Describe Process Control Modes and Process Control Technology

Describe Process Control Modes and Process Control Technology - proportional, integral, derivative, automatic and manual control

Total Pages: 65


Prerequisite
Basic Instrumentation and Process Control Strategies

Training Objectives
Upon completion of this process control training kit, you will be able to:

  • Describe feedback control modes and their effect on process response
  • Describe the applications of feedback control modes
  • Describe the role of operations personnel in tuning controllers
  • Describe the purpose and importance of automatic and manual process control
  • Describe the features of pneumatic, electronic, and computer-based single control loops
  • Describe the role of operations personnel in monitoring single control loops
  • Describe the purpose and importance of plantwide control
  • Describe the role of operations personnel in monitoring plantwide process operations

    Table of Contents

    Training Objectives
    1
    1 Introduction 1
    2 Feedback Control Modes 3
    2.1 Proportional Mode 4
    2.2 Integral (Reset) Mode 9
    2.3 Derivative (Rate) Mode 12
    2.4 Feedback Controller Mode Applications 15
    2.5 Feedback Controller Tuning 16
    3 Manual and Automatic Process Control 19
    3.1 Automatic Control 21
    3.2 Manual Control 22
    4 Control Loop Evolution: Pneumatics to Computers 23
    4.1 Pneumatic Feedback Control Loops 24
    4.2 Electronic Feedback Control Loops 26
    4.3 Microprocessor-Based Controllers 27
    4.4 Typical Feedback Controller Features 29
    5 Operating Personnel: Monitoring Single Loop Operation 30
    6 Plantwide Control Evolution 31
    6.1 Plantwide Control Before the Computer 33
    6.2 Centralized Control 34
    6.3 Early Distributed Control 34
    6.4 Modern Distributed Control: Fieldbus Systems 38
    7 Operating Personnel: Monitoring Plantwide Operations 40
    8 Self-Check 42
    9 Self-Check Answers 48
    Appendix 1
    49
    Appendix 2
    51


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