Contents

• Closed-loop control
  • Basic feedback control principles
  • Diagnosing feedback control problems
  • On/off control
  • Proportional-only control
  • Proportional-only offset
  • Integral (reset) control
  • Derivative (rate) control
  • Summary of PID control terms
    • Proportional control mode (P)
    • Integral control mode (I)
    • Derivative control mode (D)
  • P, I, and D responses graphed
    • Responses to a single step-change
    • Responses to a momentary step-and-return
    • Responses to two momentary steps-and-returns
    • Responses to a ramp-and-hold
    • Responses to an up-and-down ramp
    • Responses to a multi-slope ramp
    • Responses to a multiple ramps and steps
    • Responses to a sine wavelet
    • Note to students regarding quantitative graphing
  • Different PID equations
    • Parallel PID equation
    • Ideal PID equation
    • Series PID equation
  • Pneumatic PID controllers
    • Proportional control action
    • Automatic and manual modes
    • Derivative control action
    • Integral control action
    • Fisher MultiTrol
    • Foxboro model 43AP
    • Foxboro model 130
    • External reset (integral) feedback
  • Analog electronic PID controllers
    • Proportional control action
    • Derivative and integral control actions
    • Full-PID circuit design
    • Single-loop analog controllers
    • Multi-loop analog control systems
  • Digital PID controllers
    • Stand-alone digital controllers
    • Direct digital control (DDC)
    • SCADA and telemetry systems
    • Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
    • Fieldbus control
  • Practical PID controller features
    • Manual and automatic modes
    • Output and setpoint tracking
    • Alarm capabilities
    • Output and setpoint limiting
    • Security
  • Digital PID algorithms
    • Introduction to pseudocode
    • Position versus velocity algorithms
  • Note to students
    • Proportional-only control action
    • Integral-only control action
    • Proportional plus integral control action
    • Proportional plus derivative control action
    • Full PID control action
  • Review of fundamental principles
  
  
• Index