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Power Engineering (January 2010)
CCS: Another Inconvenient Truth
Honeywell's Tariq Samad and David Steen discuss about the power generation, with its reliance in many parts of the world on coal, is the single largest contributing sector for anthropogenic CO2 emissions, so the industry finds itself—voluntarily or otherwise—at the forefront of mitigation efforts. Read the article

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (November 2009)
Honeywell – the Future of the Plant Floor in a Wireless Environment
Honeywell’s Jeff Becker and Frank Offenbacher discuss the future of wireless technology, enabling plants to eliminate fixed work stations and hardwired controls and become more agile, efficient and profitable. Read the article.

Biodiesel Magazine (November 2009)
Advanced biofuel project picks up steam in Wisconsin
The pace is picking up for Flambeau River BioFuel LLC’s project to convert Wisconsin wood into biomass-based diesel. Honeywell Process Solutions announced Monday that it has been selected to supply and integrate the automation equipment for what it called the largest second-generation green diesel plant in the United States. Read the article.

Chemical Engineering (May 2009)
Fire & Gas in Safety Systems
Integrating fire-and-gas detectors and mitigation systems into overall process safety control can help ensure fast responses to emergencies.  By continuously monitoring for abnormal situations, such as a fire, and combustible or toxic gas releases, fire and gas (F&G) detection and mitigation systems are the linchpins to maintaining overall safety and operation of industrial facilities. Read the article.

Improving Energy Efficiency (May 2009)
Quarter 2
Major opportunities for energy efficiency and reduction of GHG emissions within a refinery/petrochemical complex are identified. Work process methodology for capturing these opportunities is proposed. Read the article.

Paper Making & Distribution (PMD) (March-April 2009)
Unbeatable Combination
Learn how JoutCon Oy in Finland uses Honeywell’s OptiVision to optimize paper and board sheet production.
Read the article.

CSO Magazine (April 2009)
Taking a Lesson in Federal Compliance from the Chemical Industry
Honeywell’s Jon Harmon says the industry’s response to CFATS provides a model for compliance with stringent federal security requirements.  Read the article.

Hydrocarbon Engineering (April 2009)
The First Step
Today’s refiners face many challenges.  However, technology driven solutions now exist that can address these challenges and help achieve energy optimization. Brendan Sheehan, Honeywell Process Solutions, and Xin Zhu, UOP, explore energy optimization in plant processes.  Read the article.

Industrial Fire Journal (April 2009)
Integrated Strategies
By implementing an integrated fire and gas strategy based on the latest automation technology, plants can meet their plant safety and critical infrastructure protection requirements while ensuring operational and business readiness at project start-up, writes Kees Kemps, Senior Safety Consultant at Honeywell. Read the article.

Chemical Processing (April 2009)
Adroitly Manage Alarms: Six Underutilized Techniques Can Provide Significant Benefits
Every process plant of any significant size has an alarm system.  At most sites, operators routinely work with control systems that have several thousand configured alarms and many plants have far too many alarm activations.  Read the article by Peter Andow, principal consultant for advanced solutions with Honeywell Process Solutions, as he outlines six techniques that can play a significant part in enhancing alarm management.

Control (April 2009)
Norm Gilsdorf speaks with Control magazine
Control editor in chief Walt Boyes talks to Norm Gilsdorf about his role as HPS president.  Listen to the interview.

Hydrocarbon Engineering (March 2009)
Accelerating From Day One
Refineries and petrochemical plants are facing many challenges in these very uncertain times. While many companies are reducing or deferring capital expenditures, all companies are trying to ensure that available capital is spent effectively, that operational readiness is achieved as quickly as possible, and that full production is sustained. In this article, Pat Kelly of Honeywell Process Solutions discusses key technologies that can accelerate the design, start up and sustained safe operation of process units to improve operational readiness from day one. Read the article.

Process Automation and Control Engineering (PACE) (March 2009)
Making a Smart Wireless Decision
Wireless-enabled solutions are more than just avoiding the cost of a wire – they also turn valuable data into knowledge, helping plants keep their people, plant and environment safe and improving plant and asset reliability. Implementing wireless technology is a strategic choice. Read the article.

PROCESSWest (March 2009)
Ethanol Blending: Displacing the myths - it doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated for terminal operations
Improving loading racks for ethanol blending doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated, depending on the solution the customer chooses. Read the article by Kathy West.

POWER (Feb 2009)
Wireless Technology Unlocks Possibilities
Modern wireless systems improve productivity, monitoring activities, and safety at power plants by enabling the right people to be at the right place at the right time. Wireless technology can put hard-to-access process and asset information at your fingertips, wherever you are, to enable more accurate and timely decisions. Read the article by Jeff Becker.

Control (Feb. 2009)
Honeywell Brings DCS Power to Small Sites
If small process applications can’t come to the distributed control system (DCS) mountain, then the DCS mountain needs to miniaturize, pull up stakes and go to the small process application. Read the article.

InTech (Jan 2009)
Defense In Cyberspace: Beating cyber threats that target mesh networks
For industrial facilities, the increased vulnerability of the enterprise resulting from open wireless architectures, coupled with a rise in cyber attacks, has made electronic security a major concern. The Control Systems Security Program (CSSP) cyber researchers regularly evaluate new and introduced solutions.  Their reviews suggest wireless solutions can be as secure as wired solutions, alleviating industry concerns. Read the article co-authored by Jeff Becker of Honeywell Process Solutions and Trent Nelson of Idaho National Laboratory.