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Controls and Process Applications Can Be Restored

Restoration Possible: Many Distributed Control Systems (DCSs) Are Rapidly Aging and Risk Breaking Down. Luckily, There Are Many New Tools and Innovative Methods for Supporting and Breathing New Life Into Controls and Process Applications
Post Date: 06/11/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Why and How to Upgrade a DCS

Learn Why You Should Migrate Distributed Control Systems and How to Do So
Post Date: 06/11/2013
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Creative Computing for Control

PC-Based Control Is Taking Over in a Variety of New and Upcoming Process Industry Applications. Here Are Some of the Most Innovative Solutions
Post Date: 05/16/2013
Author: Jim Montague

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

Control Room Designs Revolutionize Work Environments

See How Control Rooms Were Originally Designed and How Differently They Are Designed Today
Post Date: 04/15/2013
Author: Katherine Bonfante

Model Predictive Control -- Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going -- Part 3

McMillan, Weiner and Darby Discuss Practical Considerations in MPC Setup, Maintenance and Improvement to Meet Economic Objectives
Post Date: 04/11/2013
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Loop Controllers on Parade

Technology for the Heart of Your Processes
Post Date: 03/19/2013
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PLCs Taking Some Excellent Adventures

Engineers Are Deploying More Capable Programmable Logic Controllers in Some New and Unusual Applications. Here's How They're Doing It
Post Date: 01/14/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Valero's Good Examples

Automation in the Refinery of Today It's Not Business as Usual
Post Date: 11/12/2012
Author: Jim Montague

Ruel Rules for Use of PID, MPC and FLC

When Do You Need to Move Beyond PID Control?
Post Date: 11/12/2012
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Users Challenged by PLC Lifecycle

ExxonMobil Talks About the Industry's PLC Lifecycle Management Challenges
Post Date: 10/29/2012
Author: Keith Larson

The Human Factor

What Are the Biggest Problems That Control Engineers Face When Going into a Plant?
Post Date: 06/18/2012
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

PC-Based Control Comes of Age

Now PCs Are Used to Perform Critical Real-Time Control in Applications Closely Related to Process Plants
Post Date: 05/14/2012
Author: Dan Hebert

Control System Evolution at Bayer: 24 Years and Counting

Bayer Healthcare Partnered with ABB to Bring its 1980s-Era Control Systems into the Future
Post Date: 04/25/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

What's the Best PID Execution Time?

We Still Should Remember the Nyquist Sampling Theorem
Post Date: 04/03/2012
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Get Your Process Controllers Here!

Controllers for Batch, Continuous Process, PID and More
Post Date: 03/08/2012
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Using Feed-Forward PID for External Reset

Is There a Way to Create an External Reset on a Standard PID Feedback Controller?
Post Date: 03/08/2012
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Beyond the Eyes

Process Control Applications Are Designed, Built and Operated by People With the Usual Eyeballs, Therefore They're Subject to Blinders Imposed on Sight
Post Date: 03/08/2012
Author: Jim Montague

Going with the Flow

McMillan and Weiner Continue Their Interview With Ram Ramachandran. They Discuss What Flow Sensor Works Best in Various Applications
Post Date: 03/08/2012
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Charlie Cutler's Latest Ideas for Multivariable Controllers

Process Variable Models and Adaptive Transforms
Post Date: 01/05/2012
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