Emerson's Smart Wireless platform was the chosen solution by Nu-West Industries to the complex reactor monitoring application. Wired network of sensors might be make it more difficult and more expensive cause a tank being monitored is located in a difficult to reach areas of the plant which about 250 ft from the control center. Further more explained on the link below.
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