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Just say NO! To Process Disturbances and Interactions

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (GMT -06:00) Mountain (USA, Canada)

Language: English

Webcast Information

PID loop interactions and process disturbances are a leading source of process variability and instability.  The advanced techniques to deal with these (decoupling and feedforward control) have existed for decades, yet are seldom used or used incorrectly.  This is because these techniques rely on 'textbook' methods to obtain the needed process models.

This tutorial webcast will show you how to employ new tools to easily obtain the effects of interaction and disturbances on your process (the models) and how to use these to break or eliminate loop interactions and the effects of disturbances.  A highly interactive process with a common disturbance will be used to illustrate the solution with before and after results shown.

This webcast which will explain theory, practice and results, will include:

1.      Example Process and Control Objective
a.      Tuning objectives and procedure

2.      Decoupling Control
a.      Measuring interaction between loops
b.      De-tuning interacting loops (a quick fix)
c.      Implementing decoupling to cancel loop interaction

3.      Feedforward Control
a.      Measuring the effect of the disturbance
b.      Implementing feedforward to cancel the disturbance

4.      Conclusions

 


Instructor Information
Dr. Hank Brittain

Dr. Hank Brittain holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech, Atlanta. He has over 20 years experience as a process control engineer and has spent 15years optimizing processes for a wide variety of industries, including consumer products, oil wells and refining, chemicals, power generation and boiler control, water purification, and NASA Rocket Gantry HVAC control. He has trained thousands of engineers, technicians, and managers in China, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Mexico, Canada, South America, Europe, and the United States.

Contact Information
Email: hank.brittain@topcontrol.com
Phone: 513-543-6494
 
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