the data levels would facilitate an alarm mechanism, which via modem, would call four identified cell phones,” Howey said. “It would allow them to look at the data and then take whatever action they considered appropriate.”

The system is fairly simple, and includes an aerodynamic rain gauge and compact data

logger.

Howey described the system inside the rain gauge as “something that looks like a mini see-saw in which children might be sitting in a playground”. This ‘seesaw’ is connected to a tipping bucket, which typically accepts 0.2 mm of rain.

“When it tips, there is an output which sends a message to the data logger,” he said.

“The heavier the rain, the increased number of tips recorded.”

For more than 10 years, Environmental Measurements has manufactured rain gauges with optional internal data loggers.

“It would record the data for people to download to a PC whenever they wanted to,” he added. “The new system will include the same rain gauge. But it will have a more sophisticated data logger mounted remotely, accessible by users many kilometres away.”

What’s more, the system could send out an alarm as previously mentioned.

Howey concluded that “We have great faith in our system; we’re in the final stages of tweaking.”

“What we are

doing is trying to bring out a sort of proactive system whereby people can monitor, in real time, rainfall conditions.

– Malcolm Howey

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Getting a Freebie Solar Makeover

By Matt Young

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he sun is free, so eventually we’re going to see more energy coming from solar power as fossil fuels become too cost-prohibitive.

That’s according to Matthew Chan, managing director, Schott Singapore, who is slated to discuss “the attraction of desert climates in leveraging power in the Middle East” at 3.30 pm today as part of the Sustainable Energy Conference.

“Like it or not, oil resources are going to run down,” Chan predicted.

“How do you recharge a Middle Eastern country?”

Well, with the sun, of course - especially in such sunlit areas as Middle East deserts.

“You pay nothing for the sun,” Chan explained. “That’s why I always say, ‘God has really favored them’ [citizens of Middle East nations].”

In truth, a lot has to happen before Middle East countries can export solar power.

“If technology has advanced to the stage that electricity can be exported over long distances with low

losses, theoretically that is workable,” Chan said.

Chan’s company hopes to be part of the solution, and is ready for individual plants deriving power from the sun.

His company sells a product that is integral to harnessing solar power, the Schott PTR 70 Receiver. This receiver, he said, combined a parabolic concentrated mirror and a trough, forming a solar collector; this is placed in position to extract energy from the sun into a storable form. More specifically, by harnessing the sun’s energy, the receiver heats a liquid, which generates the steam which ultimately leads to power generation.

Chan explained “If you look at the system itself, it only works well in the day”.

Another system can interface with the solar collector to create a fossil-fuel/solar hybrid system. Or a steam reservoir can be employed to save steam for night-time power. In fact, for the most part, the system only works efficiently in the day in desert climates.

“It is quite obvious why the desert should be a first choice for solar energy

investors, because climatic conditions optimise sunlight exposure”, Chan said. “It’s where investors can recoup their investment more speedily.”

Things are changing, however. As the price of fossil-fuel energy increases, and as the governments of certain countries reduce their subsidies for energy, solar power may gain a stronger foothold in places outside of desert areas.

“We have built plants in Spain where there is not really a desert,” Chan explained.

“But there is good enough irradiation for a reasonable investment return.”

Maybe we should not look to places in SouthEast Asia for solar power anytime soon. “The weather is not favourable in tropical countries where there is a lot of cloudiness,” Chan added.

“Even though there is warm weather, there is often no direct sunlight. We have had a lot of interest from investors in Malaysia, Singapore or even Thailand, but we have to reckon that there will be limited solar capacity and limited potential for a decent return on investment”.

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A Guide to Fun in the Singapore Sun

Story and photos by Geoff Andrew

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irst-time visitors to the island state will be very pleasantly surprised to learn how much there is to see and do – in the odd few hours available between conference presentations, meetings with exhibitors and official functions.

Who would have thought that a tiny island which only became known to the world at large within the last 200 years would now be regarded as one of the leading nations on planet Earth.

