POWID Newsletter 2010 Summer

Power Industry Division Newsletter
What’s Watt
In This Issue:
53rd Annual POWID Symposium .......... 1 Power Surfing.................................... 10
Director’s Message .............................. 3 A Dozen Things Every Process
News Release on POWID Control Engineer Should Know ...... 11
Symposium Keynotes ........................ 5 Best Paper 2009 POWID Symposium .. 15
POWID Honor and Awards .................. 6 POWID Executive Committee
Energy Track at ISA February 2010 Meeting Minutes ..... 26
Automation Week ............................. 8
54th Annual POWID Symposium
Call for Papers .................................. 8
Summer 2010
POWID’s Gamble Pays Off:

53rd Symposium in Vegas a Success
By Cyrus Taft
When the POWID Executive Committee selected the

JW Marriott Hotel in Las Vegas as the site of the 53rd
Annual POWID Symposium, they knew there was a
risk involved. Although Las Vegas hosts thousands of
conventions and meetings every year there is still a per-
ception by some that you don’t go to Vegas to work.
Fortunately, the hard work of the Symposium Commit-
tee resulted in an excellent event that overcame any
reservations potential attendees may have had.
Symposium General Chair Denny Younie was back

for his fourth term and did his usual great job. It
is vital for the financial success of the symposium
that we have several major sponsors. This year
there were nine major sponsors, a new high water
mark. The major sponsors were GE Energy, Siemens,
Invensys Operations Management, Case M&I, ABB,
Honeywell, Westinghouse Electric, Emerson Process
Management, and POWER Magazine. In addition,
several other companies purchased exhibit booths
The opening night reception was enjoyed by all.
to display their products to the POWID audience.
POWID thanks all of our sponsors and exhibitors. and Leo Staples - ISA president-elect. In addition, there were two
excellent keynote speakers arranged by Mike Marlowe with the
The symposium activities began with a reception Sunday evening in the Automation Federation. Hank Kenchington, deputy assistant direc-
exhibit area. This provided a wonderful opportunity for the 180 attend- tor for R&D in the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
ees and exhibitors to meet in a social rather than technical setting. with the Department of Energy, spoke about some lessons learned
in putting together the DOE’s cybersecurity plan. He was followed
Our program by Tim Roxey, manager of Critical Infrastructure Security for NERC,
chairs, Tom who also spoke on cybersecurity and its impact on the electricity
Stevenson and infrastructure. The opening session was followed by a wide-ranging
Tim McCreary, panel discussion led by Jason Makansi of Pearl Street, Inc.
put together
a full techni- Monday also featured the Annual POWID Honors and Awards Lun-
cal program cheon with keynote speaker Christopher Guith, vice president for
with over 50 Policy at the 21st Century Energy Institute, which is a part of the
papers and U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Guith spoke on US energy secu-
presentations. rity issues and the need for a balanced approach to energy supply.
Keynote Speakers Hank Kenchington, Tim Roxey, The technical
Leo Staples, and Christopher Guith. program began Mr. Xinsheng Lou with ABB Power Plant Laboratories was the re-
Monday morn- cipient of the POWID Achievement Award for 2010. From Monday
ing with an opening plenary session. The session included welcomes afternoon until noon on Wednesday technical sessions were going
from Denny Younie - general chair, Cyrus Taft - POWID director, strong. A variety of topics were covered including: cybersecurity;
Vegas, cont’d from page 1.
power plant equipment condition monitoring;
case studies in nuclear and fossil plants; plant
improvements through modeling, simulation
and testing; regulatory and design issues for
new nuclear plants; plant automation, testing
and design for fossil plant improvement; and
environmentally friendly automation for power
generation. The sessions I attended were excel-
lent, with many questions for the authors and
good discussions.
In addition to the technical program, the ISA67

Nuclear Power Plant Standards Committee and
ISA77 Fossil Power Plant Standards Committee
held main and subcommittee meetings during
the week. EPRI also held its I&C Interest Group
Meeting on Wednesday afternoon to discuss
I&C research activities and needs.
There may have been a record number of

spouses attending this year, at least partly There was a lot of excitement in the Vendor Exhibit area,
because of the many attractions in and around which was adjacent to the conference rooms. The combination of novel equipment, knowledgeable
Las Vegas. One outing was made to nearby experts, and colorful literature brought out many a lively discussion.
works closely with the POWID volunteers to make our symposium a

success year after year.
If you missed this year’s POWID Symposium, don’t forget there

will be another one next year. The event next year will be held in
Charlotte, North Carolina; the hotel is still being finalized and we
will make an announcement soon. I hope to see all of you there.
Cyrus and Julia Taft and Don Labbe take in the sights in Red Rock Canyon.
Paula Labbe took the photo.
Hoover Dam where there is a spectacular new bridge being built

