Product category:
Process Monitoring and Optimisation
News Release from: ACT: Hans Eder | Subject: TOPAS
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 January 2007
Remote controller trouble-shooting and
tuning
ACT set another milestone by delivering a unique service: a severe customer problem with a swinging critical controller, where all tuning attempts could not cure the situation, was solved using TOPAS
ACT has set another milestone by delivering a unique service: one of our customers had a severe problem, a critical controller was swinging, all tuning attempts could not cure the situation So they called ACT for help
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 18 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Being about 1000Km away, ACT managing director Hans Eder suggested they send some test or operating data before considering the cost of a visit.
Therefore a set-point step was carried out and an Excel sheet with the loop result e-mailed to ACT.
Using the ACT award winning software package TOPAS, the process parameters were identified, from there the PID setting calculated and immediately tested with an integrated simulation of the environment.
Just 10 minutes (!) after the data were received, new controller settings were e-mailed back to the customer.
Soon after implementation the loop stabilised - an achievement ACT have not heard anyone report for their analysis before.
The basis for this success was the range of powerful yet fast and easy to use methods and functions for process parameter estimation and PID tuning built into TOPAS, which is arguably the most comprehensive process control toolset and know-how resource available.
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