Processing & Handling :: Liquid, Gas and Air Handling :: Valves
October 1, 2010
Improving Control Valve Performance
The control valve is a focal point for improvements to both process performance and economics
James Beall, Emerson Process Management
Improvements to the performance of basic, regulatory control systems have a great return on investment and are some of the least expensive control improvements to make [1]. Control valves have a major impact on control loop performance and, therefore, improvements in valve performance can have significant economic benefits. This article shows how poor control-valve performance can be identified and corrected to achieve these benefits. A plant example is used to demonstrate these methods....
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