1PDH will be given

Topic: Troubleshooting Oscillatory PID loops

Oscillations in control loops are an indication of poor control loop performance. There are various reasons for oscillations in a control loop like improper PID tuning, control valve problems, nonlinearity in process, process interactions etc. Identifying root cause for these oscillations can be confusing and time consuming.

The presentation will cover a systematic way to rule out possible causes and identify the source of oscillations. Once the source is identified, available methods to fix oscillations, will also be discussed in detail.

Speaker: Anvitha Kandiraju, Application Engineer, ControlSoft Inc.

Anvitha Kandiraju received her BS degree in Chemical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Warangal, India and MS degree in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. She worked for Reliance Industries Limited as a process engineer in Naphtha cracker plant. Since 2016, she has been a Controls Applications Engineer at ControlSoft, Inc. Highland Heights, OH. As an application engineer at ControlSoft, Anvitha’s project experience includes troubleshooting control loop problems, implementation of PID control, PID tuning and deploying control loop performance monitoring tools.  Her control applications were implemented in petrochemical, power generation, paper and glass industries. 

Schedule:

5:30PM-6:00PM Social

6:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM Speaker

8:00 PM complete