According to process control experts, a detailed and specific set of control valve requirements is more than necessary when it comes to good control loop performance. Feb. 21, 2025 Control valve ...

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Learning the basics can ease loop tuning frustration and ensure stability. During plant operations, it seems that tuning control loops is an ongoing task, which can be a continual frustration to ...

This new control-loop architecture, usable with both linear and switching regulators, is designed to generate very low noise voltages and the level of noise becomes independent of the set output ...

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