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C O V E R S T O R YFrom being mounted on controlled equipment back in the early 1900s to switchingto digital devices by the latter part of the 1950s, the automatic feedback controls hadsteadily developed throughout the previous decades.Today, computer networks are the ones responsible for manipulating hundreds uponhundreds of variables, but still, a whopping 85 to 95% of feedback control loopsremain largely based on the 1930s Proportional-Integrative-Derivative (PID)system. Even the flow rates of various gases and liquids depend on the pneumaticvalve controls.The advancement of controls in the oil industry can mean a lot in terms ofincreasing the plant’s profit and reducing emissions. In fact, using advanced controlscan dramatically contribute to a ten to 20% increase in profit margin and anapproximately 70% decrease in emissions. Such advanced controls are furtherexplained below.44

PID Tuning OptimizationThe PID controls, which have been developedaround the 1930s, still prove to be one of themost commonly used control in the chemicaland petrochemical plants. This is because ofthe controls’ easy implementation andsturdiness. The controller works by takinga corrective action according to the error’smagnitude. It will take a proportional action tocut off most of the errors, an integral action tominimize steady-state errors or off-sets, and aderivative action to reducemaximum overshoot.PID controls can usually use two strategies:centralized and decentralized. The latter iswhen the PID acts as a separate controller foreach one of the variables, while the former iswhen the PID is used as a single controller forall of the variables. To tune the PID to findproper parameters, several tuning techniquesthat date back to the 1940s are still in usetoday.The techniques can be subdivided into two, theClassical methods (which include the Cohenand Coon Method and Ziegler and NicholsMethod) and the Artificial Intelligent methods,some of which are the Differential EvolutionAlgorithms and Genetic Algorithms.45

PID Tuning Optimization

The PID controls, which have been developed

around the 1930s, still prove to be one of the

most commonly used control in the chemical

and petrochemical plants. This is because of

the controls’ easy implementation and

sturdiness. The controller works by taking

a corrective action according to the error’s

magnitude. It will take a proportional action to

cut off most of the errors, an integral action to

minimize steady-state errors or off-sets, and a

derivative action to reduce

maximum overshoot.

PID controls can usually use two strategies:

centralized and decentralized. The latter is

when the PID acts as a separate controller for

each one of the variables, while the former is

when the PID is used as a single controller for

all of the variables. To tune the PID to find

proper parameters, several tuning techniques

that date back to the 1940s are still in use

today.

The techniques can be subdivided into two, the

Classical methods (which include the Cohen

and Coon Method and Ziegler and Nichols

Method) and the Artificial Intelligent methods,

some of which are the Differential Evolution

Algorithms and Genetic Algorithms.

45

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