just downstream from the dam. The dam is over 700 feet high and
the bridge is probably about 100 feet higher than the dam. An-
other outing was to the Red Rock Canyon just west of the hotel.
A nice scenic drive made it easy to see the colorful canyon walls,
and many hiking trails were also available for the more energetic
types. At least one shopping trip to downtown was also made.
The weather even cooperated this year. It was very hot on Sunday, Future of Smart Grid, GHG, Cap, and Trade Panel Discussion
but cooled off later in the week and was really quite comfortable Moderator—Jason Makansi, President, Pearl Street Inc. and Panelists Tim
for Las Vegas in June. Julie Staples was kind enough to allow her McCreary, Hurst Technologies; David Brill, Black & Veatch; Andy Gaither,
room at the hotel to serve as the Spouses Lounge each morning. Plant Engineer, NV Energy, Silver Hawk Power Plant; Leo Staples, Oklahoma
Gas & Electric & ISA President-Elect; Dr. Robert Peltier, Editor in Chief,
I want to recognize Tim Hurst and Terri Graham of Hurst Technolo- Power Magazine
gies for coordinating the review of all the technical papers at this This panel discussed how traditional fossil and nuclear plants will ac-
year’s conference. This is a mostly thankless job that they have been commodate future greenhouse gas limits, cap/trade impacts, substantial
doing well for several years. I also want to say thanks to Gary Cohee renewable penetration, and Smart Grid technologies: New duties and
who takes care of the Symposium web site, http://isa.org/power- functions for automation, controls, data analytics and management, and
symp . And a special thanks to Rodney Jones, of the ISA staff, who performance software solutions.
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Director’s Message Power Industry Division Officers
By Cyrus Taft DIRECTOR PAST DIRECTOR
This past weekend was the Fourth of July Cyrus Taft Daniel Lee
and in America this is a big holiday. On Taft Engineering, Inc. ABB, Inc.
Sunday, Independence Day, my family 136 Old Rockwood Hwy 29801 Euclid Avenue
and I were out on the lake skiing, where Harriman, TN 37748 Wickliffe, OH 44092
we were treated to the sight of a pair of (865) 850-4460 (440) 585-6063
bald eagles soaring on thermals from the cwtaft@taftengineering.com dan.lee@us.abb.com
lake. If you have never seen bald eagles
in the wild, you really should try to do DIRECTOR-ELECT NEWSLETTER EDITOR
it. They are very large, impressive birds Don Labbe Dale Evely
with dark bodies and bright white heads Invensys Operations Manage- Southern Company
and tails. There is an eagle’s nest on the ment P.O. Box 2625 / Bin B463
lake near my house so we see them perched in the trees quite often 33 Commercial St., C41-2B Birmingham, AL 35202
but it is always a pleasant surprise to see them in flight. It seemed Foxboro, MA 02035-2099 (205) 992-6649
particularly fitting to see them on July 4th. (508) 549-6554 dpevely@southernco.com
donald.labbe@invensys.com
The Power Industry Division held its 53rd Annual POWID Sympo-
sium at the JW Marriott Hotel in Summerlin Nevada in early June
and it was a big success. Under the direction of General Chair
Denny Younie and Program Chairs Tom Stevenson and Tim Mc- 2011 POWID Symposium Committee
Creary, the event featured three excellent keynote speakers, a top-
notch technical program, and a wonderful venue to showcase our GENERAL CHAIR HONOR & AWARDS CHAIR
Division to the industry. Congratulations to the symposium team Denny Younie Mike Skoncey
for a job well done. For more details about the Symposium see the Case M&I First Energy Generation Corp.
article on Page 1. (970) 443-4098 W.H. Sammis Plant
dyounie@casemi.com PO Box 176, Route 7
The next big event The next big event on ISA’s www.casemi.com Stratton, OH 43961
on ISA’s calendar is calendar is Automation Week (740) 537-6324
2010 in Houston. Although this PROGRAM CO-CHAIRMEN mskoncey@firstenergycorp.com
Automation Week
is in the same month and city Tim Hurst
2010 in Houston. as the previous ISA EXPOs, it Hurst Technologies, Inc PUBLICITY
There are seven is really a completely different P.O. Box 1756 Joe Vavrek
major tracks in the event. Automation Week 2010 Angleton, TX 77516 Sargent & Lundy
technical program will showcase a strong technical (409) 849-5068 55 E. Monroe St. 25W53
with one being the program along with a smaller timh@hursttech.com Chicago, IL 60603
and more focused exhibition. (312) 269-2270
Energy track It will be held at the Westin Tim McCreary joseph.m.vavrek@sargentlundy.
consisting of eight Galleria Hotel rather than at the Hurst Technologies, Inc com
informative sessions. Reliant Center. There are seven P.O. Box 1756
Our own Gordon major tracks in the technical Angleton, TX 77516 ISA ADMINISTRATOR, TECH-
McFarland is heading program with one being the timm@hursttech.com NICAL DIVISIONS/SYMPOSIA
Energy track consisting of eight Rodney Jones
up the Energy Track.
informative sessions. Our own EDITORIAL REVIEW ISA
Gordon McFarland is heading up Tim Hurst P.O. Box 12277
the Energy Track. The date for Automation Week is 4–7 October Hurst Technologies, Inc Research Triangle Park, NC
so make your plans now to attend. P.O. Box 1756 27709
Angleton, TX 77516 (919) 990-9418
As always, I appreciate the work of all the volunteers who make (409) 849-5068 rjones@isa.org
the Power Industry Division successful. I find it very encouraging timh@hursttech.com
that so many of you are willing to donate a portion of your free
time to give a little bit back to the power industry. The future of
ISA and all technical societies depends on active volunteers to not
just survive, but grow.
Upcoming ISA and POWID
International Conferences
Feel free to contact me with any suggestions or comments about
the Power Industry Division. 54th Annual ISA POWID Symposium
Charlotte, North Carolina (hotel not yet finalized)
6-9 June 2011
ISA Automation Week

