The Preliminary
Announcement highlights all of the papers scheduled for the 63rd
Annual Instrumentation Symposium.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 10:30
a.m.
•“Raising
Automation to the Business Level” by Walt Boyes, Editor in
Chief; CONTROL Magazine, Itasca, IL.
TUESDAY’S TECHNICAL PAPERS
• “Energy
Management to Cut Operating Costs, Precise and Recommended Measurements,
Benchmarking and a Roadmap to Achieving
Results” by Stefan Woehrle, Jason Pennington, and Madhukar
Puniani, Endress + Hauser, Greenwood, IN.
•“Evaluating
Foundation Fieldbus Devices and Wiring Components” by David
S. Lancaster, Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemical, Inc., Houston, TX.
•“HART
Communication: Understanding What It Can Do and How To Get It Done!”
by Ed T. Ladd, Jr., HART Communication Foundation,
Austin, TX.
•“Metering
Flow in Utilities, Compressed Air, and Steam: Before You Can Control,
You Have To Know How To Measure It” by Jason
Pennington, Endress + Hauser, Greenwood, IN.
WEDNESDAY’S TECHNICAL PAPERS begin at 8:00 a.m.
•“Do
the PFD Equations In The Standards Cover All The Parameters?”
by Prasad Goteti, Emerson Process Management, Calgary, Canada.
•“Using
Engineering Automation Software to Document Safety Instrumented Systems”
by John Dressel, Fluor Corporation, Sugar Land, TX.
•“Codes,
Risk and Instrumentation for Overpressure Protection” by
Jude Golla, retired, Kingsville, TX.
•“Establishing
an Instrument and Analyzer Reliability Program in Support of Independent
Protection Layers” by Patrick Skweres and John
Thibodeaux, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX.
THURSDAY’S TECHNICAL PAPERS begin at 8:00 a.m.
•“BioTector®
Patented Two-Stage Advanced Oxidation Process for TOC/TN Analysis”
by Jason Kuzmiak, Ohmart/Vega Corporation,
Cincinnati, OH.
•“Advanced
Flow Diagnostics and Their Impact on Improving Operational Practices”
by Mike Schaefer, Emerson Process Management,
Eden Prairie, MN.
•“Sensor
Considerations in Safety Instrumented System Implementation and
Operation” by Craig McIntyre, Endress+Hauser, Greenwood,
IN.
•“Performance
Based Fire & Gas System Design: SP84 Working Group 6 Sub-Committee
Update” by Mike Scott and Bud Adler, Applied
Engineering Solutions, Inc., Greenville, SC.
•“Development
of Methods for Risk-Based Fire and Gas Detection and Suppression
System Assessment” by Edward M. Marszal and Kevin
Mitchell, Kenexis Consulting Corporation, Columbus, OH.
