title: Foundation fieldbus economics comparison
abstract: This paper will provide a life cycle cost comparison between installations of three different control system configurations. 1. Conventional analogue instruments. 2. HART protocol instruments with a parallel asset management system. 3. Foundation fieldbus installation. Engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and ongoing maintenance costs will be included as part of the analysis. Data for the analysis includes equipment from multiple manufacturers so a range of expected expenses will also be provided to indicate the sensitivity of the economic calculations to supplier. All calculations will be based on the median equipment values.
authors.affiliation: Syncrude Canada Ltd., Fort McMurray, Alberta. verhappen.ian@syncrude.com
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authors.lastname: Verhappen