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de Vaal, P.

University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Philip de Vaal is an Emeritus professor of chemical engineering at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He was Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering from 2004–2020. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering, followed by an MS degree and PhD.

Implementation of averaging level control using native DCS functions

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2021
University of Pretoria: Gous, G.  |  de Vaal, P.
Information Systems / Process Control

When applying averaging level control in a process plant, engineers can typically choose between proportional integral derivative (PID)-based control, such as p-only, gap and non-linear, or a model-based control like optimal averaging level control.

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