To be effective in optimizing the performance of industrial process control systems, an engineer or technician has to understand process dynamics, controllers, and tuning; use the right techniques and tools; and know how to troubleshoot control problems. This book conveys the knowledge and techniques required to effectively tune controllers and optimize the performance of automatic control systems. It clearly and concisely covers all the topics and know-how required for being an outstanding controls practitioner. Explanations go into enough depth to make the material understandable, but discussions are kept to the point so the book can serve as a reference guide. The book shows you how to tune PID controllers more effectively in less time, and ensure long-term loop stability. It is your complete reference for improving control-loop performance, solving process control problems, and designing control strategies. You will refer to this guide again and again.

About the Author

Jacques F. Smuts, Ph.D., has been a process control practitioner since the early 1990s. He has analyzed and optimized thousands of control loops and solved control problems in a wide range of processes. Jacques is an advocate for improving process control and has developed several process control training courses that he has delivered to hundreds of engineers and technicians. He has developed controller tuning and control loop performance monitoring software that are being used in process plants world wide. Jacques is an authority on process control, controller tuning, and control-loop performance monitoring.

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