Online Contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
Acknowledgement
Preface
Contents
pH Control: A Magical Mystery Tour 1
Compressor Surge Control: Traveling in the Fast Lane 19
Pressure Control: Without Deadtime, I Might Be Out of a job 31
Advanced Control Algorithms; Beware of False Prophecies 41
Direct Temperature Rate Control Improves Reactor Yield 47
pH Titration Curves — Trick or Treat? 55
Wally and the Beave Automate Reactor Start-ups 65
Wally and the Beave Return To Automate Another Reactor Start-up 77
Can You Say “Process Interlocks?” 83
The Survival of an Instrument Engineer 95
Wood’s Performance Review — What's Inline Next for pH Control? 103
What If the Starship Extraprize Had a DCS? 113
What If the Starship Rent-a-Ride Had an Expert System? 119
Funny You Should Ask a Process Control Engineer 123


Copyright
© Copyright 1989, 1999 Gregory K. McMillan.