NOVEMBER 2007 GENERAL MEETING

ISA HOUSTON INDUSTRIAL COMPUTING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS SUBSECTION

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Starting at 5:15 pm, please RSVP

LOCATION – ON THE EAST-SIDE…for our members on the east side of Greater Houston.

Quality Inn Hotel, top floor, just north on South Richey at TX 225 Freeway (about 3 miles east of I-610 East Loop [just east of Lyondell Refinery])

5:15 to 6:00 pm Social with cash bar
6:00 pm Dinner - $20 if RSVP by 10:00 am  Monday November 12^th at josephajames@sbcglobal.net or 281-286-4893, $25 at door. (small buffet with salad, tea, and dessert)
6:30 pm Announcements on Board Creation and Budget
6:40 pm Presentation and Q&A
7:40 pm to 8:00 pm Board Creation followed by 15 minute board meeting.

TOPIC: Fuzzy Logic ? Technology, Control Application and Software Program
SPEAKER: Ravi Jaisinghani, Principal, Intelligent Optimization Group

Fuzzy Logic is a mathematical system that accommodates the Non-digital (Yes/No) Gray area with Degrees of Truth. Concepts that cannot be expressed as "true" or "false" but rather as "partially true". Fuzzy logic is widely used in machine control, but its application to chemical process control has been quite slow. This presenttaion discusses the Fuzzy Control Technology and its recent application success in the control of azeotropic distillation towers. Demo using a Multivariable Fuzzy Logic Control program, Z-Way? is shown to illustrate the simple fill-in-the-blanks type configuration versus the detailed dynamic model approach used in conventional Multivariable Predictive controllers.

 

BIOGRAPHY OF SPEAKER

Ravi Jaisinghani is the principal of Intelligent Optimization Group, Houston, Texas. Before entering the consulting profession, Ravi was with ABB Industrial Systems, Inc. as the Director of their Advanced Automation Solutions group.  His background includes supervisory and technical positions with PetroCanada and Exxon Chemical Canada, and over 30 years of experience in the automation of refining, petrochemical, chemical, agrichem and steel plants. He has published many articles, and holds an MS degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, a B.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and an MBA degree from the University of Alberta. He has 1 patent and is a registered PE in the state of Texas.

COMPANY BACKGROUND

IntellOpt is an Advanced Automation Solutions company specializing in multivariable predictive control and optimization (MVPC), advanced process control, expert/advisory systems and neural networks for petrochemical, chemical and refining processes. It?s engineering solutions and core control software packages - Multivariable Predictive Control (GMAXC); Multivariable Fuzzy Logic (Z-Way); Alarm Management (DEA) ? are delivered by a global network of independent specialists, assuring the highest value at the lowest cost. IntellOpt has been successfully improving the process profitability of its clients for over eleven (11) years and its controllers are in continuous online operations at over 70 sites worldwide.  http://www.intellopt.com .

To RSVP, and for questions or comments on the ISA Houston ICCS (Industrial Computing and Control Systems) Subsection, please contact the acting Chair and Past Chair, Joseph A. James, P.E., josephajames@sbcglobal.net or mobile 281-797-1505.