ARTIFICIAL intelligence is advancing rapidly. But adoption in process industries will be slower – and for good reason.

Author Dr. R. Russell Rhinehart discusses his new book, Nonlinear Model-Based Control: Using First-Principles Models in Process Control, and explains why nonlinear first-principles models should be ...

The refining and petrochemical industry is reliant on improving return on assets and lowering operating costs to be competitive. In these challenging times, doing more with less is essential to ...

Don Bartusiak, chief engineer, process control at ExxonMobil at the ARC Forum last year. It was two years ago that control system suppliers contemplated ExxonMobil’s request for an open process ...

Human failures and limitations were no doubt a motivating factor for developing automated control systems. Control systems can act reliably, fast and effectively 24/7. Pneumatic and hydraulic ...