Industrial control

What is a Smart Sensor?

A smart sensor is the integration of a sensor with an analogue to digital converter (ADC), a processor and digital…

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Basic Features of Modern PID Controllers

Most modern PID controllers have the following features: Manual versus automatic modeOutput trackingSetpoint trackingAlarm capabilitiesProcess variable (PV) characterization and dampingSetpoint…

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Electromechanical Relays (EMR)

Electromechanical relay (EMR) is a device that uses an electromagnet to provide the force to close or open switch contacts…

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Switchgear Equipment

Switchgear can be defined as equipment used for controlling, regulating and switching ON and OFF power circuits. Switchgear units range…

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Digital PID Controllers

Digital PID controllers have replaced most pneumatic and electronic analog controllers in industrial control applications. Digital PID controllers are preferred…

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P&IDs and Loop Diagrams

Process and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs), also called Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams and Loop diagrams are construction and documentation drawings that…

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Ratio Control

In some processes, it is a common requirement for two flows to be kept in precise ratio to each other…

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Features of a Reed Relay

The reed like contacts of a reed relay are encapsulated in a small sealed glass tube that is evacuated or…

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Feedforward Control

Feedforward control is based on principle of pre-emptive load counter-action i.e. if all major loads (i.e. disturbances) on a process…

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Benefits of Cascade Control

We know very well that closed loop control provides increased performance over open loop control. So it would be rational…

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