Practical Process Control for Engineers and Technicians
This book will enable the reader to:
• Specify and design the loop requirements for a plant using PID control
• Identify and apply the essential building blocks in automatic control
• Apply the procedures for open and closed loop tuning
• Tune control loops with significant dead-times
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of analog process control and how to tune analog loops
• Explain concepts used by major manufacturers who use the most up-to-date technology in the process control field
• Focus on the optimization of process and plant
• Develop professional competencies, not just theoretical knowledge
• Reduce dead-time with loop tuning techniques