The Process Control Workshop
The Process Control Workshop is an intensive three-day training program for engineers and technical professionals responsible for the performance, troubleshooting, and optimization of industrial control systems.
This hands-on training develops a clear understanding of process dynamics and PID controller behavior, focuses on practical techniques to identify poorly performing control loops, determine root causes, and implement effective corrective actions. The emphasis is on methods that can be applied immediately in operating plants.
The workshop also covers advanced regulatory control strategies, including feedforward, cascade, and ratio control, as well as adaptive tuning, and control valve characterization.
What You Will Learn
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
- Understand process dynamics and PID controller fundamentals
- Select appropriate tuning methods and tune control loops effectively
- Diagnose common control loop problems and determine their root causes
- Improve the performance and robustness of control loops
- Apply advanced regulatory control strategies where appropriate
- Assess control loop performance and identify optimization opportunities
Workshop Topics
- Fundamentals of process control
- Process characteristics and limitations on loop performance
- PID control: proportional, integral, and derivative modes
- Controller forms, settings, and configuration options
- Proven tuning methods for self-regulating and integrating processes
- Techniques for tuning difficult control loops
- Troubleshooting and correcting control problems
- Applying feedforward, cascade, and ratio control
- Control loop performance assessment
Customization and Hands-On Training
The workshop content can be tailored to address specific plant processes, control platforms, and operational challenges. Many clients choose to add one or two additional days of hands-on controller tuning using their own live control loops.
Training Materials
Participants receive the following items for use during and after the workshop:
- Printed copy of the workshop slides
- Licensed copy of the OptiControls Loop Simulator software
- Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for PID controller tuning
Contact OptiControls with any questions or a quote for inhouse training.