Kern, A.
Allan Kern is a control engineering consultant with Lin & Associates Inc., where he is responsible for advanced process control, including XMC. He has 35 years of industrial process control experience and has authored numerous papers on a wide range of practical process automation solutions. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wyoming, and holds professional engineering licenses in chemical engineering and control systems engineering.
The history, and possible future, of model-less multivariable control
Terms such as “model-less,” “small-matrix” and “operational” do not, as yet, evoke the same excitement that accompanied the historic arrival of model-based predictive multivariable control three decades ago.
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Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
Under Construction