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Kern, A.G.

Tesoro Corp., Los Angeles, California

HP Control: Automation: The path to reliability

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2012
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Process Control / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Engineering & Design / Europe / Information Systems / Middle East / Safety

Consider the view looking back from 2020. Will the current decade be the decade of process automation? This may seem a puzzling way to frame the question. We have been automating for several decades. ..

HP Control: Back to the future: Process control in 2010

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2010
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Process Control

Where will process control money be spent in 2010? The choices include field instruments, safety systems (SISs), control system upgrades (DCSs), multivariable predictive control (MPC) and decision-sup..

HP Control: More on APC designs for minimum maintenance

Hydrocarbon Processing / December 2009
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Process Control

Perhaps Zak Friedman struck the perfect balance in his series of editorials,1 because while Dr. Latour thinks Zak went too far in his suggestions to prune multivariable control (MPC) matrices,2 I woul..

Practical process control system metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2009
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Process Control / Information Systems

Here are several useful examples

IT/automation convergence revisited

Hydrocarbon Processing / June 2009
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Process Control / Process Optimization

Keeping automation close-coupled to operation is key

Outlook for multivariable predictive control

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2008
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Refining

Saudi Aramco's Allan Kern has been a frequent contributor to HP in recent years on the subject of multivariable predictive control (MPC). For HP's 2008 process control and information systems report, ..

Gage multivariable predictive control motility to guide support

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2007
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Process Control / Information Systems

Manipulated variable analysis is much simpler than controlled variable analysis for determining controller health

Summiting with multivariable predictive control

Hydrocarbon Processing / June 2007
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Process Control / Process Optimization

In a revised paradigm, focus shifts to facilitating the appropriate involvement of all operations stakeholders

Online monitoring of multivariable control utilization and benefits

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2005
Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.
Process Control

The key performance indicators presented could be built into software products or user implemented

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