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| CONTROL FORUM THURSDAY APRIL 29, 2010 |
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In analogy with the well-known Safety Forums in June, Honeywell will now also start with a Control Forum for process engineers, control engineers, DCS engineers, production engineers that have to work with any kind of control to run their production and supply chain without disturbance and with optimum result. |
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Model-based process control and optimization |
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| The process related industry sees itself confronted with a number of challenges: (i) economic pressures, (ii) sustainability and (iii) legislation. At the same time there are opportunities: (i) process innovation and intensification, (ii) batch, small scale, unmanned operation and (iii) the integration of process and energy. This basically means that the importance of process operation will only grow in the future. The presentation will discuss that both the challenges and the opportunities can be dealt with by the framework of model-based control and optimization. The typical open research questions in this framework are related to actuation, models and economic optimization. Adrie Huesman studied chemical engineering (MSc) at the Delft University of Technology. In 1990 he joined Shell and worked as a control technologist in Rotterdam and Singapore on instrument protective functions, base layer control, model predictive control and real time optimization. He is co-inventor of the Shell Robust Quality Estimator. In 1999 he returned to Delft, currently he is an assistant professor in process control and optimization at the Delft Center for Systems and Control. His research interests are (economic) model based control/optimization, control-oriented model development and the interaction between process design and control. |
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Robust Control Demystified |
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| Robust control is often deemed “too theoretical/esoteric to understand”, but it is an important tool for many applications in process industries. In this presentation, we will discuss two major contributing sources of control robustness (one from min-max formulation and the other from the multiplicity of control solutions), each illustrated with a simple practical example. If time permits, we will discuss the importance of control robustness in real-time optimization via an Intel supply-chain control/optimization example. Joseph is a senior fellow and chief scientist with Honeywell Process Solutions, responsible for development of Honeywell’s Advanced Process Control global business. He has many years experience in the process automation industries, in a variety of positions covering process operations and design, application, process and control engineering and business development. He holds an MS degree in Chemical Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology and a PhD. degree in Process Automation from University Washington in 1990, and is based in the USA. |
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Business Benefits from Advanced Control |
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| It is well-known that the application of Advanced Process Control brings significant business benefits by improving process throughout and yield, minimizing energy consumption, reducing catalyst usage and minimizing the effect of process upsets. In addition to these measurable benefits, APC provides intangible benefits which contribute to greater process understanding and visibility for operation and technical staff. Richard is a consultant with Honeywell Process Solutions, responsible for development of Honeywell’s Advanced Process Control business in EMEA. He has many years experience in the process industries, in a variety of positions covering process operations and design, application, process and control engineering and business development. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Loughborough University, an MSc in Process Automation from Newcastle University and is based in the UK. |
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| Program Please click here for our program. |
Location: Van der Valk Hotel Ridderkerk Krommeweg 1, 2988 CB Ridderkerk 0180 - 64 69 10 |
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For registrations |
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Date and Time Thursday, April 29 from 13:00-17:00 Please join us for lunch. This will start at 12:00 |
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For more information, please contact Marina Fränkel: |
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