The role of Stamford Raffles, regarded as “the founder of modern Singapore” as recently as 1819, is recognized by a statue a short distance from this convention centre and also by having one of the world’s most iconic hotels named after him. All visitors should visit the Raffles Hotel, 500 metres from here and order a “Singapore Sling”, a cocktail drink as famous as the hotel itself.

A not-to-be-missed opportunity to capture a bird’s eye view of the whole of central Singapore is to take a 30-minute flight on the “Singapore Flyer.”

The world’s largest observation wheel stands at a stunning 165 metres, the height of a 42-storey building and is some 30 metres taller than the famous London Eye. It truly is a one-of-a-kind experience you wouldn’t want to miss.

As the wheel turns, you’ll be treated to a visual 360° feast of historical landmarks and scenic views - there is no other place in Singapore that offers such breathtaking, panoramic views. An audio guide providing commentary about Singapore and all the individual places of interest is loaned to all passengers at no charge. And, as a special offer in December, overseas visitors can take their passport along and a second person will receive a 50% discount.

One recent addition to the Singapore landscape which can be viewed from the Flyer, and also from groundlevel, is the dome-shaped Esplanade – Theatres On The Bay. Sometimes affectionately known as “The Durian” because of its physical resemblance to Singapore’s “King of Fruits”, it overlooks the picturesque waterfront at Marina Bay. Inside, the

Esplanade houses Singapore’s most exciting performance arts, comprising a 1,600-seat concert hall, a 2,000-seat theatre and several recital rooms, theatre and rehearsal studios as well as outdoor performing spaces and an arts library.

Further afield, but still less than 30 kilometres from the city centre is the unique Night Safari.

As the sun sets at Singapore Zoo, a different world comes to life. At the Night Safari, visitors can look a rhinoceros in the eye, hear the howls of a pack of striped hyenas or watch giraffes glide serenely across the plain in the still of the night, all from the safety of a small open-sided bus.

The Zoo itself is worldrenowned for its pioneering animal conservation work and its display of a vast range of creatures in a reasonably natural habitat and is worth a day-time visit by those who have at least a half day to spare, as is the Jurong Bird Park which houses 600 species of birds.

Another open-air place of interest, but back in the city centre, is the Singapore Botanic Gardens which showcases the tropical island’s luxuriant parks. Spread over 52 hectares and close to the centre of the city, the Gardens feature many outstanding plant collections, including the National Orchid Garden.

Two universally popular pastimes for Singaporeans and visitors alike are shopping and eating.

It would be easy to suggest “anywhere and everywhere” to experience both of these activities because the choice is really that wide.

But, Orchard Road as Singapore’s premier shopping location, and either Clarke

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Quay or Boat Quay to sample night-life and food would probably be regarded as sound advice. All are close to the convention centre.

Whatever type of food takes your particular fancy will be readily found in central Singapore. Chinese, Malay and Indian foods are specialities in Singapore, but it should not be difficult to find delicacies from most countries.

Travelling to most of these locations will be straightforward, with taxis plentiful and cheap and a rail system, the MRT, which is the envy of most cities around the world for its efficiency, cleanliness, safety and low cost. But, for a different kind of transportation in the city centre, try a traditional rickshaw, where a driver will cycle one or two people to your chosen destination.

To check on details of these suggested places of interest and many, many others, do visit the Tourist Information Desk on the ground floor at Suntec City (in the same building as the convention centre).

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Sustainable Energy Conference

Day 1 | Tuesday, 1 December 2009 | Suntec Singapore Plenary Sessions 9:00am

Chairperson’s Opening Address Robin Pickup, Senior Vice President, Energy, Lloyd’s Register Asia

9:05am

Industry Address Projecting Energy Demand and Supply Trends in Asia and the Technological Mix: Perspectives from IEA  How are rapidly diminishing resources increasing the need for more efficient use of current energy resources and the constant search for alternative energy supplies?  Implications on energy security and climate change  Challenges for Asia in the next 3 years

Dr Richard Bradley, Head of Energy Efficiency and Environment Dept, International Energy Agency, Switzerland

