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Supplementing PID Feedback Control with Feedforward Action
A simple approach for addressing upsets by supplementing the PID’s feedback control with feed-forward action. -
AutoQuiz: What Reading Do You Get From a Disconnected Pressure Gauge?
Atmospheric pressure (Patmospheric), absolute pressure (Pabsolute), and gauge pressure (Pgauge) have the following mathematical relationship.Pabsolute = Pgauge + Patmospheric -
How Do You Measure Control System Performance?
Seek a suite of practical metrics in terms of key performance indicators that can have an impact on plant control system performance. -
Diagnosis of Broken-Bars Fault in Induction Machines Using Higher Order Spectral Analysis
Detection and identification of induction machine faults through the stator current signal. -
Rockwell Automation offers Batch Application Toolkit
Free toolkit contains a collection of application examples, videos, documentation and ISA-88 compliant sample code to provide technical guidance when designing and automating a batch system. -
Simple Enhancement of PID Control
Despite this default status as the "go-to" solution for feedback control, some processes simply aren’t well-suited for PID control. -
ISA Education and Training Courses for December
A look at some of the many educational opportunities from ISA in December 2015. -
Optimize Your Industrial Automation System with a Resilient Design Strategy
There are usually few arguments against building a resilient automation system with a design strategy, which can respond to non-normal conditions. -
An Opportunity to Celebrate ISA’s Successes and Build on Its Achievements
As ISA continues to plan for a successful 2016, President Rick Roop surveys the many achievements of 2015 in his monthly message to members . -
Portrait of the Automation Engineer as a Young Professional
Career advice for a new industrial automation engineer: seek knowledge, focus on effective communication, strive for excellence and get involved. -
ISA Is Much More Than a Membership Organization
Automation Appreciation Month provides ISA an opportunity to thank its members for their strong support, active involvement, and leadership contributions. -
How Do You Convert Tuning Settings of an Independent PID?
Considerable confusion exists on how the PID Form affects tuning settings. Lack of understanding of Form & units of settings can lead to disastrous results. -
Design Automation Systems with a Focus on Diagnostics and Situational Awareness
Today’s powerful automation platforms offer more diagnostic and situational awareness capabilities than ever before; they just need to be put into service. -
Fuzzy Model Based Adaptive PID Controller Design for Nonlinear and Uncertain Processes
A novel adaptive tuning method for classical proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controller to control nonlinear processes to adjust PID gains -
Is There Enough Focus on Cybersecurity for Municipal Infrastructure?
Maximum cybersecurity protection is possible only when cybersecurity protection is embedded deeply into a municipal infrastructure from birth. -
AutoQuiz: What Ladder Logic Symbol Represents a Logically True Condition for a Discrete PLC Input?
When power is present at the addressed terminal the instruction becomes logically true. When power is not present at the address terminal the instruction becomes logically false. -
Automation Engineering Design Must Protect Against the Unexpected
Good engineering for automation projects requires thinking beyond the normal everyday conditions to design to protect against the unexpected. -
AutoQuiz: What Ladder Logic Symbol is Used to Identify a Discrete Output?
Output terminal energize is defined as follows: Turns a bit on or off. Use OTE instruction in your ladder logic to turn a bit when rung condition is evaluated as true. -
ISA is Enhancing its Capabilities to Deliver Timely, Relevant Content
ISA is dedicated to delivering timely, relevant content on important topics to meet the career enhancement & professional needs of the automation community. -
Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: The Tao of Measurement
The Tao of Measurement challenges many long-held assumptions on the measurement of time, length and area.
