PREFACE xiii Chapter 1 Introduction to Loop Checking 1 1.1 The Opportunity 2 1.2 Loop Checking: Introduction 3 1.3 Process Control Example 10 1.4 Other Loop Checking Considerations 11 1.5 Control Loop Design Guidelines 21 Chapter 2 The Factory Acceptance Test 25 2.1 Documentation 26 2.2 Test Planning 26 2.

3 Performing the FAT 27 2.4 Process Simulation 38 2.5 Process Control Example 40 Chapter 3 Start-up 47 3.1 Documentation 47 3.2 Loop Check Plan 48 3.3 Checking the Loop 48 3.4 Process Control Example 51 3.5 Example Forms 54 Chapter 4 Performance Benchmarking 59 4.

1 Designing the Test 60 4.2 Performing the Test 62 4.3 Analyzing and Reporting the Test Results 72 4.4 Process Control Example 79 Chapter 5 Sustaining the Performance 89 5.1 Maintenance Strategies 89 5.2 Operator Efficiency 91 5.3 Where to Start? 91 5.4 Selecting the Scope of Your Loop Performance Program 91 5.

5 Loop Performance Monitoring/Analyzing 93 5.6 Performance Reporting 104 5.7 Loop Performance Program Architecture 105 5.8 Loop Performance Program Summary 109 References 110 Quiz 111 Acronyms 113 Appendix A Tuning 115 Appendix B Answers 135 Index 139.