Michael Brown, in association with Crusader Systems, runs ESETA accredited training courses from training centres and as well as in clients' plants, where students can have the added benefit of practising on live loops. Payment for courses in the training centre is required three weeks prior to the course. Payment for courses in client's plant may be made at time of presentation of the course. Course participants are responsible for making their own reservations for accommodation; hotels will be suggested on request. Courses to be held in client's plant will be subject to arrangement with client. A specialist in control loop optimisation with many years of experience in process control instrumentation, Michael Brown's main activities are consulting, and teaching practical control loop analysis and optimisation. His Control Loop series of articles have become a familiar feature in SA Instrumentation & Control. Bookings and price information are available from Michael Brown Engineering. Courses scheduled to run from training centres in 2005 are as follows:
Introductory Course
1 April
22 July
11 November
Part 1 Course
4, 5, 6 April
25, 26, 27 July
14, 15, 16 November
Part 2 Course*
7, 8 April
28, 29 July
17, 18 November
* The Part 2 Course can only be taken if the delegate has completed Part 1.
Durban Training Centre:
(No introductory Course)
Combined Parts 1 + 2 Course
20, 21, 22, 23, 24 June
For all bookings contact Michael Brown, Michael Brown Engineering, 011 486 0567, [email protected]
Loop signature 22: How cyclical disturbances affect a control loop Michael Brown Control Engineering
Editor's Choice
When tuning noisy loops, we recommend in our courses that one should eliminate the noise by editing it out, so the tuning will be done only on the true process response, free of any noise. The controller is controlling the process, and is not controlling the noise.
Read more...Case History 191: The weakest link. Michael Brown Control Engineering
Valves, Actuators & Pump Control
Which is the weakest link in a control loop? The answer, without any doubt is that, in most cases, the final control element is the weakest link.
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Training & Education Courses designed for Radiation Protection Officers
This seminar is designed to equip the participants with an understanding of radioactive sources, their application, safe use and what to do in the ...
Read more...Reminiscences of a life in control Michael Brown Control Engineering
SAIMC
Reminiscences from Michael Brown on a long and rich journey in the world of automation together with SAIMC.
Read more...Case History 190: Measurement problem ruins level control. Michael Brown Control Engineering
Editor's Choice Fieldbus & Industrial Networking
The widely held belief in many plants that tuning will solve all base layer control problems is completely fallacious. Bad tuning is generally not the main reason for loops to perform badly. It is important when performing optimisation that all elements in a loop are considered, in addition to the control strategy, before even thinking of tuning.
Read more...Loop signatures 20: The great deceivers. Michael Brown Control Engineering
Editor's Choice
It is generally better to live with noise rather than filtering it out, provided it does not cause the final control element to jump around excessively.
Read more...Case history 189: Poor furnace temperature control. Michael Brown Control Engineering
Editor's Choice PLCs, DCSs & Controllers
Many process engineers do not appreciate the importance of flow loops in their unit controls. A senior process engineer once told me that flow loops need not be tuned well, as they generally have little effect on the more important and much slower loops like temperatures and pressures.
Read more...Loop signatures 19: Noise – nuisance or enemy? Michael Brown Control Engineering
Editor's Choice Fieldbus & Industrial Networking
This Loop Signature series of articles would not be complete without sections on the problems of noise and filtering, which are two of the most misunderstood areas in process control.
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