Proceedings of the Annual Workshop on the Use of Digital Computers in Process Control (4th), February 12-14, 1969

摘要

Contents: Computer hardware testing (Results of vendor-user interaction); CODIL (A new language for process control programming); The design and implementation of control systems utilizing CRT display consoles; The systems contractor - Valuable professional or unnecessary middle man; Power station digital computer applications; From inspiration to reality in batch process control; Software evaluation considerations; Use of the simplex technique in achieving and maintaining near-optimal operating conditions; Analytical computer and satellite terminals; Acquisition and processing of data from pilot plants; Advanced control in the process industries; Improving performance of digital control loops; Pulse-width-modulated control; Prediction of control valve characteristics from physical equations; Excedrin headache number 1969 - remedy, expertise; Project management and computer control; Solution of process control problems by experimental methods; Monday morning quarterbacking of a batch unit computer control project.