4th IFAC/IFIP International Conference on Digital Computer Applications to Process Control : Zürich, Switzerland, March 19-22, 1974 Part I
edited by M. Mansour, W. Schaufelberger
1. Digital Control Algorithms -- Algorithms for automatic design of linear control systems -- Learning control algorithms in real dynamic systems -- Conversion and averaging processes in stochastic computation -- Hydraulic turbines efficiency optimization in random noise conditions -- Optimal computer control for digital processes with incomplete state feedback -- A computer algorithm of variable structure for the control of complex objects -- An industrial application of a self-tuning regulator -- Commande modale et commande découplée multidimensionnelle par des techniques de poursuite d’un modèle de reference -- A computer algorithm for suboptimal adaptive control -- Model coordination applied to power system control and estimation problems -- Suboptimum adaptive con- control -- An experimental evaluation of state estimation in multivariable control systems -- Comparision and application of different DDC- Algorithms for control of heat exchanger -- Digital control of high-bandwidth signals -- 2. New Developments of Process Computers Hardware and Software -- Un software de regulation numérique, regnum -- Ein DDA-Prozessrechner-Zusatz für Prozessautomatisierungszwecke -- Structure and hierarchical organisation of process data -- A proposed strategy for the supervisor of the time-critical control computer -- Production and test of system software for minicomputers -- Measurement and improvement of memory allocation in a process computer -- MDSS, a real-time problem- oriented programming system with conversational tuning facilities -- Feedback BRM for control purposes -- 3. Digital in Chemical and Oil Industries -- Digital control in an electrochemical process -- Dynamic control of a pilot distillation column by digital computer -- A new approach to continuous digester control -- Application of a digital computer in a PCV manufacturing plant -- Control of linear time-invariant systems with plant distrubances and incomplete measurements -- The automated control system of the ammoniac nitrate production -- Supervisory computer control of a methanol refining column using a digital control system with a new type of instrument/ computer interface -- Computer control of a pilot plant stripping column -- Development of an algorithm for temperature control of stirred batch reactors -- 4. Digital Control in Cement Industry -- Rotary cement kiln control combined algorithm -- Probleme der DDC-Regelung, Identification, Rechnersteuerung und Modellierung bei Herstellung von Klinker -- Praktische Erfahrungen beim Einsatz von Prozessrechnern für die Rohmehlaufbereitung in der Zementindustrie -- A system for the control of the homogenization of the cement raw meal -- Erfahrungen mit einem Systemprogramm für Adaption und Regelung im Zementwerk -- Adaptation and direct digital control of the cement industry – technological processes with application of distributed check -- 5. Digital Control in Chemical and Oil Industries -- Paper machine dynamics -- DAPP — a Norwegian co-operation project on multivariable control of a kraft paper machine -- Computer control of M&D continuos digester; basic principles and an application -- Dynamics and control of multiple-effect evaporator and drum washer plants -- Commande multidimensionelle d’une unite pilote de fabrication de papier -- Computer control of bleaching plants.