Electricity + Control September 2018

CONTENTS

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Features

CONTROL SYSTEMS + AUTOMATION + SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 4 The digital era in the art of brewing: Information provided by Siemens

6 The future of mining is automated: Chris Calam, ThermoFisher Scientific

9 Round Up

DRIVES + MOTORS + SWITCHGEAR 12 Next generation medium voltage switchgear: Joe Richard, Schneider Electric 16 Enduring market for dc drives: Andy Green, Nidec Control Technique s

18 Round Up

ENERGY MANAGEMENT + ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 22 New control strategy helps reap maximum power from wind farms: Aaron Dubrow, Texas Advanced Computing Center

24 Chemical cluster to transform energy storage: Bob Marcotte & Charlotte Hsu, University at Buffalo

26 Round Up

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PLANT MAINTENANCE, TEST + MEASUREMENT 28 Using visual data to its full potential: Willem Beckmann, DataProphet 32 Prevention and protection in plant maintenance: Joy Sonn & Manoj Chandrasekharan, Schneider Electric

34 Round Up

SENSORS, SWITCHES + TRANSDUCERS 40 Bringing flexibility to damage inspection: Liezel Labios, University of California – San Diego

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42 Round Up

Regulars

1 Comment 31 Cover Article 44 Engineering the Future 46 Light + Current 48 Write @ the back 48 Events 48 Advertisers

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SEPTEMBER 2018