Industry Articles
June 2022 – STATE-BASED ANALYTICS: EMPOWER PLANT-WIDE OPTIMIZATION
While process manufacturers have justified nearly 30 years of automation investments on the observations of one man, today’s control loop performance monitoring technologies are providing new, data-driven insights into the state of regulatory control.
APRIL 2006 – CONTROL ENGINEERING ENGINEERS’ CHOICE AWARDS
Control Engineering 2006 Engineers’ Choice Awards highlight some of the best new control, instrumentation and automation products introduced in 2005 as chosen by Control Engineering’s print and online subscribers. Survey…
JUNE 2008 – IMPROVE CONTROL OF LIQUID LEVEL LOOPS
Because most processes are self-regulating, it can sometimes be challenging to tune a controller for an integrating process. The principal characteristic of a self-regulating process is that it naturally seeks…
JULY 2008 – IMPLEMENTING PROCESS SIMULATION-BASED TRAINING
Training the Field Operator of the Future Simulators are widely recognized as essential to process control training as they facilitate the propagation of a company’s standard operating procedures (SOPs). This…
FEBRUARY 2009 – BATCH CONTROL GETS EASIER
Loop tuning package doesn’t demand steady-state operation. The nonlinear dynamics of most exothermic and endothermic batch reactions require expert attention to assure quality production. For instance, introducing reactants often results…
FEBRUARY 2010 – UNDERSTANDING DERIVATIVE IN PID CONTROL
The third factor in PID is the least understood. Derivative action can do good things, but when used improperly, it causes headaches. You’ve probably heard the expression, “a little knowledge…
JUNE 2010 – IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH INNOVATION
Sustainability has assumed a more visceral meaning. For many in manufacturing, just holding on and keeping production facilities afloat has become the singular focus. Economic upheaval in 2009 has altered…
