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Process Control Loop Tuning and Optimisation

Most plants have loops running in manual, cycling, or tuned once at commissioning and never revisited, and the cost appears as variable product quality rather than as a fault anybody logs. This three day course covers finding and fixing them without capital spend. Delegates work through diagnosing the causes of poor loop performance, PID theory and the main tuning methods, and the contribution the valve and the instrument make to behaviour that is usually blamed on the controller. Cascade, ratio and feedforward strategies are applied where they genuinely help, alongside an introduction to advanced regulatory control. The course closes on loop performance monitoring, because a tuned plant drifts back within a year unless somebody is watching.

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Course objectives

  • Diagnose common causes of poor control loop performance
  • Apply PID tuning methods to improve loop stability and response
  • Evaluate control valve and instrument contributions to loop performance
  • Apply cascade, ratio and feedforward control strategies where appropriate
  • Use loop performance monitoring tools to sustain improvements
  • Identify process interaction between loops and detune to stop them fighting
  • Rank loops by economic benefit so tuning effort follows the money

Who should attend

  • Process control engineers
  • Instrumentation engineers
  • Process engineers
  • Plant optimisation specialists
  • Control room supervisors

Course outline

  1. 01Diagnosing poor control loop performance
  2. 02Process characterisation and model identification
  3. 03PID control theory and tuning methods
  4. 04Valve and instrument contributions to loop behaviour
  5. 05Cascade, ratio and feedforward control strategies
  6. 06Loop interaction and detuning
  7. 07Advanced regulatory control concepts
  8. 08Ranking loops by benefit and sustaining performance through monitoring

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Process Control Loop Tuning and Optimisation
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
23 to 25 November 2026Pretoria, South AfricaClassroomR14,950 per delegateRegister Now
16 to 18 December 2026Lagos, NigeriaClassroomUSD 995 per delegateRegister Now
8 to 10 February 2027OnlineOnlineR6,500 per delegateRegister Now

Process Control Loop Tuning and Optimisation

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