CHAPTER 1, GETTING STARTED: Science or Art, History, The Language of Control, Terminology for and Description of Controller Settings, Proportional Action, Integral Action, Reset Windup, Derivative Action, Filter Time, Filter Time and Derivative Action.
CHAPTER 2, TUNING RULES AND PROCEDURES: Preparation, Closed-loop Tuning: What to Do, Closed-loop Tuning: How to Do It, Open-loop Tuning: What to Do, Open-loop Tuning: How to Do It, Comparison of Testing Methods, When to Not Tune by the Rules, Tuning Rules Overview.
CHAPTER 3, TUNING OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED LOOP PERFORMANCE: Response to Cyclic Upsets, Factors Affecting the Natural Period.
CHAPTER 4, LAGS AND GAINS, BUT MOSTLY LAGS: Dead Time, Integrator, First Order Lag, Combining Building Blocks, Gains.
CHAPTER 5, EXAMPLES OF ACTUAL LAGS: Dead Time, Controllers, Pneumatic Transmission Lags, Valves, Transmitters, Temperature Measurement, Tanks (Liquid Flow Lag), Tanks (Compositional Lag), Thermal Process Lags, Typical Natural Periods.
CHAPTER 6, CASCADE CONTROL
CHAPTER 7, DERIVATIVE ACTION
CHAPTER 8, INTERACTIONS AND NONLINEARITIES: Interactions, Nonlinearities, Process, Hardware (Continuous Nonlinearities), Hardware (Discontinuous Nonlinearities), Velocity Limiting, Dead Band, Valves at Limits, Integral (Reset) Windup.
CHAPTER 9, POTPOURRI: Digital Control Algorithms, Sampling Frequency and Loop Performance, Load Changes /Upsets / Disturbances, Dampening Noisy Measurements.
Improving Control Uniformity
SUMMARY
GLOSSARY
APPENDIX: Pure Dead Time Process, Process with Dead Time and Integration, Derivative Frequency Response.
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.