BTG Loop Monitoring

CONTROLsuite

Understand and tune your loop

Total efficiency is achieved by combining the individual performance of different process areas in a facility. Within each process area, dozens of loops control every process parameter – such as flow, pressure, or consistency. Consequently, optimum performance depends on the high-efficiency performance of thousands of loops simultaneously. With so many loops to monitor, it’s a challenge to determine which loops are not operating efficiently – or what actions need to be taken to restore high performance.

CONTROLtrac is looking at 4 key metrics to understand the different problems that a control loop may be suffering:

1. 1. Set Point Tracking – how well the process variable is controlled to the set point
   2. Disturbance – ability of a control loop to recover from disturbances
   3. Oscillation – strength and persistence of an oscillation
   4. Actuator – actuator problems causing abnormal process