About the Event
This workshop reviews essential functions and features associated with the PlantESP Loop Performance Monitoring solution. Participants learn how to apply PlantESP in the plant-wide analysis of PID controller performance.
This course is specific to the PlantESP application.
Who Should Attend?
Operators, Technicians, and Engineers tasked with using PlantESP in the maintenance and/or optimization of control loop performance.
What's the Objective?
Learn how to utilize PlantESP in the systematic identification, isolation, and correction of controller-related performance issues.
How's it Delivered?
The presentation of key concepts is followed by demos of real-world examples and hands-on exercises.
Course Information
Below is the agenda for the Essentials of PlantESP virtual training workshop. The workshop will be delivered in daily segments estimated at four (4) hours in duration. Daily breaks of approximately fifteen (15) minutes will be provided by the instructor at appropriate stages of the workshop.
Day 1 Topics
Lecture: What is Controller Performance Analysis
Lecture: Navigating PlantESP to Isolate Performance Issues
Exercise: Exploring the PlantESP Website
Lecture: Loop Configuration and Analysis Using Moving Window Calculations
Demo: Adjusting Loop Configuration from the PlantESP Website
Lecture: Distinguishing Between Controller States and Modes
Demo: Adjusting Controller and Enable States from the PlantESP Website
Lecture: Basic CLPM Metrics
Exercise: Exploring the AAE, PTIN, Output Travel, and Output Saturation Metrics
Day 2 Topics
Basic CLPM Metrics (AAE, PTIN, Travel, Saturation, etc.)
Advanced CLPM Metrics (Oscillation, Noise, Stiction)
Composite CLPM Metrics
Metric Limits (Manual vs Automatic Benchmarking, Output Distribution Limits, Methods for adjusting limits)
Lecture: Approach to Controller Design Using Design Tools
Exercise: PI Control of Heat Exchanger Temperature
Lecture: Controller Performance Criteria
Demo: Adaptive PI Control of Nonlinear Processes
Lecture: Derivative Mode and PID Control
Demo: PID Control of Tank Level
Exercise: PID Control of Heat Exchanger Temperature
Lecture: PID Control with Derivative Filter
Demo: PID with Filter Control of Heat Exchanger Temperature
Exercise: PID with Filter and Control of the Multi-Tanks Process
Day 3 Topics
Creating Effective Reports, a breakdown into how reports are configured and generated. Examples provided on how to use the top 10 Reports in PlantESP
PID Tuning Primer
How to use TuneVue to automatically identify bump tests for Analysis in LOOP-PRO. Limitations of TuneVue and integration with LOOP-PRO
Lecture: Fundamentals of Process Dynamics and Control
Demo: Modeling Process Dynamics Using LOOP-PRO
Exercise: Exploring Dynamics of the Gravity-Drained Tanks
Lecture: Proportional Control
Demo: Implementation of P-Only Controllers
Exercise: P-Only Control of Tank Level
Lecture: Integral Action and PI Control
Exercise: Hazards of Tuning PI Controllers by Trial and Error
Day 4 Topics
Lecture: Importing Controller Details into PlantESP
Exercise: Importing Loops into PlantESP
Lecture: Effective Enable Conditions
Exercise: Adjusting Simple Enable Conditions
Lecture: Creating Complex Logic for Controller Modes and Enable Conditions
Exercise: Using Multiple Tags for Determining Controller Modes and Enable Status