Applied Control Technology Consortium (ACTC) PROCESS CONTROL ACADEMY 2008 5th - 7th March 2008 Leeds University, UK
Industrial Process Control that makes a difference to you and your plant
Highlights:	3-day structured programme delivered by leading experts Integrated hands-on exercises to reinforce learning Modelling, Control and Optimisation methods with proven application Comprehensive course notes
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The 2008 Process Control Academy training and awareness event follows on from the previous PCA's in 2007 and 2005 and include new topics and hands-on exercises. The main theme of the event will provide an overview of process modelling, control and optimisation techniques through application stories and the latest software tools. The focus will be on techniques that provide a competitive advantage through greater reliability, better understanding and improved performance.

Target Audience:

• Process control engineers wishing to refresh their knowledge and understanding of the latest techniques.
• Managers requiring an up-to-date overview of quality improving technology.
• Operation and production staff looking for ways to get more from their plant.

The morning session provides a suitable introduction for those new to process control or a refresher for experienced engineers. Covered are the basics of process dynamics; control and loop tuning; how to identify and alleviate common problems; enhanced control such as feed-forward and cascade control. The learning is reinforced using real-life examples.

The afternoon is devoted to how mathematical models of processes are built and used for answers to what-if questions, troubleshooting and training simulators

This day will see the introduction of the complementary subject of system identification (obtaining dynamic models from plant tests) and adpative control (control often directly used such identified models). System identification is important for any model based control method including MPC, whilst adaptive control is beginning to see a resurgence in interest for particularly nonlinear control problems.

The final day provides an overview of optimisation and how the generic methods are used to solve multiobjective problems found on process plant and the benefits thats this brings

In the afternoon there will be an introduction to the basic concepts of safety systems, including the keys standards, analysis of risk and new safety systems technologies.