WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Nuclear power plants generate 20% of the nation’s electricity and are the largest clean energy source in the U.S. But to further offset climate change, the nuclear energy sector ...

Upgrading automation systems can often extend the life of power generation facilities by decades while reducing downtime, improving operations, and reducing required maintenance. The Maggotty plant in ...

Digital fieldbus technologies, including Foundation fieldbus and Profibus, are increasingly being used with success in the nuclear and fossil fuel power industries. This article compares a ...

Shafting alignment is crucial for marine propulsion systems and may affect the safety and stability of ship operations. Air spring vibration isolation systems (ASVISs) for marine shafting can help ...

The concept of upgrading systems in nuclear power plants to digital is not new. In the early 1980s, some manufacturers of instrumentation and control (I&C) equipment were already converting to digital ...

Wireless digital lighting controls reduce installation time and complexity by eliminating control wiring and enabling quick ...

Cooperation between control system vendors and TXU Power’s engineering staff enabled Comanche Peakto effectively manage the replacement of obsolete analog controls with digital controls on Units 1 and ...

A case study in aerospace manufacturing provides an overview of how physics-informed digital twin systems transform robotics processes—from adaptive process planning and real-time process monitoring ...

Learn to apply control systems in automotive, energy, aerospace, robotics, and manufacturing sectors. Apply feedback control laws to stabilize systems and achieve performance goals. Control systems ...

Advances in digital engineering — and the ability to create “living” virtual models of complex IT systems — are giving defense officials new and more effective ways to test potential solutions to ...

In any dimming system, the ballasts and controllers must be able to speak the same language. In the case of digital dimming systems, this language is either proprietary — unique to a particular ...

What does a simple cascaded conveyor system look like? How to integrate a conveyor system using only the digital capabilities of modern variable frequency drives (VFDs). Simplifying the automation ...