ExperTune Library
The ExperTune library contains articles, papers, and video presentations to help you improve your plant's performance.
Table of Contents
Control Loop Monitoring |
PID Loop Optimization |
Basic PID Tutorials |
Video Presentations |
Recorded Webinars |
Back-Issue Newsletters |
Featured Articles
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Automating Continuous Process ImprovementContinuous Improvement separates winners from losers. Your competition is making improvements every day, and you need to keep ahead of them to succeed. Unfortunately, if you are like most process manufacturers, you just don’t have enough staffing. If only there were some way to automatically capture improvement opportunities. New, automated methods are now driving continuous improvements at process manufacturing plants. These methods use process data, with automated analysis and automated diagnostics, that pinpoint improvements to process, equipment, and controls. These plants see significant results for operating cost, energy reduction, and quality improvement.
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Closing the Gap Between Engineers and ManagementWork-style and communication differences often result in a disconnect between managers and engineers. Bridging this culture gap will allow managers to make better decisions and bring engineers the understanding and recognition they deserve. Read the article PDF, 4 pages. |
Control Loop Monitoring
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ARC Brief:SABIC Improves Plant Stability and Cuts CostsMarch 2009 by Tom Fiske, Senior Analyst at ARC |
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El Verdadero Objetivo de un Sistema de Control Cómo convertir el Monitoreo de Control de Efectividad en una Optimización de Efectividad |
White Paper George Buckbee & Lew Gordon translated by Rodolfo Villalón H., P.E. |
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Control Performance Supervision Enhances Revamp Upgraded ethylene cracker achieves targeted production rates in record time |
Article in Chemical Processing Apr 2008 Mikko Ronka, Borealis |
PDF Online book, see Page 41 |
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Control System Asset Management "Improved Asset Performance with Real-time data" En Español |
White Paper Apr 2007 George Buckbee, P.E. |
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Measure. Decide. Act. "Applying Real-Time Feedback to Deliver Business Results" |
White Paper Mar 2007 George Buckbee, P.E. |
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Real-Time Metrics for Process Performance |
Article in Chemical Engineering Jun 2007 George Buckbee, P.E. |
PDF on Chemical Engineering Web site |
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How to Read "Sine Language" Reduce Process Cycling to Save Money |
White Paper Dec 2006 George Buckbee, P.E. |
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Debunk Myths about Diagnostics "Your Control System can probably do more than you think" |
Cover Story, Chemical Processing, Feb 2007 George Buckbee, P.E. |
HTML / NXTBook |
| How to Find Energy Savings in Process Plants | White Paper, Aug 2006 George Buckbee, P.E. |
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| Taking it to the Boardroom: Use Performance Supervision for Higher-Level Management Decisions. | Reprinted with permission of InTech Magazine, July 2006 | HTML |
| Why Do You Need Performance Supervision? | Reprinted with permission of Control Magazine, April 2006 | |
| Automation KPIs Critical for Improvement of Enterprise KPIs | Journees Scientifique et Techniques, Nov 2006, Algeria | |
| Fieldbus Diagnostics, Without Fieldbus | ISA 2005, Houston | |
| Methodology for Reducing the Control Loops Oscillation at an Iron Ore Processing Plant |
ISA 2005, São Paulo.
