Control Amplified: The process automation podcast

Designing control with an edge

A Control Amplified podcast with John Wozniak, product manager for automation digital products at Wago Corporation.

How Coriolis technology is making hydrogen dispensing safer, efficient

Hydrogen is a sustainable fuel solution that is quickly gaining traction in the global marketplace. Despite it being an efficient and sustainable energy source, hydrogen dispensing requires the utmost safety parameters to ensure risk are mitigated. That is especially true for one of green hydrogen’s primary potential uses – vehicles such as trucks and tank cars.  

Emerson Automation Solutions is on the forefront of solving the safety risks present in hydrogen dispensing thanks to one of its newest products, the Micro Motion High-Pressure Coriolis HPC020 Flowmeter, which is set to debut in March.  

Genny Fultz, global product manager for Emerson Automation Solutions, talked with Control about the new unit, the increasing market interest in hydrogen, the challenges facing dispensing, and the safety and cost benefits of HPC020.   

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/33000065 

Industrial automation in the era of the cloud

It’s been more than 10 years now since Marc Andreesen proclaimed that “software is eating the world.” To discuss the rise of software in the automation sector and other salient issues facing the industrial enterprise, Keith Larson is joined by Robin Saitz, chief marketing office for Rockwell Automation on this latest episode of Control Amplified: The Process Automation Podcast.

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/33000054 

Supporting the automation supply chain through turbulent times

When faced with challenges, having a little help can make the biggest difference. In this episode of Control Amplified: The Process Automation Podcast, Keith Larson is joined by  Skip Tierno, chairman, and Teresa Sebring, president, Measurement Control & Automation Association (MCAA), to learn how the association is assisting its members and partners in dealing with the challenges brought on by the COVID pandemic, the worker shortage, and more. 

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/33000023 

Solutions spotlight: Integrating process and turbomachinery control

In November 2021, Compressor Controls Corporation (CCC) and Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced a partnership for a jointly developed integrated solution for process and turbomachinery control called CCC Inside. Just a couple of months ago, they released enhancements to their solution with additional function blocks. Historically, CCC is famous for turbomachinery controls and Yokogawa for process control. Now, they bring the two pieces together. Control Editor in Chief Len Vermillion is joined by Michael Ilchenko, product director, Compressor Controls Corporation, and John Gracia, system consultant, DCS, Yokogawa Electric Company to learn more.

This episode of Control Amplified was sponsored by Compressor Controls Corporation.

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21546058

Solutions Spotlight: Connecting the world of process automation

In this special edition of Control Amplified: The Process Automation Podcast, we bring you an interview from the Remaking Industry podcast from Smart Industry magazine. In this guest episode, Smart Industry editor in chief Chris McNamara is joined by Paul Sereiko, director of marketing, FieldComm Group, to discuss the impacts of digitalization and some of the organization's latest collaborations to create standards that encourage interoperability.

Learn more about FieldComm Group: https://www.fieldcommgroup.org/ 

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21439148 

Automation without boundaries

It’s been some three decades since the Purdue model first formalized the seven-layer pyramid for “computer-integrated manufacturing." While the model’s intent was primarily functional, form often follows function, and the intervening decades have left us with complex strata and siloes of isolated data that is difficult to integrate and contextualize. Peter Zornio, chief technology officer for Emerson’s Automation Solutions business, joins Keith Larson to discuss a new vision of a flatter, software-based architecture for process automation that democratizes data and enables optimization without all the former hurdles.
Learn more about Emerson Automation Solutions: https://www.emerson.com/en-us/automation/home
Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21438713

The touch panel emerges as industry’s essential edge device

The touch panel has a long and storied history in the industrial automation arena. To better understand the changing roles and capabilities of the not-so-humble touch panel in today's production environments, Keith Larson is joined by John Wozniak, product manager for digital automation projects with Wago.

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21438616 

Coriolis technology tackling green hydrogen extremes

Green hydrogen can decarbonize applications where renewable electrons simply can't go, but does bring with it some challenges, notably the very high pressures and low temperatures needed to contain it. To talk more about the challenges posed and opportunities presented by green hydrogen in transportation applications, Keith Larson is joined by Genny Fultz, product manager, Marc Buttler, director of application innovation, both with Emerson.

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21438386

Ultrasonic technology takes on hydrogen, natural gas blends

While green hydrogen promises to play a significant role in the decarbonization of our energy infrastructure, it won't be as simple as throwing a switch. One key avenue for it is to leverage the existing natural gas distribution networks to deliver a blend of green hydrogen and traditional natural gas to the homes, buildings and industries that currently rely on natural gas in full. In this episode, Keith Larson, publisher of Control magazine and ControlGlobal.com, and Duane Harris, market product manager for Sick, discuss some of the unique challenges posed by blending hydrogen into our natural gas systems and some of the technologies can address these challenges in a cost-effective way.

Learn more about Sick Sensor Intelligence: https://www.sick.com/us/en/ 

Read the transcript: https://controlglobal.com/21438217