Industrial automation and control guides

Automation and Control Books / Guides

This section covers guides related to automation and control systems as well as information technologies that will help you to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services.

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Adjustable Speed Drives Tutorial

There are three different types of Adjustable Speed Drives (ASDs) on the market that primarily differ in the type of rectification they use to convert AC to DC and back… Read more

Jan 05, 2013

Cyber Security Issues for Smart Grid

In its broadest sense, cyber security for the power industry covers all issues involving automation and communications that affect the operation of electric power systems and the functioning of the… Read more

Nov 24, 2012

Energy Saving Tools for Fan and Pump Applications

This thesis analyses the calculation of FanSave and PumpSave energy saving tools calculation. With these programs energy consumption of variable speed drive control for fans and pumps can be compared… Read more

Nov 24, 2012

Variable speed pumping – A good guide to successful applications

Pumping systems account for nearly 20% of the world’s energy used by electric motors and 25% to 50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities. Significant opportunities… Read more

Oct 06, 2012

Allen Bradley Scada System Guide

A master station can be configured to communicate with slave stations in either Message-based polling mode or Standard polling mode. The pros and cons of each polling mode are described… Read more

May 20, 2012

Industrial training for SCADA system and PLC

An industrial SCADA & PLC system is used for the development of the controls of machinery. This paper describes the SCADA & PLC systems in terms of their architecture, their… Read more

May 20, 2012