9:35am

VIP Panel Achieving Sustainability through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Technologies  Energy diversity and security – the key national objective to drive renewable energy development – is there enough impetus for private investment?  Can and should energy efficiency be regulated? Looking at plants and buildings, the 2 biggest producers of greenhouse emissions

Moderator: Ken Cheung, Partner, Watson, Farley & Williams LLP, Singapore

Panelists: - Dr Richard Bradley, Head of Energy Efficiency and Environment Dept, International Energy Agency, Switzerland - Andreas Schierenbeck, CEO, Business Unit Building Automation, Siemens Building Technologies, Switzerland - Ron Mahabir, Managing Director, Asia Cleantech Capital, Singapore

10:30am

Morning Refreshments

Dr Richard Bradley

Track 1: Energy Management & Efficiency Cashing in on Cleantech Chairperson: Robin Pickup, Senior Vice President, Energy, Lloyd’s Register Asia 11:00am

Keynote GHG Reductions & Renewable Energy Development in Asia William Byun, Managing Director, Asia Renewables, Singapore

11:30am

Case Study Generating Renewable Energy from Waste: A Covanta Energy Perspective  Waste as an alternative fuel and renewable energy source;  Safe Waste disposal and how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions  Business case strategies in developing renewable and clean energy  What are the key opportunities and challenges in converting waste to renewable energy Allard Nooy, President, Asia-Pacific, Covanta Energy, China

Robin Pickup

Track 2: Energy Alternatives Geothermal, Coal-Bed Methane, Nuclear Chairperson: Ned Murphy, Consulting Geochemist, Central Planet Repair, LLC, US 11:00am

11:30am

12:00pm

Keynote Renewable Energy Development Trends, and Progress Overview of Asia vis-à-vis the Rest of the World Chris de Lavigne, Global Vice President Consulting, Frost and Sullivan Geothermal Energy : Its Place in a Modern Power System  The advantages and disadvantages of geothermal power plants  Competitive pricing strategies to make geothermal more attractive  Challenges for further development Dr Alex Smillie, Vice President, Geothermal Operations, Star Energy Indonesia, Indonesia Case Study Developing Geothermal Energy Projects to Meet Green Initiative Goals in Indonesian Sustainable Development: A PT PLN Persero Case Study Udibowo Ciptomulyono, Principle Engineer for New Energy-Geothermal, PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia

Case Study Sanchuan Energy: A China Case Study of International Investors in Clean Energy Projects Anand Prakash, Managing Director, FE Clean Energy Asia, Singapore

12:30pm

Lunch & Exhibition Viewing

12:30pm

Lunch & Exhibition Viewing

2:00pm

Panel Discussion Propagating the Adoption of Clean Technologies  Industry update and users perspective  Does the current economic and political climate justify the increase switching to clean technologies in the next 3-5 years?  Addressing key investment concerns

2:00pm

Panel Discussion Boosting and Expanding Renewable Energy Installments in Asia  How can policies for renewable energy be developed and deployed more holistically in the region?  Addressing the gap between fossil fuel and renewable energy  Bilateral collaborations to bring down the cost of deploying renewable energy

Moderator: - William Byun, Managing Director, Asia Renewables, Singapore

Moderator: Ned Murphy, Consulting Geochemist, Central Planet Repair, LLC, US

Panelists: - Allard Nooy, President, Asia-Pacific, Covanta Energy, China - Peter Pledge, Chief Engineering for Gasification, Uhde Shedden (Australia) Pty Ltd, Australia - Oliver Risse, COO, Asia Cleantech Capital, Singapore

3:00pm

Carbon Sequestration for a Sustainable Future  Status of capture technologies  Sequestration resources issues  Development options Peter Pledge, Chief Engineering for Gasification, Uhde Shedden (Australia) Pty Ltd, Australia

Panelists: - Udibowo Ciptomulyono, Principle Engineer for New EnergyGeothermal, PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia - Dr Alex Smillie, Vice President, Geothermal Operations, Star Energy Indonesia, Indonesia - Daniel Rosa, Head of Sales, South East Asia, Conergy Renewable Energy, Singapore

3:00pm

Is Nuclear Energy Generation Viable for Asia?  Is nuclear power the new era in power generation for Asia with the rapid depletion of natural resources?

