Mr.
Chet Sandburg, Chief Engineer at Raychem
Corporation, will present "Electrical Hat
Tracing for the Next Millennium." Mr.
Sandburg hold five patents and has published over
forty technical papers on electric heat tracing,
fiber optics, sensor technology and the use of
personal computers as design tools. Mr.
Sandburg is a Senior Member of IEEE 622 Working
Group on Heat Tracing.
 Electrical heat tracing has developed
into the preferred solution for freeze protection
and process temperature maintenance.
Reliable heating elements combined with simple
control systems have matured in the 1980's and
1990's. The next millennium will bring
significant changes and automation of heat
tracing as a vital plant utility subsystem.
What was a stand alone system will be fully
integrated into the computer management systems
of the process plant. We will look at a
vision for future augmentations of control and
maintenance systems for electrical heat tracing
systems.
Artificial intelligence can be used
to provide focused advice for maintenance.
It is no longer |
acceptable
to alarm on a fault, it is necessary to provide
information on what to do. Simple AI
programs for heat tracing are available.
DCL integration, Internet Protocol (IP), address
augmentations, wireless communications and super
computer power will be applied to electrical heat
tracing as well as other functions in the process
plant. Han on, it is going t be exciting!
| Where: |
3000 South Post Oak Blvd.
Bechtel Bldg. 4th floor
Room 4A |
| When: |
Wednesday, April 28, 1999
5:30 - 6:00 PM, Refreshments
6:00 - 7:30 PM, Seminar |
| Reservations: |
Sunita Kulkarni -
713-235-2833
e-mail: skulkarn@bechtel.com
or
Vas Rodionov - 713-235-4113
e-mail: vrodiono@bechtel.com |
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