THE WAY FORWARD FOR TURBOMACHINERY CONTROL

With the rapid advancement of microprocessor technology, people are seeing a shift in process control and turbomachinery control toward software-based solutions. And the emergence of fast and flexible Programmable Logic Controllers means that firms specializing in turbomachinery control will gradually move away from proprietary hardware and instead focus on software and know-how. Here, Shcharansky provides a brief history of turbomachinery control and tackles a variety of conditions beyond simple protection of equipment.