Steve Sandler explains what every engineer should know about ‘non-invasive’ stability assessments. The non-invasive stability assessment is a method that uses an output impedance measurement to ...

The days when converter manufacturers would have little option but to rely on the expertise of power-module specialists to design filters, optimize the control loop, and provide the result, have given ...

Power plants–especially coal-fired boilers–pose a set of process control problems unparalleled in other industries. Rapid load ramps, continuous unit demand changes, variable fuel quality and process ...

The release of the NI LabVIEW 8.5 control design and simulation module adds features that help to analyze open-loop model behavior, design closed-loop controllers, simulate systems, and create ...

Simulation of Chevron Canada Resources Ltd.'s Kaybob South No. 3 gas plant's sulfur-recovery unit (SRU) has been successful in steady state using the HYSYS process simulator and a very close match ...

Vijayachandar Sanikal explains how Software-in-the-Loop simulation reduces physical builds and boosts energy efficiency in ...