Forthcoming Books in 2011
PID Control in the Third Millennium – Lessons Learned and New Approaches
Editors Ramon Vilanova and Antonio Visioli, Contributor Gregory K McMillan, Set for Publication by Springer, 2011
Description: PID Control in the Third Millennium – Lessons Learned and New Approaches is a new Springer book addressing issues in PID control systems. Greg’s Industrial Applications in PID Control chapter (701KB PDF) covers how PID features can address challenging applications. The use of an enhanced PID for wireless is detailed to suppress oscillations for slow and sticky valves, analyzer and wireless delays, feedforward timing errors, split range discontinuities, and interactions. Simple additions of supplementary logic are described to deal with abnormal conditions and to reduce batch and startup times. Translation of the process variable used as the controlled variable is shown to provide batch profile control and linear demand control. Examples of the application of the PID features, supplementary logic, and translation of controlled variables are described for bioreactor control, chemical reactor control, crystallizer control, distillation column control, neutralizer control, and compressor control. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.
Tuning and Control Loop Performance: A Practitioner’s Guide, 4th Edition
Author Gregory K McMillan, Set for Publication by Momentum Press, 2011
Description: This widely used resource and course text provides an overview of fundamentals and performance problems, with a focus on what practitioners need to know. Tuning and Control Loop Performance, 4th Edition provides a comprehensive and indispensable guide to eliminating all types of performance problems. The book details the effects of process dynamics, control dynamics, measurement dynamics, valve dynamics, disturbance dynamics, nonlinearities, interaction, and advanced control algorithms on system performance. In the 4th edition the use of new PID features is detailed, a unified concept of tuning is developed, a fast and universal method of identifying loop dynamics is studied, rapid model deployment for operator skills enhancement and process control improvement is described, and solutions for challenging applications are given to provide the user with a formidable set of tools and skills.
