Optimal performance is achieved when solutions and processes are driven towards their performance limits, and facilities that apply meaningful real-time metrics to their process control assets realize ...

APC paradigm now more affordable, agile, scalable, and reliable. By Allan Kern, PE. In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable ...

November 2019 Special Focus: Instrumentation and Automation Process engineering, optimization and advanced process control. A recent Hydrocarbon Processing “Industry Perspectives” survey found that ...

Figure 1: Advanced process control (APC) earns benefits by holding the process closer to constraints than manual control, even as the process operating point and constraint limits move dynamically.

In contrast, many graduate programs in mineral processing have focused more on the application of APC and the development of better control and optimization solutions. Despite recognizing the value of ...

Sooner or later, advanced process control, or APC, comes up when the topic of process optimization is raised. If the goal of a production plant is to optimize efficiency and throughput, then such a ...

Online or real-time optimization represents the pinnacle achievement in process optimization,” Hill says. Data analytics John Caldwell, APC product marketing manager at Emerson Process Control, Austin ...

One optimization system implemented at a Japanese facility utilized enhanced regulatory control, model-based prediction, and process value prediction to reduce house load, saving $900,000 annually.