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The Power of the Loop

The LPD is 100% DCS/SCADA/Ethernet-Compatible with Its Serial I/O Capabilities
Post Date: 05/07/2013
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Shrink-Swell Phenomenon and Solving A Steam Generator Control Problem

Upgrading a Control System at Maanshan II, a nuclear power plant in southern Taiwan, Solved an Elusive Steam Generator Control Problem. Find Out How
Post Date: 04/25/2013
Author: Greg Shinskey

Is Field-Based Control More Secure?

If We Hide Our Controls in Field Devices, Are We More Immune From the Infections of the Higher-Level Networks?
Post Date: 04/03/2013
Author: John Rezabek

Loop Controllers on Parade

Technology for the Heart of Your Processes
Post Date: 03/19/2013
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Cascade, Scan Time, PID Tuning

When Should You "Slow Down" a PID Loop by Making the Loop Update Time Such That the Loop Executes Less Often?
Post Date: 01/09/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Tuning to Meet Process Objectives

McMillan, Weiner and James Beall Talk About Tuning the Controller
Post Date: 01/08/2013
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Bringing Advanced Process Control Home

McMilland and Weiner Talk With Arnold Martin About Model-Predictive Control. Read the Column and Learn About Martin's Accomplishments and Perspective
Post Date: 09/26/2012
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Economic Controls; Cooling Tower Optimization

Readers' Ask Our Expert, Bela Lipatk, What His Opinion Is on Keen's Approach to Debuning Economics and to Give Some Advice on the Conceptual Design of Cooling Tower Optimization
Post Date: 09/10/2012
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Control Loop Improvement

McMillan and Weiner Talk With Jacques Smuts About Improving Control Loops
Post Date: 08/30/2012
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Online Guides to Loop Control

Control's Monthly Resource Guide. This Month We Tackle Loop Control
Post Date: 06/07/2012
Author: Control Global Staff

Meditating on Disturbance Dynamics

Managing Control Loops Requires a Deep Understanding of Setpoint, Load Path and Noise
Post Date: 05/09/2011
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What's Going On with Loop Performance?

Do You Know What the Most Common Performance Problems Are?
Post Date: 06/07/2010
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The Ultimate in Flexibility

44 % of Process Control Inputs Can Be Wireless with No Difficulty and for a Greenfield Plant That's a Savings of 7% Overall
Post Date: 06/07/2010
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Maximizing Control-Loop Performance

Tune Your Processes to Stop Giving Away Valuable Commodities
Post Date: 05/05/2010
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Automation Loop Controllers | Controlling Loop Controllers | Control Global

Control’s Monthly Resource Guide, This Month We Cover Loop Controls
Post Date: 06/24/2009
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Around the Loop

Analog or Digital Process Controllers? It’s Clearly a Digital World.
Post Date: 02/27/2009
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Not So Fast on Single-Loop Control

Predicting That Single-Loop Control Will (or Should) Go the Way of the Dinosaur
Post Date: 12/12/2008
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Unlocking the Secret Profiles of Batch Reactors

How to Find Out What’s Really Going On In Your Process
Post Date: 07/03/2008
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Disturbing Remarks

The Memories of Loops Gone Bad and Processes Gone Wild
Post Date: 07/03/2008
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Loop Controllers

CONTROL’s Monthly Resource Guide
Post Date: 06/12/2008
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