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Case study: Redesign the process, then the control system

Control Engineering

A system integrator was tasked with fixing a control system flaw for a pilot plant at a large pharmaceutical company. However, what happens when the system integrator encounters a conflict between the process design left to them and the practical operation of the control system? Unfortunately, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution.

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Odor measurement, control at industrial plants

Control Engineering

Odor control insights There is hardly a process industry the effects of malodors do not touch, including chemical, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, oil and gas, asphalt, metalcasting, food processing, water and wastewater, cannabis cultivation and composting.