Sessions
Process Variability Overview
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Mon
Process Control Basics
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Mon
Lab Introduction
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Mon
Process Dynamics
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Mon
Lab - First Order Dynamics
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Mon
Lab - Lambda tuning
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Tue
Control Performance
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Wed
Lab - Control performance
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Wed
Advanced Strategies
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Wed
Lab - Tuning strategies
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Wed
Optimization Tools
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Wed
Loop Troubleshooting
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Thu
Lab - Troubleshooting Control Loop Problems
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Thu
Process Control Surveys
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Thu
Lab - Control Survey
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Thu
Doug Nelson has over 30 years of pulp and paper process control experience. He has authored papers on paper machine dryer control, control valve selection and the uses of process simulation in optimization surveys.