Reader feedback sent to Michael Brown May 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering, System Integration & Control Systems Design SA Instrumentation and Control contributing editor, Michael Brown, recently received some feedback on a loop optimisation article we published in the August 2013 edition. Since it is such a topical experience ...
Read more...Control Loop: Case history 133 - Life is never dull for a control engineer. October 2013, Michael Brown Control Engineering, System Integration & Control Systems Design Following from the last Case History article, number 132, about interesting loops in a chemical plant where I do a lot of optimisation, here are a few more examples of interesting loops. The basics of ...
Read more...Control loop: Case history 132 - Interesting days in a chemical plant August 2013, Michael Brown Control Engineering, System Integration & Control Systems Design One of the things I enjoy most in my working life is optimising base layer control loops in plants in the chemical, petro-chemical and paper industries. There are several reasons for this, but chiefly ...
Read more...Control loop Case history 131 - The myth: Loop cycling is due to bad tuning June 2013, Michael Brown Control Engineering, System Integration & Control Systems Design I have performed loop optimisation in hundreds of plants in various countries and there are many myths and misconceptions that are common to them all. The worst is that all loop problems can be solved ...
Read more...Control loop case history 128 November 2012, Michael Brown Control Engineering, System Integration & Control Systems Design Why use a base layer control system.
Read more...Control loop case history 125 May 2012, Michael Brown Control Engineering, System Integration & Control Systems Design Party tricks for the control engineer
Read more...Control loop case history 123 January 2012, Michael Brown Control Engineering, System Integration & Control Systems Design I was recently requested to do a control performance audit on a mine situated in the Sahara Desert. The mine is run by expatriates from South Africa, Australia, USA, Philippines, France, Germany and Britain ...
