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ZUG, Switzerland--Jan. 19, 2012-- Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that its India subsidiary, Foster Wheeler India Private Limited, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a contract for a new LNG receiving terminal to be built in Ennore, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The contract was awarded by India’s national oil company, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).

The Foster Wheeler contract value for this project was not disclosed and will be included in the company’s fourth-quarter 2011 bookings.

Foster Wheeler’s scope of work includes basic design, front-end engineering design, and the preparation of capital and operating cost estimates for the new LNG import, storage and regasification terminal, which will be designed to process five million tonnes per annum of LNG. Foster Wheeler’s scope also includes marine studies to enable IOCL to finalize the jetty location, utilities, and regasified LNG send-out facilities. The LNG terminal facilities are planned for completion by 2015-16.

A recent trial has proven that Endress+Hauser temperature probes with thermowells made from a new alloy can withstand extreme temperatures up to 1000ºC that are typically found in the furnace of an energy-from-waste facility.

Temperature: a critical measurement in a harsh environment

In energy-from-waste plants furnace temperature is a critical measurement. By burning the waste at an optimum temperature the release of harmful emissions is avoided. In order to accurately record the temperature in the furnace, three or more temperature thermowells are inserted into the furnace directly above the flame. Due to the incredibly harsh conditions in the furnace, conventional probes made from Incoly 800HT alloy will typically fail after three or four months of service. As the probes are sited in an elevated position, changing them can be difficult. In addition, each time the furnace is opened there is the possibility that cooler air will enter or that hot gases will escape, both of which can decrease the efficiency of the process and cause health and safety concerns.

A good handy white paper on Custody Transfer using Coriolis Meters by MicroMotion. Please click 'Using Coriolis Meters for the Custody Transfer of Natural Gas' to download the paper.

The latest DMU-3010, designed specifically for wind farm monitoring and building automation, has an increased number of I/O modules, a wide operating temperature range, whilst also being convenient to configure and cost effective to install.

With its 8-ch AI, 8-ch DI and 4-ch DO, a combination of AI, DI and DO ports, the DMU-3010 can be connected to many different devices without the need to buy additional modules, thereby saving maintenance issues and additional costs.

Designed to work in the most extreme environments, the DMU-3010 will work in temperatures as low as -40°C and as high as 70°C, making it ideal for monitoring wind farms located in the wilderness.

For further details please click 'Advantech Increases Features & Convenience of its Remote Mixed I/O Module'

he real-time Ethernet port multiplier allows the connection of eight independent Ethernet networks. The CU2508 is connected to the PC via a gigabit uplink. The PC offers high-performance data transfer to the multiplier, which allocates the data to the relevant 100BASE-TX port based on an analysis of a frame prefix and sends them time-controlled with µs precision. Received frames are also allocated a prefix including a timestamp and sent to the PC. With the support of a driver, users have eight independent ports with full real-time characteristics available. The CU2508 is used in applications in which several Ethernet ports are required that need to be realised outside the PC. TwinCAT supports the CU2508 and makes further network ports at the PC unnecessary. For extremely high demands, an EtherCAT installation can, for example, be distributed or expanded to up to eight lines in order to multiply the performance. The distributed clocks of the EtherCAT lines are synchronised. An EtherCAT cable redundancy can also be realised using two ports of the CU2508.

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RSLogix 5000 Software from Rockwell Automation Empowers New Series of Scalable Control System Offerings for Smaller Applications.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 16, 2012 — The latest release of Rockwell Software RSLogix 5000 software from Rockwell Automation delivers the high performance of an integrated control system for manufacturers and machine builders requiring a smaller control system. Most notably, the software brings integrated motion capabilities on the EtherNet/IP network to the Allen-Bradley CompactLogix controller family. Using RSLogix 5000 v20 in combination with scalable, right-sized control system components allows users to scale from 200 to 10,000 I/O points using a single control platform and common user experience.

“Many machine builders and manufacturers must use multiple control platforms to meet their diverse needs,” said Mike Burrows, director, Rockwell Automation. “This creates unnecessary complexity because each platform has a unique design environment, user interface and vendor support model. Forward-looking machine builders and end users need a single-control infrastructure that easily scales to match application requirements.”

RSLogix 5000 v20 software provides a single-development environment for the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture system, including: the recently released CompactLogix 5370 Series of programmable automation controllers (PACs); Allen-Bradley ControlLogix and Allen-Bradley GuardLogix 5570 Series PACs, Allen-Bradley Kinetix 350 servo drive on EtherNet/IP, and Bulletin 1734 POINT Guard I/O Analog Input Module. This wider variety of options provides best-fit alternatives for applications, while new components significantly lower the cost to deploy integrated motion on EtherNet/IP in a greater range of machine applications.

ZUG, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2012-- Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ: FWLT) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Petron Corporation (Petron) for the Petron Refinery Master Plan-2 Project in Bataan, Philippines. Foster Wheeler will execute detailed engineering and procurement services for the delayed coker unit (DCU), including the engineering and material supply of two double-fired Terrace WallTM coker heaters. The DCU will have a design capacity of 37,500 barrels per stream day and is a key part of this significant refinery upgrade.

This award follows an earlier award for the process design package and technology license for the DCU, which will use the company’s leading Selective Yield Delayed Coking (SYDECSM) process.

“We are very focused on leveraging coking technology wins into larger workscopes,” said Umberto della Sala, Chief Operating Officer of Foster Wheeler AG. “Coker units are complex, and we always recommend Foster Wheeler detailed engineering and critical procurement to realize the full operational benefits of our well-designed, well-constructed delayed coking unit. We believe that this award reflects Petron’s confidence in the added value that we will bring to this project and in our fast-track, cost-effective execution plan.”

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA (17 January 2012) – The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (ISA100 WCI) today announced that TLV, a world leader in steam engineering products and services, has joined ISA100 WCI as a supplier member.

“Our company name TLV CO., LTD, comes from the word ‘Trouble Less Valve’ and our founding mission was to develop a world class steam trap that guarantees a long life with no troubles. We are forging ahead to become the ‘world’s No.1 steam specialist’ and have grown our company into a leading steam solution focused on energy savings and environmental countermeasures,” said Yoshiyasu Fujiwara, president, TLV. “We look forward to integrating the benefits of the ISA100.11a wireless into our products and helping in the global adoption of ISA100.”