In today's competitive environment, process industry companies are focused on two key objectives: profitability and delivering value to customers. However, these objectives are often disparate goals ...

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

Power plants–especially coal-fired boilers–pose a set of process control problems unparalleled in other industries. Rapid load ramps, continuous unit demand changes, variable fuel quality and process ...

New process device profiles have been added by ODVA to the EtherNet/IP specification to provide end users with another tool to help optimize plant operations. According to ODVA, the new process device ...

Alarm management is a critical aspect of industrial process control, ensuring plant safety and operational efficiency whilst minimising disruptions due to false or nuisance alarms. Modern alarm ...