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Sample Time Impacts Controller Performance
Process Data, Dynamic Modeling and a Recipe for Profitable Control
The Components of a Control Loop
Motivation and Terminology of Automatic Process Control
Validating Our Heat Exchanger Process FOPDT Model
Dead Time is the “How Much Delay” Variable
Process Time Constant is the “How Fast” Variable
Process Gain Is The "How Far" Variable
Step Test Data From the Heat Exchanger Process
The Gravity Drained Tanks Process
Integral Action and PI Control
PI Control of the Heat Exchanger
PI Disturbance Rejection Of The Gravity Drained Tanks
The Challenge of Interacting Tuning Parameters
PI Disturbance Rejection in the Jacketed Stirred Reactor
PID Control and Derivative on Measurement
The Chaos of Commercial PID Control
PID Control of the Heat Exchanger
Measurement Noise Degrades Derivative Action
PID Disturbance Rejection Of The Gravity Drained Tanks
Using Signal Filters In Our PID Loop
PID with Controller Output (CO) Filter
PID with CO Filter Control of the Heat Exchanger
PID with CO Filter Disturbance Rejection in the Jacketed Stirred Reactor
Sample Time is a Fundamental Design and Tuning Specification
Parameter Scheduling and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Processes
Plant-Wide Control Requires a Strong PID Foundation
Ziegler-Nichols Tuning Poor Choice For Production Processes
Controller Tuning Using Set Point Driven Data
Do Not Model Disturbance Driven Data for Controller Tuning
Comparing Controller Performance Using Plot Data
Recognizing Integrating (Non-Self Regulating) Process Behavior
A Design and Tuning Recipe for Integrating Processes
Analyzing Pumped Tank Dynamics with a FOPDT Integrating Model
PI Control of the Integrating Pumped Tank Process
The Cascade Control Architecture
An Implementation Recipe for Cascade Control
A Cascade Control Architecture for the Jacketed Stirred Reactor
Cascade Disturbance Rejection in the Jacketed Stirred Reactor
The Feed Forward Controller
Feed Forward Uses Models Within the Controller Architecture
Static Feed Forward and Disturbance Rejection in the Jacketed Reactor
The Ratio Control Architecture
Ratio Control and Metered-Air Combustion Processes
Override (Select) Elements and Their Use in Ratio Control
Ratio with Cross-Limiting Override Control of a Combustion Process
Cascade, Feed Forward and Boiler Level Control
Dynamic Shrink/Swell and Boiler Level Control
Distillation: Introduction to Control
Distillation: Major Disturbances & First-Level Control
Distillation: Inferential Temperature Control & Single-Ended Control
Distillation: Dual Composition Control & Constraint Control
A Discrete Time Linear Model of the Heat Exchanger
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News & Events
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PlantESP User Interface
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Practical Process Control
Resources
Knowledge Base
Sample Time Impacts Controller Performance
Process Data, Dynamic Modeling and a Recipe for Profitable Control
The Components of a Control Loop
Motivation and Terminology of Automatic Process Control
Validating Our Heat Exchanger Process FOPDT Model
Dead Time is the “How Much Delay” Variable
Process Time Constant is the “How Fast” Variable
Process Gain Is The "How Far" Variable
Step Test Data From the Heat Exchanger Process
The Gravity Drained Tanks Process
Integral Action and PI Control
PI Control of the Heat Exchanger
PI Disturbance Rejection Of The Gravity Drained Tanks
The Challenge of Interacting Tuning Parameters
PI Disturbance Rejection in the Jacketed Stirred Reactor
PID Control and Derivative on Measurement
The Chaos of Commercial PID Control
PID Control of the Heat Exchanger
Measurement Noise Degrades Derivative Action
PID Disturbance Rejection Of The Gravity Drained Tanks
Using Signal Filters In Our PID Loop
PID with Controller Output (CO) Filter
PID with CO Filter Control of the Heat Exchanger
PID with CO Filter Disturbance Rejection in the Jacketed Stirred Reactor
Sample Time is a Fundamental Design and Tuning Specification
Parameter Scheduling and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Processes
Plant-Wide Control Requires a Strong PID Foundation
Ziegler-Nichols Tuning Poor Choice For Production Processes
Controller Tuning Using Set Point Driven Data
Do Not Model Disturbance Driven Data for Controller Tuning
Comparing Controller Performance Using Plot Data
Recognizing Integrating (Non-Self Regulating) Process Behavior
A Design and Tuning Recipe for Integrating Processes
Analyzing Pumped Tank Dynamics with a FOPDT Integrating Model
PI Control of the Integrating Pumped Tank Process
The Cascade Control Architecture
An Implementation Recipe for Cascade Control
A Cascade Control Architecture for the Jacketed Stirred Reactor
Cascade Disturbance Rejection in the Jacketed Stirred Reactor
The Feed Forward Controller
Feed Forward Uses Models Within the Controller Architecture
Static Feed Forward and Disturbance Rejection in the Jacketed Reactor
The Ratio Control Architecture
Ratio Control and Metered-Air Combustion Processes
Override (Select) Elements and Their Use in Ratio Control
Ratio with Cross-Limiting Override Control of a Combustion Process
Cascade, Feed Forward and Boiler Level Control
Dynamic Shrink/Swell and Boiler Level Control
Distillation: Introduction to Control
Distillation: Major Disturbances & First-Level Control
Distillation: Inferential Temperature Control & Single-Ended Control
Distillation: Dual Composition Control & Constraint Control
A Discrete Time Linear Model of the Heat Exchanger
White Papers
Successes & Testimonials
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