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MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL TECHNIQUES COURSE

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3200

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COURSE OVERVIEW

This 5-day course is designed to provide a thorough insight in to the Yokogawa’s APC Software suite. It enables the participants to determine and express dynamic plant behavior in a multivariable sense and to design and test MVC using SMOCPRO MVC. It also details on the development of Inferred Measurements using the RQEPRO tool.

WHO CAN TAKE THIS COURSE

Process, Operations, Instrument, Control Engineers and Console Operators who are:

Responsible for leading and monitoring the MVC Implementation in their Process Unit.
Responsible for maintaining SMOCPRO Controllers and RQEPRO Estimators and ensure higher up-times.
Responsible for making the utmost use of SMOCPRO & RQEPRO to consistently exploit their capabilities.

COURSE BENEFITS

To teach the practical application of ERC/SMOC and RQE

To identify and evaluate the conventional and Predictive APC control strategy requirements.

To enable carryout Cost & Benefit Analysis for APC/MVC Strategies

To realize the value of Quality Estimators and its development and support intricacies

Learn the important aspects of MVC Project Implementation

COURSE METHODOLOGY

Classroom Instruction

Hands-on on our complete Software suite AIDA/SMOC/RQE

Real life Problem solving exercises

COURSE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE NEEDS

PC Platform with WinXP

APC software suite with AIDA/SMOC & RQE

TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE

You will learn ….

Project Screening and MVC Formulation
  - How benefits are achieved
  - How to process data for benefit Estimation Calculation approaches
  - Project Screening
  - Process Analysis
  - Types of MVC
  - Exercises
ERC concepts & requirements
Obtaining a Model for SMOC
  - Introduction to Process Models
  - Classification of Models
  - Plant Testing methods
  - Model Identification
  - Process of Identification
  - Use of AIDA
  - Examples
  - Model Building
  - Use of Model Builder
  - Exercises
SMOC Features
  - Unmeasured Disturbance Model
  - Kalman Observer
  - Optimization within SMOC
  - Economic Variables (EV)
  - Role of EV in achieving APC benefits
  - Application Tips
  - Exercises
Introduction to Quality Estimators
  - Why use RQE?
  - Off-line and On-line Configuration of Estimators
  - Keeping Estimators Healthy
Project Implementation
  - Implementation Aspects
  - MVC strategies and Typical Applications
  - Implementation Guidelines
  - Role of the Consultant Vs Client
  - APC Maintenance issues and QA