Posts Tagged ‘process industry’
Ask Doctor Bob: What is P-only Control?
Video Transcript: Hi, I’m Bob Rice. And today, we’re going to cover P-only control. First, let’s start with the equation for P-only control. So a P-only controller is, the…
Read MoreAsk Dr Bob: How can I find dead-time with the FOPDT model?
Video Transcript: Hello, I’m Bob Rice. And in today’s episode, we’re going to continue our discussion of the FOPDT model, and how you can use it to describe the…
Read MoreAsk Dr Bob: What is the time constant and how do I calculate it?
Video Transcript: Hello, I’m Bob Rice. And in this episode, we’re going to continue our discussion on the fo PDT model for describing process dynamics and characteristics. Specifically, we’re…
Read MoreAsk Dr Bob: How to calculate the process gain?
Video Transcript: Hello, I’m Bob Rice. And in this episode, we’re going to continue our discussion of the process model for first order plus dead time systems. recall in…
Read MoreAsk Dr Bob: How can I model a process? What is the FOPDT model?
Video Transcript: Hello, I’m Bob Rice, and I’m the Head of Engineering for Control Station. Today we’re going to talk about process modeling and process dynamics. In fact, I’m…
Read MoreAsk Dr Bob: What is a bump test?
Video Transcript: Hello, I’m Bob Rice, the Head of Engineering for Control Station. Today we’re going to talk a little bit about bumped tests, which is moving the process…
Read MoreAsk Dr Bob: What is closed-loop control?
Video Transcript: Hello, I’m Bob Rice. I’m the Head of Engineering for Control Station. And in this video, we’re going to be covering what closed-loop control is. To do…
Read MoreAsk Dr Bob: What is the control objective?
Video Transcript Hello, I’m Bob Rice, and I’m the Vice President of Engineering for Control Station. Today, we’re going to be covering the control objective, which is the purpose…
Read MoreAsk Dr Bob: An Introduction
My name is Bob Rice, and I’m the Vice President of Control Station. I’ve been with Control Station for a little over 15 years now, focusing on process control, optimization,…
Read MoreChallenges of Slow Processes and Opportunities for Optimization
Manual tuning methods routinely fail to achieve meaningful improvement. That’s especially true when manually tuning slow processes like those characterized by a large Time Constant. The time needed to perform…
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