Figure 2. Updated process optimization paradigm. The essential role of APC is multivariable control (i.e., pushing constraint limits and pursuing optimization targets at the control system level), ...

You are often faced with the decision of how to react to the variation in your process. Should you investigate for some ...

Today the process industries operate in an increasingly complex environment where an aging infrastructure is being confronted ...

For example, the Coalition for Open Process Automation (COPA) group of companies recently launched their COPA 500 kit for ...

First, you will review how 2nd order transfer functions work, which is the theoretical basis for much of process control. Then you will learn how plant-wide control systems are implemented and details ...