Lúcio Fábio Passos, &
Bernardo Soares Torres, ATAN Sistemas Vicentino José Pinheiro Rodrigues, CVRD |
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| Case Studies—Performance Assessment of Control Loops |
Bernardo Soares Torres,
Fábio Barros de Carvalho, Marcos de Oliveira Fonseca,
Constantino Seixas Filho, ATAN Sistemas ADCHEM/SICOP 2006, Brazil |
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| Interaction Detection Using Oscillation Analysis | ADCHEM/SICOP 2006, Brazil | |
| Power, Usability Refine Plant Performance | CONTROL, May 2006 | |
| The Link Between Automation KPIs and Enterprise KPIs | White Paper Oct 2005 | |
| Shift Your Focus from Analysis to Optimization with Active Model Capture Technology | White Paper Sept 2005 | |
| Benefits of Integrating Monitoring with Tuning | White Paper August 2005 | |
| Performance and Optimization—an Economic Point of View | Control July 2005 | |
| Universal Key Performance Indicators for Process Plants | Hydrocarbon Processing June 2005 | |
| PlantTriage Keeps Plants Running Smoothly | Control May 2005 | |
| Choosing Performance Assessments | ISA, Houston October 2004 | |
| Establishing a Basis for Performance | ISA, Houston October 2004 | |
| Using a Performance Monitor to Connect to a Historical Database | ISA, Houston October 2004 | |
| Control Loop Performance Assessment and Auditing | Intech 2004 | PDF, in Portuguese |
| New Performance Monitoring Software Cutting Edge Technologies | Pulp & Paper Canada 2004 | |
| Performance Monitor Raises Service Factor Of MPC | ISA, Houston, October 2003 | |
| Plantwide Performance Monitor Bridges Resource Gap | ISA, Houston, October 2003 | |
| Real-Time Six Sigma | ISA, Houston, October 2003 | |
| A Practical Approach For Large-scale Controller Performance Assessment, Diagnosis, and Improvement | Journal of Process Control,Volume 13, 2003, © Eastman Chemical Company | |
| Learn How To Assess and Improve Control Loop Performance | ISA, ChicagoOctober 2002 | |
| Prioritizing and Optimizing Problem Loops Using a Loop Monitoring System | ISA, Chicago October 2002 | |
| Process Monitoring and Loop Prioritization Can Reap Big Payback and Benefit Process Plants | ISA, Chicago, October 2002 | |
| Benefits of Controller Monitoring and Integrated PID Optimization | White Paper | |
| Modeling in ExperTune's PID Tuner/Analyzer and PlantTriage | White Paper | |
| Control Magazine Reviews PlantTriage | Control Magazine (May 2005) | |
| Software Prioritizes Loop Repairs | CONTROL, Sept 2001 | |
| Monitor Performance Enterprise-Wide | CONTROL, June 2004 | HTML |
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PID Loop Optimization—Overview
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| Steps To Optimize Your Control Loop | John Gerry 1998 | HTML |
| Loop Optimization: Reap the Greatest Benefits | Control Magazine, March 1999 | HTML |
| Loop Optimization: Troubleshooting | Control Magazine, April 1999 | HTML |
| Get your plant humming a sweet tune. | Plant Services, September 1999 | HTML |
| PID settings sometimes fail to make the leap | Intech, November 1999, reprinted with permission of InTech Magazine | HTML |
| PID Controller Specification | F. G. Shinskey & John Gerry, White Paper | HTML |
| What ExperTune needs to know about your PID Controller | White Paper | HTML |
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PID Loop Optimization—Tuning
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| Tuning Process Controllers Starts In Manual | John Gerry, May 1999, reprinted with permission of InTech Magazine | HTML |
| Comparison of PID Control Algorithms | Control Engineering, March, 1987 | HTML |
| Poor Controller Tuning Drives Up Valve Costs | Control Magazine, April 2002 | HTML |
| Setpoint vs. Load Tuning | CONTROL Magazine, Sept. 1991 | HTML |
| Averaging Level Control | F. G. Shinskey, Chemical Processing, September 1997 | HTML |
| Simulation on the road to optimization | Control Solutions, November 2002 | HTML |
| Modeling in ExperTune's PID Tuner/Analyzer and PlantTriage | White Paper | |
| Should You Use Lambda Tuning? | White Paper | HTML |
| Tuning Off-Key Level Loops | CONTROL February 2005 | |
| Tuning Package Adds Problem-Solving Tools | CONTROL, Dec 2000 | HTML |
| It's Not Just a Loop Tuner, It's a Plant Manager | CONTROL, May 1996 | HTML |
