A question on PID control in the Emerson Exchange 365 community reminded me how good some of the free, online learning tools are available for engineers new to our instrumentation and process automation ranks. The question: i have a question about PID, about setpoint...
Terry Blevins
Divided Wall Column MPC Control with Wireless Instrumentation
Distillation is an important process from crude oil refining to fine sipping whiskey production. Managing this process safely, efficiently and reliably is the challenge. In a recent Hydrocarbon Processing article, Use model predictive control to achieve real-time...
ISA Process Control and Safety Symposium Presentations
Last week, the 2015 ISA Process Control and Safety Symposium took place in Houston, Texas. Leading experts from across our world of process instrumentation and control shared their wisdom to help advance the cause of safer, more efficient and more reliable operations....
Process Control & Optimization Expertise in Action
We had several great questions come in from Emerson Exchange 365 community members for the Experts session on Process Control and Optimization. You can see the answers in the Emerson Exchange 365 community in the Virtual Q&A: Process Control >> REPLY to THIS...
Answers to Your Process Control and Optimization Questions from the Experts
Friday is fast approaching, so submit your questions on process control and optimization to the panel of end user and Emerson experts. Visit the Emerson Exchange 365 community, Virtual Q&A: Process Control >> REPLY to THIS POST w/ QUESTIONS. I will be asking...
Wireless Event-Based Control
As wireless communications technology continues to mature, applications have expanded from monitor only to monitor and control. In an earlier post, Event-Based Control in a Wireless World, I mentioned that presentations given by Emerson’s Terry Blevins and Willy...
Controlling with Wireless Devices and MPC
Wireless standards for instrumentation go back to September 2007 when the HART Communications Foundation (now FieldComm Group) announced the official release of the HART 7 specification. This specification included the WirelessHART protocol. As we have chronicled in...
Narrated Wireless and Event-Based Control Advancements Presentations
Yesterday, we highlighted presentations on wireless and event-based control technology advancements by Emerson's Terry Blevins, Willy Wojsznis and Mark Nixon. Terry and Willy presented these advancements at the First International Conference on Event-Based Control,...
Event-Based Control in a Wireless World
The First International Conference on Event-Based Control, Communication, and Signal Processing was held June 17-19, 2015 in Krakow, Poland and took place on the campus of AGH University of Science and Technology. Some of the world leaders in Event-Based Control...
Big Data at AIChE Spring Meeting
Austin, Texas, already a hotbed for technology as recently recognized by Forbes magazine, will host a gathering of chemical engineering professionals later this month. The AIChE is hosting the 2015 Spring Meeting and 11th Global Congress on Process Safety here on...
Expanding the Use of DeltaV Advanced Control
Friday is a Meet the Experts day at Emerson Exchange where a multitude of panels are assembled to field questions from the user community. I'm in the "Expanding the Use of DeltaV Advanced Control" panel with a great line up of advanced control technologists and...
Using Wireless Throttling Valves in Column Control
Emerson's Kurtis Jensen and Terry Blevins teamed up with the University of Texas at Austin's Stephen Briggs to control a column with wireless valves. Their abstract: The control performance that may be achieved using wireless throttling valves has been evaluated...
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