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Posted a case study/tutorial on split-range controls.

Split-Range Control – A Case Study – Control Notes Split-Range Control – A Case Study Published March 25, 2025 Background A few weeks ago, a refinery got me out to tune the control loops on their thermal oxidizer. A thermal oxidizer (TOX) is a specialized combustion system that uses heat to destroy volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous a...

Posted an article on the use of super-high controller gains: https://blog.opticontrols.com/archives/1447

Posted a new article on tuning slow-responding control loops.

Tuning Slow-Responding Control Loops | Control Notes Once in a while you’ll have to tune a control loop on a process that takes seemingly forever to settle out at its final value. This specifically applies to self-regulating processes where you traditionally have to wait for the process response to fully complete before you can analyze the data for ...

New tutorial on the use of signal filters in process control http://blog.opticontrols.com/archives/1319

Registration is now open for the upcoming Process Control and Advanced Control Strategies online training course. Presented by Process Control Practitioner and Author, Jacques Smuts, this course will teach you how to effectively tune control loops and troubleshoot control problems. Also learn about advanced control strategies such as cascade, feedforward, ratio control, and much more.

Click here for more information and to register: http://ceipe.ku.edu/process-control-and-advanced-control-strategies

Process Control and Advanced Control Strategies | Center for Engineering & Interdisciplinary... Process Control and Advanced Control Strategies October 1–May 19, 2016 Online training—Online sessions meet every Thursday at 7–8 p.m. Eastern Time