The two most common categories of process responses in industrial manufacturing processes are self-regulating and integrating. A self-regulating process response to a step input change is ...

Power plants–especially coal-fired boilers–pose a set of process control problems unparalleled in other industries. Rapid load ramps, continuous unit demand changes, variable fuel quality and process ...

I recently surveyed the on-site development of the control system for a large concentrated solar power station. This “first of a kind” facility offered many control challenges, such as balancing heat ...

After two years of fires, the California winery Donkey & Goat has learned to pivot, combining appellations and even vintages to turn despair into deliciousness. By Eric Asimov BERKELEY, Calif. — If ...

Multi-variable model-based control is a technology known to provide superior performance over traditional single-input-single-output control strategies. Originally developed for petroleum refineries ...

In today's industries, quality inspection in semiconductor manufacturing is critical. Many traditional fault detection and diagnosis techniques have been developed to determine the existence of trends ...