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Ask the Automation Pros
This long-running series of discussions, curated by 2010 ISA Life Achievement Award recipient Greg McMillan, gathers responses from ISA subject-matter experts on technical topics important to industrial automation professionals, academics and students.
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FeatureWebinar Recording: Loop Tuning and Optimization
Learn about the importance of process optimization and how to achieve it through better PID control from members of the ISA Mentor Program. -
FeatureHow to Optimize Industrial Evaporators
Model predictive control software identifies the dynamics and automatically incorporates them into the industrial evaporator controller. -
FeatureHow to Calibrate a Thermocouple Temperature Transmitter
For critical industrial measurements, place the thermocouple in a bath or dry block or cross check the reading against another thermocouple. -
FeatureKey Insights to Control System Dynamics
Learn important strategies and concepts that can lead to a better industrial career and significantly improved system performance at your plant or facility. -
FeatureHow to Measure pH in Ultra-Pure Water Applications
Ultra-pure water applications pose special problems because of the exceptionally low conductivity of the fluid from the absence of ions. The consequences are extreme sensitivity to fluid velocity and -
FeatureHow to Optimize PID Controller Settings and Options
Technical guidance on ways to optimize settings and options for PID controllers from industry veteran Greg McMillan and participants in ISA's Mentor Program. -
FeatureWebinar Recording: Feedforward and Ratio Control
Key insights on how feedforward control often simplifies to ratio control. -
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Webinar Recording: Strange but True Process Control Stories
Listen to Greg McMillan's lessons learned the hard way during a 40-year career in process control industries. Many of the mistakes made in the field are still being made today, some posing safety risk -
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Webinar Recording: Temperature Measurement and Control
Temperature is the most important common measurement that is critical for process efficiency and capacity. -
FeatureWhat are New Technologies and Approaches for Batch and Continuous Process Control?
For any type of analysis or prediction, whether using ANN or MSPC, you need to have inputs that show the variability in the process. -
FeatureWhat Are Best Practices and Standards for Control Narratives?
When creating detailed control narratives for existing controls, use established standards and industry best practices. -
FeatureWhen and How to Use Derivative Action in a PID Controller
The least frequently used mode in a PID controller, derivative is more useful when dead time is not pure dead time but is a series of small time constants. -
FeatureHow to Manage Pipeline Valve Positioner and PID Tuning
In general use the highest valve positioner gain that does not cause oscillation. For pipeline flow and pressure control, oscillations are not filtered. -
FeatureWebinar Recording: How to Use Key PID Controller Features
Learn how to use key PID features that can greatly expand what you can achieve. Includes innovative application examples for feedforward and rate limiting. -
FeatureWebinar Recording: How to Get the Most Out of Control Valves
The data that is really needed when selecting and sizing a control valve is rarely understood and specified. -
FeatureWebinar Recording: Model-Predictive Controllers for Cost Optimization
How to develop a proper control system for separation of multiple batch components by vacuum stripping. -
FeatureWebinar Recording: Beginner's Guide to Vacuum Control
Understanding fundamental principles & limitations of process equipment is key to developing a proper control system for separation of multiple batch components by vacuum stripping. -
FeatureWhat Are Best Cutover Strategies for Upgrading an Industrial Plant?
When retrofitting an industrial plant, review budget, schedule, financial justification for the project, as well as all areas of concern such as shutdown. -
FeatureThe Good, Bad, and Ugly of Thermal Mass Flowmeters
Thermal mass flowmeters can be a relatively inexpensive flowmeter that can handle extremely small and large flows -
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PID Tuning for Near and True Integrating Processes
The most important loops on vessels and columns typically have a near or true integrating response.