Fumio Murata, Technology Executive, Head of International Cooperation Office, Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd, Japan

12:00pm

Nanotechnology for Clean Technologies: What is the Future?  Where is Nanotechnology currently having an impact  Where will Nanotechnology have an impact in the future Geoff Edwards, Managing Director, Nano Nouvelle Australia

4:00pm

End of Day 1

3:30pm

Case Study Leveraging on Desert Climates to Recharge Power in the Middle East: A Schott Case Study Matthew Chan, Managing Director, SCHOTT Singapore

4:00pm

End of Day 1

3:30pm

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OUTLOOK

How Wireless and Process Engineering will be addressed this week

by Geoff Andrew

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key element in this industry – particularly in challenging economic times - is process plant efficiency. This continues to be a fundamental concern in key sectors such as chemical processing, petrochemical and oil and gas refining and production.

Process plant efficiency can be a critical factor for companies, so suppliers of products and services to this sector have huge potential for developing their business. It has never been more true that a crisis for one company can be a business opportunity for another.

Industry leaders will stress during the CIA2009 event that operational gains can be realised by the implementation of industrial bus technology, with benefits seen throughout the processes of installation, maintenance and commissioning. The technology, together with the deployment of wireless networking, increasingly allows for remote access to status and diagnostic information. In turn, this will enable predictive maintenance strategies via continuous condition monitoring, and offer the potential for major cost savings in reductions in both point-to-point wiring and associated equipment.

These issues, and more, will all be discussed at length over the next few days and particularly during the Industrial Bus & Wireless Technology Conference on Thursday and Friday.

Mr. Toshi Hasegawa is a project leader of industrial automation marketing at Yokogawa Electric Corporation, with a particular emphasis on wireless. He will be speaking at the conference, examining the challenges in wireless deployment to also accommodate all wired protocols and will explain the benefits of developing international standards for process automation.

Contrary to common perception, steps to develop common standards only began in 2005, and is only now moving from the standard development phase to the phase in which the conformance is attested.

But Hasegawa believes that when compared to earlier standards, the communication technology of this wireless network provides additional benefits, including: u The reduction of wiring

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represented on the show floor through various booths, said Tee That’s largely due to the intertwined nature of the CIA and EnviroAsia show components, he added, and although manufacturing in consumer goods is down, energy prices are high.

“Further, one sector which cuts across everything is environmental,” Tee said.

“Waste still needs to be monitored and taken care of.”

Tee noted that this is not really a conference for environmentalists, although many participants are interested in being kinder to Mother Nature. Rather, it advocates the practical application of environmental technology in business.

“What we’re trying to achieve is to provide information to delegates about the promise and pitfalls of various alternative

energy options; we will need a basket of alternative energy resources to satisfy demand in the coming decade,” Tee said.

Wireless technology will be another highlight of the show, being a central theme of the conference on December 3 and 4.

“Wireless is important because if you are looking at new plants - even upgrades – it’s much cheaper to run a wireless system than cable,” Tee said. “The industrial rollout of wireless technology has been slower than for the average Starbucks-going man-on-the street, but that’s because standards are tighter in industry”.

“Nobody wants signal corruption because that could affect certain areas of operation,” Tee added. “But the wireless systems and infrastructure are now very robust.”

The CHWMEG Seminar and JAIMA Forum on December 3 are additional

required at the site for the temperature and pressure

prominent show happenings.

CHWMEG specializes in environmental audits of member factories and plants; they ensure members conform to international and local standards so they don’t legally stray.

According to Tee, the Japanese Analytical I n s t r u m e n t a t i o n Manufacturer’s Association (JAIMA) is “working with us because we currently have the largest cluster of laboratorytype technology exhibitors under one roof.”

