Basic Materials: Maximizing the Value of Plant Automation
The results are in – operating PIDs in automatic mode proved again to enhance production and save money...
Food & Beverage: Avoiding Premature Failure of Production Assets
As simple as that – retuning a single oscillatory control loop improved process performance, eliminated unnecessary wear and-tear, and nearly doubled the associated valve’s life...
Optimizing Control for More Profitable Operation
Professionals in the process control world understand that “less” can often mean more. That is especially true when referring to reduced cycling within a given production process. Reducing oscillations and
Feed Your Way to Consistent Product Quality!
Typically Mill Feeders aren’t the first thing that come to mind when looking for performance improvements at a cement mill, especially at one with annual capacity of four million tons.
Are Oscillations Making Your Process All Wet?
It’s said that too much of a good thing is a bad thing. A leading oil and gas producer learned that too much variability in their gas pre-heater was negatively
Can Your Process Handle the Pressure?
Phenol is a vital raw material in the production of high-impact resins that are used in the construction, transportation and other industries. Located along the Ohio River, Haverhill Chemicals produces
Modeling the Dynamics of Highly Oscillatory Processes
Optimizing heat rate is a critical success factor for most coal-fired power plants. Too little heat and the plant wastes the energy produced from bituminous coal and other costly production
Is Poor Control Wearing You Out?
In the power industry, the cost of replacing a single pump can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in terms of new equipment cost, manpower, and system downtime. Changes
Can You Cope With the Pressure?
As global demand for oil continues to rise upstream energy producers find themselves under increasing pressure to retrieve crude from existing, proved reserves. Traditional subsurface oil recovery methods that are
A Stable Desuperheater Is Super Profitable!
Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a regional power generation and transmission company that services nine of the US’s plain states. As a consumer-owned cooperative, Basin Electric provides critical utility services