ExperTune's Latest Software Releases
(Dates approximate)
PlantTriage 7.0 Goes Enterprise-wide—June 2007
This software gives companies a global view of plant performance and
process control assets. The latest release of PlantTriage also offers
language support for all world languages. Users see data in their own
language, and can share results with other users world-wide, each
user seeing the information in his or her preferred language. The new
Real-Time Savings Advisor quantifies and reports dollar savings opportunities.
Get all the details on PlantTriage 7
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PID Loop Optimizer 16.03—October 2006
Long-recognized as the best PID Loop Tuning and Optimization
software package, ExperTune's PID Loop Optimizer continues to get
better every year. A quick summary of improvements this year
include:
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Software Improvements
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Level Tuning Improvements
- Tune while ramping. No need to reach steady-state.
- Hysteresis Check for integrating loops
- Stiction Check for integrating loops
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Improved User Interface
- More undo capability
- Remembers user-preferred workspace layout
- Clock time displayed on real-time trends
- Option for actual data collect time on offline trends
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Sample Time Awareness
- Alerts you when sample time is too slow
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Video Help Files
- Check Control Loop Basics With a Timeline
- How to Remove Interactions
- Eliminating Process Oscillation
- Variability
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More Controllers
Supported
- Supports over 540 controllers
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PlantTriage® 6—May 2006
Introducing the most powerful, easiest-to-use Performance
Supervision System ever! PlantTriage 6 helps you to improve your
plant in the quickest ways possible.
Discover all of the new features of
PlantTriage 6.
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PID Tuner/Analyzer—June 2005
Floating License Support
The floating license option allows the license to "float" to any user on
the network. Run PID Optimizer or PID Tuner on a server machine and
multiple users can have access to the software. Multiple user are
optionally supported.
Users start their own Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (terminal
services) to connect to the server and run the software.
PID Tuner/Analyzer—January 2005
Level Control Wizard
ExperTune's new software wizard helps process engineers optimize the control strategy of
level control loops in all types of process vessels. Level loops present a unique
challenge to process control since the control objective varies widely, from tight level
control in reactors to averaging level control in surge tanks.
Whatever the performance requirement, whether it be a complex application like a hot
vapor by-pass, or a simple surge tank, the new ExperTune Level Wizard guides engineers
through choosing and implementing the best level loop control strategy for each individual
need. The wizard uses the design experience of Greg Shinskey.
The wizard:
- Identifies the goals for the level loop
- Chooses the level control strategy that matches the plant's
goals
- Finds the best P, PI or PID parameters to meet those goals
- Provides built-in user guidance (see figure).
The wizard pays for itself quickly by:
- Forcing the controls to adhere to the operational objectives,
maximizing profits.
- Maximizing surge usage for smoother response to upsets, keeping
critical quality variables on target.
- Savings in cost, better quality, safer operations, increased
throughput, and more consistent quality.
PID Tuner/Analyzer now optimizes level loops with the following level control goals:
- Fast and accurate control of level to setpoint, with and without
derivative. The result is the fastest recovery back to setpoint in the face
of upsets.
- Averaging level, where the purpose of the tank is a surge vessel to
smooth flow upsets. In this case you are using the vessel to reduce the
effects of upstream disturbances. The goal is that one unit feeding a
second should disturb the second as little as possible.
- Averaging level with P action only—level is floating,
maximizing the use of the surge vessel to smooth flow upsets.
- Averaging level with P and I action—level floats and slowly
returns to setpoint.
Averaging level techniques may use tank volume. Using simple test data, the ExperTune
Level Control Wizard automatically determines tank volume and controller settings.
Other Enhancements
- Setup Wizards now include the PV filter address
- OPC items for a loop can now come from different OPC servers.
- Standard OPC components direct from the OPC foundation
install.
- You can now turn off (forever) the message about how changing the
PV span also changes the SP span.
Earlier Releases
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