Process automation to increase sustainability

More efficiency and sustainability through PLT

Authors

  • Felix Seibl ZVEI
  • Ralf Haut KROHNE Messtechnik GmbH

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17560/atp.v66i1-2.2713

Keywords:

Sustainability, Prozessleittechnik, Digitalisierung

Abstract

The ZVEI working group “Process Automation for Sustainability”, headed by Ralf Haut, has been working for years on the question of how process automation can make a decisive contribution to sustainability in the process industry. On the NAMUR side, NAMUR worksheet NA 140 on the contribution of automation technology to increasing energy efficiency was already drawn up in 2012. A 60-page brochure titled “Sustainability through process automation” was produced in collaboration between the two associations and presented at the 2023 NAMUR Annual General Meeting (Download: [1]). Both the energy and climate crises make it clear that all opportunities to increase efficiency and sustainability must now be exploited. This article gives an overview of the brochure and wants to encourage rapid and effective implementation. An English translation is planned for early 2024.

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Published

2024-02-09

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Section

Article / Peer Review