Level eHandbook's Four-Part Series

Cecil L. Smith offers his expertise in a series of articles on level control focused on proportional-integral control and use of nonlinear control equations as well as cascade control.

July 13, 2016

Part 1: Neglect Level Control at Your Peril
This first article in a four-part series examines reset mode tuning issues.

Part 2: Be Levelheaded About Surge-Tank Control
Vessels used to smooth out flow pose special tuning issues.

Part 3: Avoid Vessel Level Trips
Nonlinear control equations provide important advantages.

Part 4: Control Level with a Cascade
This requires different thinking about master and slave loops.

Check out the Level eHandbook, Understand Control and other issues in Level Measurement, that housed these four articles for even more level advice.