Upgrades for Older Distributed Control Systems at U.S. Power Plants Face Challenges

SUGAR LAND--March 7, 2014--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Distributed control systems (DCS) for U.S. power-generating facilities must be modernized, upgraded or replaced as legacy equipment ages, but obtaining the parts for these controls is becoming more difficult, while the expertise to maintain older analog systems is more scarce and maintenance is more expensive.