Electric heat tracing controls: Its integration in industrial facilities

IEEE Industry Applications Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 60-69

  Stehling, Larry ^a   Alanis, Joe ^b  

^a Emerson Industrial Automation   (United States)

^b BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLER FAILURE; ELECTRIC HEAT; ENERGY EFFICIENT; HEATER CURRENTS; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; INSTALLATION COSTS; LOW-VOLTAGE; MULTI-POINT CONTROLLERS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PROCESS DATA; SETPOINTS; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; TRACE CONTROL; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; ELECTRIC HEATING; PROCESS CONTROL; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 84857359319     PISSN: 10772618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIAS.2011.2175529     Document Type: Article

References (6)

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