Sensor technology is entrenched in the Fourth Industrial Revolution with really tiny sensors providing incredibly high levels of functionality, reliability and performance.
Peter Middleton has another ‘Conversation with…’ this time, ABB South Africa’s Leon Viljoen talks about the company’s progress with the Kusile Power Station Control and Instrumentation project.
Henry du Preez, the expert well known by engineers in the drives and motors industry, writes about induction motor rotor bars and their significance in the performance of a motor.
With the Carbon Tax imminent in South Africa, the article in the enviroFicient feature is a must-read…as is ‘Lessons African countries can learn from the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP).
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) describes the consulting engineering industry as being ‘tough’ and becoming ‘tougher’… and if you attended Power & Electricity World Africa 2016… you may find your photograph in our Social Engineers feature.
All this…and more in the May 2016 issue of Electricity+Control.
Wendy Izgorsek
Editor
Tel: +27 (0) 11 622 4770
Email: ec@crown.co.za
Articles in the May 2016 issue:
- Sensors, switches and transducers
Smart sensors, smart technology, smart manufacturing
Gerry Bryant, Countapulse Controls
What is the role of sensing technology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
- Analytical instrumentation
Better ways to troubleshoot automation and process control loops
Technical information supplied by John Wilson on behalf of Comtest for Fluke Corporation
Instrument and automation technicians are constantly challenged to keep instrumentation loops and I/O working at peak efficiency while using the least possible time in which to do it.
Power of light in industrial process management: Spectroscopy
Gunter Pinkowski, KROHNE Optosens
Process Analysis Technology (PAT) is an essential prerequisite for the management and control of processes… which is optimal both technically and economically.
- Control systems + automation
In Conversation With…
Crown Publications editor, Peter Middleton, talks to ABB South Africa’s Chief Executive Officer, Leon Viljoen, about his Africa-wide outlook and emerging technologies to carry the continent towards smarter, more connected and more reliable infrastructure.
Virtualisation and dynamic IT loads
Bruce Grobler, Schneider Electric
IT virtualisation – the abstraction of physical network, server, and storage resources – has greatly increased the ability to utilise and scale compute power.
- Drives, motors + switchgear
Induction motor rotor bars
Henry du Preez, Consultant
The rotor of an induction moto is a very critical component and has a major influence on the performance of the motor. The motor designer determines the motor characteristics with the design of the rotor and the rotor bars.
Understanding ac motor control models
Norman Maleka, SEW EURODRIVE
The basic characteristics of control models based on the example of SEW-EURODRIVE frequency inverters, which cover the entire power and application range – from basic standard, to the toughest technical requirements.
- Energy + enviroFiciency
Carbon Tax in South Africa
Silvana Claassen, CES Carbon & Energy Solutions; and Justine Bolton, Bright Green Solutions
Factors that drive the implementation of climate change mitigation measures such as the carbon tax, the objective of the carbon tax, its design, and what can be done to reduce one’s tax-liability.
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