Using High-Fidelity Dynamic Simulation to Model Compressor Systems
Abhilash Nair, Ian Willetts
Enjoy the benefits of “20-20 hindsight” even before commissioning a new compressor or new compressor controls.
Process Control
Reduce Thermal Risk in Industrial Synthesis
Richard C. Wedlich
Knowing the safe operating conditions for a reaction allows us to select appropriate safety measures and thereby lower both the likelihood and the severity of a thermal runaway.
Using Automation to Produce Quality Pharmaceuticals
Joseph S. Alford, P.E.
Automation can pay large dividends in the form of reduced process cycle times, lower operational costs, and more-consistent processes for manufacturing high-quality pharmaceutical products.
Dynamic Simulation - Modeling Processes, the Environment, the World
Irving J. Dunn, Ronald A. Shelden
Simulation methods offer a way to study the influence of control algorithms and their parameters
The Chemical Industry Phoenix
Terry McMahon
Seven years ago, I wrote a column for another publica tion entitled “The U.S. Chemical Industry: R.I.P.” This pillar of American economic strength, which a few years earlier was the leading exporter among U.S. manufacturing sectors (with net exports of $15–20 billion annually), was shriveling due in large part to policy blunders and regulatory mistakes.
Optimize Process Regulation
Phillip D. Schnelle
Laboratory feedback proportional-integral control integrates statistical process control with automatic process control to minimize process variability.
Implement an Effective Loop Tuning Strategy
Norman Ito, Timothy Olsen
Use these loop tuning guidelines to improve process control and enhance product uniformity Many undergraduate chemical engineering programs teach the Ziegler-Nichols tuning methods, developed by John G. Ziegler and Nathaniel B. Nichols in the 1940s...
Tune Control Loops for Minimum Variability
Lanny A. Robbins
The Robbins tuning rules can reduce the variability of control loop response to about 60% of that observed with Ziegler-Nichols tuning rules.
Step into the Virtual Plant
Gregory K McMillan, Mark S Sowell III, Michael M Mansy
The ability to warehouse process and control system knowledge offers a vast potential for improved operations by sharing a common source of information and avoiding data duplication.
Tracing Process Problems
John E. Hoots
In water chemistry control, fluorescent tracing technology can quickly and effectively determine and deal with the root cause of a problem.
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