Basic and Advanced Regulatory Control: System Design and Application - Softcover

Wade, Harold L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0876640137 ISBN 13: 9780876640135

Publisher: Intl Society of Automation, 2017

Synopsis

This intermediate-level book explains the application of basic and advanced regulatory control strategies for the wet process industries. Rather than mathematical systems theory, the book builds upon the engineer's or technician's own experience and knowledge of processes to demonstrate the application of successful control strategies.
Following a summarization of the characteristics of processes and feedback control loops, attention is given to the application of advanced regulatory control (ARC) strategies to provide significant economic benefit. The latter portion of the book gives an overview of the next level of control: advanced process control (APC). New topics include an expanded coverage of set-point weighting controllers, an amplified discussion of valve problems, a control algorithm for dead-time processes, expanded coverage of cross-limiting control systems, and a new heuristic procedure for improving "as-found" tuning. End of chapter exercises have been added. Suitable for the beginning or experienced engineer or technician.

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About the Author

Harold L. Wade, PhD, has had over 50 years of experience in designing, applying, and installing process control systems in such industries as petroleum refining, chemical processing, textiles, waste and water treatment facilities, and others. He has a BS in mechanical engineering and an MS and PhD in systems engineering. He has held technical positions with Honeywell, with Foxboro, and with his own consulting engineering firm. He is a Fellow of ISA, a Life Member of IEEE, and a licensed professional engineer in Texas. Dr. Wade was a 2002 inductee into Control magazine's Process Automation Hall of Fame and was the 2008 recipient of the Donald P. Eckman Award presented by ISA.
For almost 20 years, Dr. Wade taught courses for ISA on process control systems design. He has also presented process control and control tuning seminars for many companies worldwide. Dr. Wade is the developer of the process control training program, PC-ControLAB.

Edition details

• Publisher: Intl Society of Automation
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0876640137
• ISBN 13: 9780876640135
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 567