Jim Cahill

"Thanks for highlighting this webinar opportunity for our readers, Jonas!" - Jim Cahill

"Thanks for your question, Nasreldin! I've asked our flow team experts in our Dubai office to reach out to you to discuss your application." - Jim Cahill

"They are definitely lacking APIs to get at company and group page analytics. What a missed opportunity..." - Jim Cahill

"The helical strake thermowell referred to by Blake is one alternative for use in applications where a more traditional thermowell cannot be made to work. Velocity collars have been historically used as one means of changing the attributes of a thermowell to produce a suitable design for a given application. As mentioned in the original post, velocity collars have been recognized to be unreliable over the long term so are not recommended in the ASME PTC 19.3 TW – 2010 standard. There are other ways to change a thermowell design to ensure reliable service, and a helical strake thermowell design could be one solution to consider." - Jim Cahill

"Hi Ralph, Great report and thanks for sharing your thoughts! I've made sure to pass them along to Will and Bruce. Enjoy your weekend!" - Jim Cahill

"Hi Kiruthika, Thanks for your comment. What technology are you using for the MPC? I can ask around if you're are using DeltaV Predict or PredictPro to see what we might have." - Jim Cahill

"The wireless valve controller is designed to meet intrinsically safe and non-incendive requirements. See http://www.northeastcontrols.c... for wired FF, AS-i bus, Profibus DP, Devicenet valve controllers." - Jim Cahill

"Hi Steven, Thanks for your question! The wireless controllers are battery powered or can be externally powered (where wiring may already exist.) Here's the data sheet http://www.documentation.emers..." - Jim Cahill

"Thanks for your comment Mohsin. From my understanding checking with a colleague, there is a separate 800M controller for SIL-rated applications. If one is willing to use a SIL-certified platform to run BPCS logic, this should be an option, but its important to remember that to fulfill the standards, one still needs to have separate application, which will save some spare parts spending, but project implementation tends to be much higher." - Jim Cahill

"Jonas, Thanks for spotting this! I've updated the post to the new YouTube URL." - Jim Cahill

"Jonas, I'm with you on those flip-type online magazines and much prefer HTML! Happy New Year! Jim" - Jim Cahill

"Thanks for adding your insights, Jacque!" - Jim Cahill

"Hi Chris, Thanks for your note. I'd suggest checking out the Compressor Controls website at: http://cccglobal.com/platforms. I wish you success in your quest!" - Jim Cahill

"Hi Manj, Thanks for your comment! I wasn't sure so I posted your question in the Safety Instrumented Systems group of our Emerson Exchange 365 community at: http://community.emerson.com/p... You can join the community and that group to be notified of any responses. I wish you success on getting the CFSP certification!" - Jim Cahill