New ABB White Paper gets to grips with control theory

ABB has published a new White Paper to explain how controllers can be used to optimise virtually any industrial process.

The White Paper builds on recent advances in control technology to establish a host of new possibilities for the way that processes can be monitored and controlled. These include the use of complex algorithms capable not only of reacting to changes in process conditions, but also increasingly predicting them as well.

Available on request, the White Paper gives an overview of control applications, types of control systems and Proportional-Integral-Derivative, or PID, controllers. It goes into further detail on common control terms such as loop tuning; autotuning; gain scheduling; and adaptive control, using a mixture of text, graphs and diagrams to thoroughly explain each one.

The White Paper then specifies the main features of the ABB ControlMaster range, describing how the four versions can be used in a variety of industrial control applications.

Written by ABB”s experts, the white paper is aimed at anyone using control as a method in the production, distribution, or treatment of industrial processes.

Copies of the white paper are available on request. For a copy please email moreinstrumentation@gb.abb.com or call 0870 600 6122 ref: ‘Control White Paper”.