As delegates exit the shows on December 4, Tee reported that they can look forward to fascinating themes for the CIA2011 event, including web-enabled factory management.

That will move factories further into the future of automation. As a result, plants would become less human intensive, and benefit greater from efficiencies of scale.

transmitters, thus reducing the associated engineering cost u Enabling the installation of sensors in places where the installation was previously difficult u The improvement of plant safety by the collection of diagnostic data from the field instruments.

Implementing wireless also offers benefits in preventing staff from being exposed to possible hazards.

For example, detection of dangerous gas leaks can readily be seen to bring both financial and human advantages in chemical plants where many hazardous locations exist. In this environment, it becomes feasible to monitor numerous points by introducing wireless sensors.

Moreover, field operators will be less exposed to these hazards by having to do fewer rounds of manual checks.

And there are opportunities to monitor temperatures in pipelines. The pipeline temperature may increase during the transportation of fluids with high viscosities.

In this case, wiring for the sensor along the whole length of a pipeline is not economical but it is critical to monitor the temperature to avoid blocking by coagulation. A wireless temperature sensor can resolve this problem.

But, other dangerous challenges remain. System security is probably a growing threat for many companies in these days of both increased terrorism and cyber crimes.

Philip Nunn, product manager for Industrial Networks at MTL Instruments, UK, will be sharing his experience of cyber security in a modern process network at the Plant Operations & Maintenance - Safety & Security on 4 December, 12pm. In particular, he helps clients to evaluate the threats and risks associated with a modern process control system and recommends suitable protection measures.

Unfortunately, very few of the process control platforms operating today were installed with any cyber security protection, so how can these systems be protected against today’s threats? Peter

Welander provides some answers.

“Cyber security issues have taken centre-stage over the last few years, and their visibility seems to increase almost on a daily basis. New IT and industrial control system platforms are incorporating vastly improved security functions, but the problem for industry is that huge numbers of control systems predate these cyber security efforts, and many even predate large-scale deployment of the internet.”

“Connections to those systems from the outside provide the means for hackers to get in and do all sorts of damage, unless barriers are put in place to keep them out”. Welander also posed the question: “can old systems be adequately protected?”

“Traditionally, a control system was purchased, engineered, configured, implemented, and pretty much forgotten about for the next 20 or so years,” says Ernie Rakaczky, principal security architect for Invensys Process Systems.

“In many ways that’s still the mindset of the control community, but a lot has happened in the last five or ten years. Many of those early systems had no capability to be connected to anything else.

They were designed to do one thing in life: they open and close a valve or they measure a level, so the cyber world really doesn’t play a role.”

The problem is that the world didn’t stay that way. With the growth of information technology in general, the desire to extract information and to provide connectivity to outside users grew too. Rakaczky adds, “At one point, a traditional control system was 100 percent focused on controlling a process. Now it’s probably 50 percent control and 50 percent information exchange.

“When that started to happen, and we started to move data off the control platform to a historian or plant network or enterprise network, it was time to start adding some best practices, being more cautious, and putting some functionality in to protect yourselves,” he says.

COOLSTUFF

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By Matt Young

Look Closely.

Can you spot the solar panels on the rooftop?

Pretty cool, huh? S.O.L.I.D. International Asia (SIA) specialises in providing solar air-conditioning, domestic hot water production and district heating/cooling solutions through the use of solar technology. The scope of supplies and services in the solar thermal field includes studies, consulting design and engineering, supply & installation and operation.

(Booth 4C3-01 - Austrian Pavilion)

I Like That Boom, Boom, Pow

That’s right, this ultrasonic gas flowmeter, offered by Flexim, won’t be reduced to a black-eyed pea in explosive atmospheres. The FLUXUS G800 is designed for permanent installation in hazardous areas. It has flame-proof housing that can be operated by a magnet pen without opening the housing. It employs a clamp-on method for precise bi-directional, highly dynamic, non-invasive flow measurement. (Booth 4H3-01)

Double-Barrelled? u

No, it’s not a funky looking shotgun. But it is SureFit, a cost-effective and efficient way to rehabilitate gas, water and sewage piping systems. This liner, introduced by AGRU Kunststofftechnik, is produced according to relevant standards.

