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    Flame arrester temperature monitoring

    By: Jonas Berge , 5 hours ago

    Could you share your experience and best practices for flame arrester temperature monitoring? Flame arresters have different max burning time rating: • Short Time Burning: 1 minute • Endurance Burning: 15 minutes (Type II) or 2 hours (Type I) • Unlimited ...

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    RE: Introduce Yourself

    By: Kudzai Mavhengere , 23 hours ago

    Hello Everyone!!! My name is Kudzai Mavhengere. I am currently working as a security delivery manager for Accenture Ireland. I am engineer at heart with a strong interest in OT Cyber Security, having accumulated over 15 years of experience working in Industrial Automation ...

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    RE: Instrumentation Testing Software

    By: Matt Forbis , 2 days ago

    Adding to what Jonas has linked to, Emerson's AMS Device Manager has multiple capabilities to support some of the above tasks. AMS Device Manager supports integration to well known documenting calibrators such as those from Fluke and Beamex. It's easy to schedule and create ...

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    RE: How to calculate Beta factor for unusual archi ...

    By: Michael Scott , 3 days ago

    Thermocouples in catalyst beds???? If yes, they are not redundant measurements. While this might be the voting in the SPLC. This is not the voting in the SIF definition. So a much simpler SIL Calc and beta factor estimation exercise. ------------------------------ Michael ...

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    RE: Cable sizing and Permissible voltage drop over ...

    By: Leandro Morrone , 4 days ago

    Hi Sagir, Not that I am aware of. In any case, it always depend on the instrument requirements, which differ from one to another. That been said, it shouldn't be complicated to define a basic set of rules based on standard parameters and do calculation only if a given instrument ...