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Gregory K. McMillan
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FeatureBenefits of Good Tuning: Increased Production and Profitability, Reduced Variability
For control loop tuning, the first settings that must be right are the controller and valve actions. If these actions are not right, nothing else matters. -
FeatureHow to Achieve Tight Process Recirculation Temperature Control
How to eliminate oscillations associated with the discontinuity and changes in phase between heating and cooling and make the response of the secondary temperature loop faster. -
FeatureHow to Make Transitions Between Cooling and Heating Smooth and Fast
How eliminate oscillations associated with the discontinuity and changes in phase between heating and cooling and make the response of the secondary temperature loop faster. -
FeatureHow to Optimize Cascade Control Systems in Vessel Heating and Cooling
How to make sure the cascade control system is intelligently designed to meet process requirements in terms of vessel and heat transfer surface temperatures -
FeatureWhat are the Critical Aspects of Jacket and Coil Design in Vessel Heating and Cooling?
Critical aspects of the design of the jacket and coil in vessel heating and cooling. -
FeatureSimple Strategies for Maximizing Biopharmaceutical Product Quality
Use of key PID features, tuning objectives and feedforward control can meet the stringent requirements for biopharmaceutical production. -
FeatureSimple Strategies for Optimizing Ethanol Plants
PID controllers for front-end production rate, slurry concentration & average fermentation time can decrease costs and increase production rates for ethanol plants. -
FeatureOptimizing Multiphase Reactors with a Single Phase Product
Multiphase reactors offer an inherent ability to optimize excess reactant concentration by the proper use of a simple pressure or temperature control loop. -
FeatureGetting the Most Out of Fluidized Bed Reactors
The fast kinetics and composition response of a fluidized bed reactor enable the direct manipulation of reactant feed rate by temperature control to inherently maximize production rate to the coolant -
FeatureMaximizing Production Rate of Single Phase Liquid Reactors
Control schemes for maximizing production rate in liquid reactors