When model-based multivariable control made its debut in the 1980s, it was expected that process models, once acquired through a plant step test, would be durable and long lived. However, this ...

I suppose I was always a bit of a nerd,” he says with a laugh, recalling how, as a boy growing up in England, he set out to ...

Distillation columns are extensively deployed in the chemical process industries when there is a need for separation of components that have different boiling points. Typically, a mixture of ...

Working alongside Rolls-Royce experts, from within a world-class Control Department, the UTC carries out short-term and long-term collaborative research with the aim of supporting the company's ...

Model predictive control (MPC) has emerged as a powerful methodology for optimising the performance of grinding mill circuits in mineral processing. By utilising a dynamic model of the process, MPC ...