In all but truly exceptional cases, flow is always adjusted to achieve some other process control objective. It is almost always the secondary, or slave, in a one-on-one basic cascade. If the flow ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today announced the introduction of four innovations that will further enhance the functionality of its proprietary Optimized Cascade natural ...

APC paradigm now more affordable, agile, scalable, and reliable By Allan Kern, PE In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control.

One optimization system implemented at a Japanese facility utilized enhanced regulatory control, model-based prediction, and process value prediction to reduce house load, saving $900,000 annually.

Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management practices that ...

At the 2019 SPIE Advanced Lithography conference, Coventor personnel demonstrated how virtual process modeling (combined with advanced process control) could provide enhanced patterning yield and ...

Multivariable predictive control technology increased oil and gas production by 4% from BP PLC's Marlin tension leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of Mexico.

Rockwell Automation Pavilion8 Model Predictive Control (MPC) software now empowers engineers to design and execute step tests faster, safer and more accurately.