September 2006 Update
In This Issue:
1 - Membership Meeting - September 19, 2006
2 -
Executive Board for
2006/2007 Season
3 – Web Site
Update
4 - Your Subscription & Privacy
1 – Membership Meeting - September 19th
(Tomorrow)
Date: Tuesday – September 19,
2006
Time: 6:00 PM - Dinner (Cash Bar & Dinner)
Time: 7:00 PM - Technical Presentation
Venue:
Pinetree Restaurant
- 397 Centennial Parkway North -
Hamilton
Follow this link for a map and directions to the Pinetree
Restaurant.
Dinner cost is $5 for ISA Members and $15 for non-members.
Please be sure to confirm your dinner
attendance!!
Reserve your space for dinner and confirm your attendance via:
- Submitting the online
Attendance Confirmation form -or-
- E-Mail message to
Jack Vincent -or -
- Telefax sent to the attention of Jack Vincent - (519) 304-0488
-or-
- Telephone Jack Vincent - (519) 304-0489
Subject:
A New Way to Think about Control
Loops:
A Strategy for Effective Plant-Wide Loop
Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics.
Loop assessment, performance analysis and
diagnostics have received considerable attention in recent
years. Surveys have reported significant room for improvement in
plant operations if an effective loop maintenance policy is
adopted. One multi-industry loop audit survey reported that only
about 32% of loops have acceptable or excellent performance.
According to another survey, many industries are adopting some
form of condition-based maintenance as a predictive maintenance
policy. A strategy is presented to support effective predictive
maintenance by using process diagnostics and performance
analysis to focus maintenance resources on high-priority
components with the greatest return on investment before they
become intolerably faulty and chances for unscheduled shutdowns
are high
Speaker:
Dr. Alireza Haji-Valizadeh
Dr. Alireza Haji-Valizadeh received his BS
degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Tehran,
Iran in 1987 and the MSc and PhD degrees in Systems and Control
Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
Ohio in 1991 and 1995 respectively. He was an engineering
manager with ControlSoft, Inc. from 1995 to 1996. From 1997 to
1999 he was a faculty member in Tarbiat Modares University and
also an engineering manager in Saba Tahsili Inc., both in
Teheran, Iran. Since 2000 he has been the technology
development manager in ControlSoft, Inc. Highland Heights, OH.
His current research interests include process automation,
application of decision theory in integrating automation
systems, optimization and scheduling techniques for water
treatment and distribution systems, and process diagnostic
techniques. Dr. Valizadeh is also a member of IEEE and ISA.
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- Executive Board for the 2006/2007 Season
For those of you who may
have missed our most recent Annual General Meeting (May
2006).... The new
Executive
Board for the ISA Hamilton Section formally assumed their
new roles on July 1, 2006. For additional information on
who to contact and how to get the information you need, be
sure to visit the
Executive
Board web page, or use the
General
Inquiry form. We look forward to hearing from you and
assisting you where and when we can.
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- ISA Hamilton Web Site being Updated
We're in the process of
giving our web site a bit of a facelift. For the latest
and most up-to-date information on ISA and ISA Hamilton Section
happenings and events.... Be sure to visit frequently.
We invite your comments, feedback and suggestions. Help us
make our web site better; a valued part of your membership
in ISA and affiliation with the ISA Hamilton Section.
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- Your Subscription & Privacy
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