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Controller Tuning and Control Loop Performance Paperback – January, 1990

by David W. St. Clair (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 12 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: Straight-Line Control Co.; Second Edition edition (January 1990)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0966970306
  • ISBN-13: 978-0966970302
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #832,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsIntroduction to PID, without the math
By Amazon Customer on November 6, 2007
Format: Paperback
This book started out as an internal Dupont memo to provide an introduction to process control to those in the company without previous training. It teaches the base fundamentals, as well as open and closed loop tuning methods. However, if you want the math or rigorous proofs (or any proofs for that matter) you will need to purchase more in depth text books. It is written with field tuning in mind, not control design. It is a short text, but to the point and an incredibly easy read.
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5.0 out of 5 starsPID Without the Math
By David De Sousa on July 9, 2006
Format: Paperback
I am a Professional Practitioner of Industrial Measurement and Control. I have been working as an Instrumentation, Automation and Process Safety and Control Engineer for more than 16 years in the Oil & Gas Industry.

I found this book to be a great help when tryung to explain or train technicians about single loop Controllers, PID and Tuning.

The author does his best to explain the essence of feedback control without going in-depth into math.

If you want a more rigorous treatment of the subject you should consider " PID Controllers: Theory, Design and Tuning". By K. Astrom and T. Hagglund (published by ISA)
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2.0 out of 5 starsDisorganized rambling
By Fletcher Dunn on June 18, 2008
Format: Paperback
I cannot understand how in the world other folks gave this book a five-star review, other than to assume they basically already knew all the material and agreed with it. (I also suspect that they also knew the AUTHOR).

Unlike those other readers, I have very little experience with controllers and tuning. (I do have mathematical training, so it was not a matter of the material being too difficult.)

I cannot speak for the technical quality of the material in the book, since I was not able to follow the presentation. And on that end, the book fails pretty badly. The level of quality in this book is typical of self-published works. The author did not take the time to organize his thoughts and present them in a logical way where one thing builds upon another. Instead he jumps right in the middle using terms and concepts that book purports to teach you. There are countless times when terms are used then defined later. He'll tell you some very important fact (in bold type and ALL CAPS no less) about a concept that he has not yet introduced. But then when he does get around to "introducing" something (a few chapters later) the "introduction" mainly consists of repeating what he said earlier and telling you how important it is. Nowhere is there a general description of what the concept is or how it fits into the bigger picture.

Basically, this book is badly in need of some organization and an editor. If you are looking to learn something about controllers, don't look here. If you already know the material and want to hear the opinions of an expert practitioner (but not an expert writer) then this probably will help you.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSo, you didn't take Calculus either?
By gardnertoo on September 11, 2009
Format: Paperback
Then this is the book for you! If you didn't take calculus, most of the other tuning resources out there are of little help. This one assumes that you took Algebra, but even that much math background is not required. It was written for the technician whose education is largely on the job, not in the classroom. I got more out of this one small book than the three large volumes I purchased earlier.

I don't know the author, by the way.
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5.0 out of 5 starsController Tuning and Control Loop Performance Review
By KBD on July 7, 2011
Format: Paperback
This book is actually what the author intended it to be. He states in the book that it is not a book for the math inquisitive types. I have been around PID control for over 30 years and found it to be a great book to help teach/explain loop tuning to maintenance folks. Any folks that want a basic understanding of loop tuning without so much theoretical math, this is it.
Great book that does what is intended by the author !!
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5.0 out of 5 starsGood Practical Starting Point
By Randy Given on December 5, 2008
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This is a good and practical starting point for controls applications. No so much the theory that you would expect in college courses, but the crucial information that you need in the work world when you need to get something done. Lots of good insights and evidence of experience. One of the few books that I still keep at the office.
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