| Loop Tuning Simplified | Control Engineering, May 1995 | HTML |
| Package Simplifies Control Loop Tuning | CONTROL, December 1994 | HTML |
| Case Study—"Control Loop Tuning in Hsiaokang Refinery" | Taiwan Sugar, M.D. Huang, W.D. Hsieh, Oct–Dec, 2002 Vol.49 No.4 | |
| Case Study—Optimizing Steam Supply in a Chemical Plant | Steve Lyons | HTML |
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PID Loop Optimization—Control Valves
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| Stiction: The Hidden Menace | Control Magazine, November 2000 | HTML |
| Poor Controller Tuning Drives Up Valve Costs | Control Magazine, April 2002 | HTML |
| Tuning Software Predicts Valve Wear | CONTROL, July 1999 | HTML |
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PID Loop Optimization—Advanced
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| Neutralize pH control system instabilities | Plant Services, March 2002 | HTML |
| Characterizers for Control Loops (Linearizing pH loops) | F. G. Shinskey | HTML |
| Linearize Your Process for Optimal Performance at Any Production Rate | CONTROL, August 1997 | HTML |
| Modeling and Building a Feedforward Compensator with ExperTune's Software | White paper | HTML |
| Gain From Process Control's Emerging Tools: Power Spectrum | White Paper | MS Word Document |
| Power Spectrum Solves a Paper Mill Problem | Intech August 1998 | |
| How to Control Processes With Large Dead Times (Model Predictive vs PID) | Control Engineering, March 1998 | HTML |
| Adaptive Tuning—Expectations, Limitations | White Paper | |
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Basic PID Tutorials
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Basic PID Tutorial
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John Gerry, 1999 | HTML |
| Glossary of Process Control Terms | John Gerry 1996 | HTML |
| Tuning Process Controllers Starts In Manual | John Gerry, May 1999, reprinted with permission of InTech Magazine | HTML |
| What ExperTune needs to know about your PID Controller | White Paper | HTML |
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Video Presentations
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| The Six Myths of Process Control | George Buckbee, May–October 2006 | WMV 5–7 minutes each |
| Understanding Process Interactions, Correlation Analysis | George Buckbee, March 2006 | WMV 7 minutes |
| Focus On Performance, Reducing Energy Costs | George Buckbee, November 2005 | WMV 9 minutes |
| Check Control Loop Basics With a Time Line | John Gerry, July 2005 | WMV 4 minutes |
| Removing Interactions | John Gerry, March 2005 | WMV 6 minutes |
| Performance Measurement—The Rest of the Story | John Gerry, November 2004 | WMV 6 minutes |
| How to Exploit Process Variability | Tom Kinney, August 2004 | WMV 10 minutes |
| Are Your Valves Killing You | John Gerry, March 2004 | WMV 6 minutes |
| How to Tune for Both Set Point Changes and Upsets | John Gerry, December 2003 | WMV 5 minutes |
| How to Control a Process with Long Dead Time | John Gerry, October 2003 | WMV 8 minutes |
| How to Manage Your Plant's Performance in Real-Time | John Gerry, August 2003 | WMV 5 minutes |
| Which Tuning Method Should You Use? | John Gerry, May 2003 | WMV 7 minutes |
| How to Automatically Find a Model of Your Process | John Gerry, March 2003 | WMV 5 minutes |
| The Most Important Tuning Parameter | John Gerry, Jan 2003 | WMV 5 minutes |
| Eliminate Cycling in Your Plant | John Gerry, Dec 2002 | WMV 5 minutes |
| The Fast Way to Tune Slow Loops | John Gerry, Oct 2002 | WMV 5 minutes |
| Linearize Your Process—Get Optimal Response at All Production Rates | John Gerry, July 2002 | WMV 3 minutes |
| Derivative, The Good, Bad, and Ugly | John Gerry, May 2002 | WMV 6 minutes |
| Plant Data You Should Use for Modeling & PID Tuning | John Gerry, March 2002 | WMV 10 minutes |
| Consistency Measurement and Control in the Paper Industry | George Buckbee, January 2002 | WMV 9 minutes |
| How Filtering Can Help (or Hurt) Your Process | John Gerry, January 2002 | WMV 7 minutes |
| How Fast Should I Sample? | John Gerry, July 2001 | WMV 6 minutes |
| Loop Stability—The Other Half of the PID Tuning Story | John Gerry, June 2001 | WMV 4 minutes |
| Differences In PID Algorithms and Units | John Gerry, October 2000, re-recorded July 2002 | WMV 4 minutes |
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