At Emerson Exchange 2014 I worked with Stephen Briggs, University Of Texas, Austin and Kurtis Jensen, Emerson Process Management, to co-host a workshop on control using a wireless throttling valve. As addressed in this presentation, we have tested in a flow lab the control performance that may be achieved using PIDPlus with a wireless throttling …
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Dec
01
Wireless Model Predictive Control
At Emerson Exchange – 2014, Orlando, FL. I worked with Bailee Roach, University Of Texas, Austin and Willy Wojsznis, Emerson Process Management to co-host a workshop of Wireless Model Predictive Control (MPC). In this workshop we addressed how wireless measurements may be used in model predictive. Information was provided on a field trail of this …
Dec
27
Process Characterization – Inverse Process Response
Process characterization is the identification of the dynamic responses of a process to changes in its inputs. As part of the chapter on process characterization in Chapter 9 of Control Loop Foundation, we address inverse process response. A few processes exhibit a behavior where for a step change in input, the output initially changes in …
Nov
01
CHARMED Upgrading UT Pickle Separations to DeltaV v11
The University of Texas Pickle Research Campus located in Austin, Texas is home to a unique experimental facility that is used to improve energy efficiency of fluid mixture separation processes and optimize the capital utilization of existing plants. The semi-works scale equipment is not only unique in size but also in the level of highly …