Investigators have shown it can last up to 100 years if installed properly, the company notes. Old piping? No problem for SureFit, which guarantees a long-lasting and sustainable renovation of old pipe networks.

(Booth 4C3-01 - Austrian Pavilion)

Feelin’ Hot Hot Hot…

When in Jamaica, it’s easy to find the hot spot (hint: it’s anywhere under the sun). At the factory, it can be a lot harder. Why not identify those problem areas more easily with thermal imaging?

The Flir ThermaCAM P65, now available for rental from Ashtead Technology, takes high-definition 14-bit thermal images and records them with its built-in digital camera. Its integrated Laser LocatIR, activated at the touch of a button, helps users to safely and quickly relate a hot spot shown on the IR image to the problem area on the physical target.

It is especially useful when scanning moving targets such as motors and conveyor belts. (Booth 4G2-03)

Forget the Under-theTongue Thermometer.

The Fluke 62 Mini noncontact thermometer by CE-Test & Measurement boasts of quick and reliable surface temperature readings, with a best accuracy of +1% of reading for its class of mini infrared thermometers.

The compact and portable tool is rugged enough for industrial environments, with its protective rubber “boot”, and can handle temperatures ranging from -30 degrees C to 500 degrees C (-20 degrees F to 932 degrees F). (Booth 4H3-06)

Not For Cricket…

Unless you’ve had a really bad day and don’t have a good bat nearby. Otherwise, you can use Aquaconsult’s Aerostrip Type Q for its intended purpose as a fine-bubble-aerator with very low energy demand. It can be used worldwide for domestic and industrial waste water treatment plants. Materials used are resistant against all components which are permitted to be fed to a sewage treatment plant in accordance with German regulations. Type Q is characterised by a PVC base profile and a membrane manufactured from 100% polyurethane with no softeners or fillers added. This ensures that the membranes will last for many years. (Booth 4C3-01 - Austrian Pavilion)

Sometimes It’s Fun to Watch…

Yeah, check out this beast.

It’s a mobile compact recycler in action. Rubble Master Compact Recyclers like this can be used for processing stone and earth and also for economical re-use of construction waste such as rubble and concrete. This model, the RM80, is particularly mobile in tight spaces and in mountainous areas. It can do really macho stuff like removing reinforcing steel from crushed material. RUBBLE MASTER ENVIRO technology ensures it can operate without disturbing local residents. Crushing rubble without rocking the cradle? Since when did Earth become this cool? (Booth 4C3-01 - Austrian Pavilion)

Singapore May Be a “Fine” City…

But even with the high fines imposed for littering, the city state’s streets still need to be cleaned from time to time. To that end, M-U-T Austrocleaner street sweepers will come in handy. Various models are used in the area of gutter and laminary cleaning and are also suitable for construction sites, such as for sweeping reaming waste. M-U-T also has found a way to minimise particle emission so only a minor part of the polluted air comes out again. (Booth 4C3-01 - Austrian Pavilion)

Make the Lab Safer.

Rotary evaporators were developed around 50 years ago to allow safe, automatic distillation. Things have come a long way since then, particularly in the area of automation. With its new system, the RV 10 control, IKA brings us a high-end model that not only provides fullyautomated distillation to ensure a safe laboratory environment, but that can also automatically set all required parameters as soon as the user selects the solvent to be used.

(Booth 4F2-06)

Love to Ski Powder?

Now you can measure reliably how deep the white stuff really is in extreme conditions. Sommer MessSystemtechnik’s USH-8 device is used by central weather services across Europe and also by avalanche warning services in high mountain regions. Even fresh powdery snow can’t trick the USH-8, which delivers reliable readings even when there is a difficult reflection ratio. It is possible to operate the USH-8 via standard terminal program installed on a PC or even laptop.

(Booth 4C3-01 Austrian Pavilion)

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