Techniques of Advanced Regulatory Control
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About the Event
Techniques of Advanced Regulatory Control builds on the foundational capabilities of the PID to explore a range of advanced applications for augmenting control. The workshop reveals the limits of basic PID in the face of noise, nonlinearity, and loop interaction, then shows how to stretch those limits through filtering, gain scheduling, and other advanced configurations.
This course is not vendor specific.
Who Should Attend?
Controls Engineers, Process Controls Engineers, and other staff who are responsible for the design, implementation, and management of a production facility’s process control strategy.
Prerequisite: Participation in Techniques of Applied Process Control or other similar course required.
What's the Objective?
Learn principles and applications of advanced PID control strategies.
How's it Delivered?
Key concepts are followed by demos of real-world examples and hands-on exercises.
Course Information
Below is the agenda for the Techniques of Advanced Regulatory Control virtual training workshop. The workshop will be delivered in daily segments estimated at five (5) 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: Process Dynamics for Level Control
Lecture: PID Tuning Process
Workshop 1: Tuning a Single Flotation Cell using LOOP-PRO
Lecture: Understanding Interacting Processes
Lecture: Cross Correlation
Lecture: Power Spectrum
Group Exercise: Using PlantESP’s Interaction Explorer
Lecture: Tuning Interacting Processes
Workshop 2: Tuning Interacting Flotation Cells using LOOP-PRO
Day 2 Topics
Lecture: Cascade Control Theory and Structure
Lecture: Primary vs. Secondary Loop Tuning and Pitfalls
Workshop 3: Exploring a Cascaded Jacketed Reactor
Lecture: Feed-Forward Control Strategy: Identifying Disturbances and Gain Calculation
Workshop 4: Implementing Feed-Forward Control in a Jacketed Reactor
Day 3 Topics
Lecture: Conveyor and Material Handling Systems
Lecture: Instrumentation and Control
Lecture: Noise in Process Variables
Lecture: Filter Methods (First Order and Averaging)
Workshop 5: The Impact of Filtering and Noise on Controller Performance
Lecture: Impact of Dead Time on Control
Lecture: Smith Predictors
Lecture: Dahlin / IMC Controllers
Workshop 6: Dead-Time Dominant Control and Smith Predictors in a Conveyor System
Day 4 Topics
Lecture: Nonlinearity and Limitations of PID Control
Lecture: Intro to Control Strategies for Nonlinearity
Lecture: Gain Scheduling
Workshop 7: Gain Scheduling for a Heat Exchanger in LOOP-PRO
Lecture: pH Control Measurement
Lecture: pH Control Strategies
Lecture: pH Control Tuning
Workshop 8: pH Control Dynamics and Gain-Scheduled Tuning in LOOP-PRO