Multivariable Control

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How to fix poor control and choose the right strategy

In part two of this series, we discuss how control engineering tools such as cascade, feedforward and override can sharpen managerial decision-making, and how to introduce these...

Oct. 13, 2026

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What control engineering can teach managers about better decisions

Oct. 12, 2026

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Energy’s future runs on collaboration

Sept. 18, 2026

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Smarter industrial compressor surge protection

May 28, 2026

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Economic value of better control

Feb. 3, 2026

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Route to best process control destination

Sept. 12, 2025

Simulating drift, stiction and lost motion

Oct. 22, 2024

Realism for dynamic simulation for control testing

Sept. 24, 2024

Figure 1: Reductions in the upsets in outlet temperature if the heat exchanger is controlled by PID feedback control, static feedforward control or dynamic feedforward control.

Ask the Experts: Configuring feedforward control of heat transfer

May 2, 2023