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Greg McMillan

Gregory K. McMillan

Gregory K. McMillan retired as a Senior Fellow from Solutia Inc in 2002 and as a senior principal software engineer from Emerson Process Systems and Solutions Simulation R&D in 2023. Greg is an ISA Fellow and the author of more than 200 articles and papers, 100 Q&A posts, 80 blogs, 200 columns, and 20 books. He was one of the first inductees into the Control Process Automation Hall of Fame in 2001, and he received the ISA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, the ISA Mentor Award in 2020, and the ISA Standards Achievement Award in 2023.

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  • Simple Strategies for Optimizing Ethanol Plants

    Simple 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.
    By: Gregory K. McMillan
    13 May, 2015 | 7 minutes
  • Optimizing Multiphase Reactors with a Single Phase Product

    Optimizing 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.
    By: Gregory K. McMillan
    22 April, 2015 | 4 minutes
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