Chemical Processing magazine has a great article, Be Levelheaded About Surge-Tank Control. I shared it with Emerson's James Beall asking for his thoughts. He noted that surge tank level control is a common application in many of the process industries. Often a surge...
I've featured quite a number of experts around Emerson over these past three years. Some categories, like Process Optimization, have more than 50 posts. There is quite a bit of wisdom mixed in all those posts. A few months ago, I was asked by Plant Engineering...
Neural networks, not the ones in our brains, but the ones that came out of the artificial intelligence research, began back in the 1940s. This advanced process control (APC) technology has been used in the process industries for many years for applications ranging...
Sometimes plants go through a revamp and things just don't work right. Loops that used to run fine in automatic mode now run in manual mode and require constant attention. I caught up last week with Emerson's James Beall, a principal process control consultant, whom...
The subject of process dynamics can get quite involved and cause many to shy away from it. Emerson's Felipe Fakir, a systems engineer based in Brazil, has written a whitepaper, Process Characterization, to make the topic more approachable—at least in how to identify...
One only has to come across reports like the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing ISM Report On Business to see the slowing global economic conditions. The report notes: Manufacturing activity continued to decline at a rapid rate during the month of...
I caught up with Emerson's Mark Coughran, a senior process variability consultant whom you may recall from earlier process tuning and optimization posts. Mark shared a story of a plastics manufacturer that was challenged to bring a new product to market with a new...
At the recent WBF North American Conference here in Austin, Texas, Emerson's Willy Wojsznis was honored by being inducted into ControlGlobal.com's Process Automation Hall of Fame. He joins Terry Blevins and Greg McMillan from the Emerson team in receiving this honor....
If ever there were a need for dynamic control, it would be for the global bond and equity markets this week. Instead of tackling that global challenge, with today's post I'll highlight Emerson senior process control consultant Mark Coughran's Emerson Exchange...
Are you among the process automation professionals who consider temperature control loops among the most difficult to control in your plant? If so, then Modeling and Control blog's Greg McMillan's recent article in Quality Digest may be for you. The article, Don't...
Those familiar with American football have heard the idea that the game can be simplified down to the basics of "blocking and tackling". Fundamentally, the team that executes these two skills the best will likely win the game. So what does this have to do with process...
Since it's Mardi Gras in New Orleans today, I'll do a rare, same-day post. This year is an extra big year with the New Orleans Saints football team bringing the Super Bowl trophy home to the Crescent City. As a former resident back in the 1980s, I'm obliged to bring a...
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