Financial benefits of advanced control: benchmarking and optimization of a crude oil production platform

Advanced control and optimization techniques provide an effective technique for increasing productivity and reducing operational cost. Petrochemical processes provide good examples in demonstrating the applicability of advanced systems control for revenue optimization. This paper presents the results of an integrated process control and revenue optimization audit technique applied to an oil production platform to assess the potential benefits of advanced control systems

A generalized predictive control benchmark index for SISO systems

The application of control loop performance assessment and benchmarking techniques to industrial control loops is considered. A normalized performance index Psi(HP) that characterizes the performance of feedback control schemes against a generalized predictive control standard is introduced. The theoretical problem considered is how to obtain a measure that would allow us to judge the performance of predictive controllers as well as compare the performance of non predictive controllers against the generalized predictive control standard

A generalized predictive control benchmark index for MIMO systems

The application of control loop performance assessment and benchmarking techniques to industrial process control loops is considered. A normalised performance index Ψ(HP) that compares the performance of feedback control schemes against a generalised predictive control framework for MIMO systems is introduced. In the process industries, Generalised Predictive Control (GPC) algorithms have become increasingly popular and are being used both at the supervisory level and the regulatory level. The theoretical problem considered is how to obtain a measure that would allow us to judge the performance of predictive controllers, as well as compare the performance of non predictive controllers, against the generalised predictive control standard

Controller benchmarking procedures - model-based methods

This chapter looks at model-based methods ofcontroller benchmarking procedure