PID control is the workhorse of process automation. At this week's AIChE 2013 Spring Meeting and 9th Global Congress on Process Safety, Control Talk blog's Greg McMillan and Eastman Chemical's Héctor Torres presented their paper, A Unified PID Control Methodology to...
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Sharing Process Control Expertise with Next-Gen Automation Professionals
One of the very active U.S. universities in the field of engineering and automation is Oklahoma State University. Their OSU Automation Society was founded several years ago and its purpose is to spread awareness and promote automation and control systems as a...
Enjoy New Orleans and Learn Process Automation this Week
I had the pleasure of beginning my process automation career in New Orleans, Louisiana working as a Conoco systems engineer on offshore oil & gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans' food, festivities, sights and sounds are firmly embedded in my memories....
101 Tips to Accelerate Your Process Automation Knowledge
Over the past several months, process automation hall-of-fame member Greg McMillan has been sharing tips from his 101 Tips for a Successful Automation Career book. These tips appear as weekly blog posts over at the ISA Interchange blog. Today's post, Tip #19: Always...
Greg McMillan ISA Webinars on pH Control and Temperature Control
Just a quick post to let you know about two ISA web seminars being conducted by Control Talk blog's Greg McMillan. The first is on pH Control Solutions and will be February 13 from 2:00-3:30pm EST. You can find the webinar price here. These webinars are designed for...
Simplify PID Tuning to Meet Process Objectives Webinar
Today must be the day to make you aware of January 16 webinars. I have another one to share with you, Simplify PID Tuning to Meet Process Objectives, by Control Talk blog's Greg McMillan. The webinar is scheduled for 12:30-1:30pm EST (9:30-10:30am PST) on Jan 16. You...
Taking Process Automation Learning into Your Own Hands
Two questions came together for this blog post. The first was by a young engineer, not too far from a recent engineering degree. He had gained some experience as an instrumentation technician, but had not been able to get a well-paying automation career established....
Adventures in pH Control
Controlling your process based on pH is usually a tricky matter. Control Talk blog's Greg McMillan and Emerson's Dave Joseph presented a short course, Adventures in pH Control, at last week's Emerson Exchange conference in Anaheim. It was a best in conference winner...
Detect Compressor Surge By Measuring Outlet Pressure?
Update: Greg has published a post, Checklist for Compressor Surge Control Tips which should give you some things to consider for your centrifugal and axial compressors. Orginal post: It's great to questions from automation professionals from some of my posts built up...
Need Tips on Having a Successful Automation Career?
There is another great book coming out for automation professionals. Just in time for the 2012 ISA Automation Week conference, Control Talk and ISA Interchange blog's Greg McMillan along with Hunter Vegas have written 101 Tips for a Successful Automation Career. In...
Greg McMillan Selects Automation Professionals to Mentor
There is much talk about process automation experience being lost as the wave of baby boomers retire. One man of action, ModelingAndControl.com's Greg McMillan, has moved beyond talk into action. A few weeks ago, he announced on the ISA Automation Week website in a...
How to Reduce Discontinuities, Nonlinearities and Oscillations in Split Range Control
Greg McMillan resumes his online demonstration / seminar (a.k.a. deminar) series this Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The subject will be PID and PIDPlus Split Range Control--How to reduce the discontinuity, nonlinearity, and oscillations across the split range point. The...
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