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CEP: Process Automation Corner - Back to the Future on Energy

Process Automation Corner
June
2014
Terry McMahon

Energy is a very important factor in process automation. Improvements in energy efficiency gained through process automation played a key role in justifying the pioneering automation projects of the early 1960s and have grown in stature over the ensuing decades. Automation-enabled improvements in energy usage have made critical contributions to worldwide prosperity over the last 35–40 years.

 

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