Supply chains are in flux and process operations need to be ready and able to adapt to both changing inputs and a need for ...

Process control and instrumentation is all about designing and operating control systems that meet process, system and product specifications, achieve safety requirements and maximize economic ...

Drug formulation continues to present challenges for pharmaceutical manufacturers, particularly as the industry responds to ...

This combination was expected to be transformative for process control, but it has met with unexpected consequences in cost, maintenance, and reliability. Industry has so far stood by MPC, so that ...

Advanced process control (APC) has incorporated and will continue to incorporate new technologies and methodologies that allow refiners and petrochemical plant operators to achieve ...

Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management practices that ...

The process control and automation modifications implemented on the case study unit helped enable the plant to achieve a new minimum load point of 150 MW gross (120 MW net) in either fixed or ...

Compared to factory automation, process control places additional demands on communication technology. Process plants, which extend over wide areas, have a lifespan of 20+ years. They invariably run ...

There are no simple answers to these questions as semiconductor manufacturing is not a 100% defect-free process, but with the help of the latest quality-control and analytical systems, the defect ...