Ask the Automation Pros: How Can You Ensure the Best Rate of Change in the PID Manipulated Variable?

What is the best strategy to get the best rate of change in the PID for a manipulated variable, or is there a more elegant ...
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Design principles for complex process control

I recently surveyed the on-site development of the control system for a large concentrated solar power station. This “first of a kind” facility offered many control challenges, such as balancing heat ...
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Single-loop control- Still the mainstay of advanced process control

Just over a decade ago, an article titled, "Advanced Control Strategies Move into the Field" (Control, October 2008), highlighted three evolving trends in the process control world that would "make ...