Technology and Solutions Event
Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas
4-7 October 2010
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A Request from the 2010 POWID Symposium
Newsletter Editor Chairman’s Report
By Dale Evely By Denny Younie
POWID Newsletter Editor
2010/2011 ISA POWID Symposium Chair
I assumed the position of POWID newsletter editor in April of Sales & Marketing Manager
2008 with the publication of the POWID Spring 2008 Newsletter, CASE M&I
which was the last one edited by Dan Antonellis who served as ed- 970-443-4098
itor for 15 years. Trying to fill Dan’s shoes has been a challenge, so dyounie@casemi.com
this may be the first time I have written directly to you, our news- www.casemi.com
letter readership. The goal that POWID works toward is to publish
three newsletters each calendar year; with the basic schedule be- The success of the 2010 POWID Symposium clearly demonstrated
ing publication in March (spring), August (summer) and December a continued interest and need for this event. Over 55 presenta-
(fall). All three of the newsletters are published electronically and tions/papers were given over the two and one half conference
the Spring newsletter is also published in paper format and mailed days on a variety of key industry topics. Our conservative expec-
to those of you who live in the USA. tations were surpassed, as shown by the number of registra-
tions (183), exhibit booths (26), and the record number of Major
My main purpose in writing to you today is to encourage each of Sponsors (9), which were (in alphabetical order) ABB, CASE M&I,
you to submit technical articles as well as other articles of broad Emerson, GE, Honeywell, Invensys, Power Magazine, Siemens, and
interest for publication in future newsletters. Technical content Westinghouse.
that is specific to the automation side of the power industry is
what I believe provides the best benefit to our membership, so Our keynotes (Mr. Henry Kenchington, deputy assistant secretary
please share with your colleagues any tidbits that have been bene- for R&D in the Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery
ficial to you in your job or in expanding your knowledge base. You and Energy Reliability; and Mr. Tim Roxey, manager of Critical
can send your articles to dpevely@southernco.com. If the article Infrastructure Protection for NERC) and luncheon speaker (Chris-
was not authored by you please provide us with a statement that topher Guith, vice president for Policy, Institute for 21st Century
you have cleared publication of the material with the author. I look Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce) were very well received, with
forward to hearing from you. several attendees commenting on each of their messages. A spe-
cial “thank you” once again for Mike Marlowe’s tenacity in lining
up such a great group of speakers.
Advertise with POWID The JW Marriott rolled out the red carpet for us; accommodations,
Promote your products and services to a very specific, focused food and hospitality were all top notch. For those who stayed
readership of power industry instrumentation and control engi- beyond the POWID Symposium, the ISA Leaders Meeting was also
neers and managers by advertising in this newsletter. Advertise- held at the Marriott immediately following the symposium.
ments will run for three consecutive issues (typically March, August
and December) based on the payment schedule below. The 2011 POWID Symposium will be held the week of 5 June
2011, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Please see the symposium
Newsletter Location Ad Size Price web site in late August for more information.
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please view the advertisement order form, which can be found on
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Many Thanks to our 2010 POWID Symposium Sponsors
2010 ISA Corporate Partner
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ISA News Release on system. He also directs the $3.4 billion Smart Grid Investment
Grant program to upgrade the nation’s power grid with advanced
POWID Keynotes digital communications. In 2003, he led the development of the
national SCADA Test Bed program to enhance the cyber security
Where’s the DOE on cyber security, who’s shaping US of control systems. The program has conducted more than 30
energy policy, and how much is at stake? All covered vulnerability assessments of SCADA systems, leading to the devel-
by ISA POWID Symposium keynotes opment of 12 next-generation, hardened systems which are now
being deployed to better secure the nation’s power grid against
Research Triangle Park, NC (11 June 2010) - Cyber security prog- cyber attacks.
ress at the US Department of Energy (DOE), the forces that will
shape US energy policy development, and the dollars and jobs at Tim Roxey, manager of Critical Infrastructure Protection for the
stake were the hot topics covered by three keynote speakers at North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), spoke on
the 53rd ISA POWID Symposium, underway in Las Vegas, Nevada, the increased importance of automation in power generation. He
6–11 June 2010. highlighted four key themes that will drive modern energy policy
in the US. They include the need for a mix of resources for energy
generation, technology developments, policy measures, and the
public’s growing awareness of energy issues. He outlined NERC’s
cyber security risk preparedness assessment, as well as the com-
pany’s ongoing risk assessment efforts.
Roxey is responsible for development and execution of NERC’s

key critical infrastructure protection initiatives, cyber security risk
preparedness assessment and other continuous risk assessment
efforts. He also acts as a key coordination point for North Ameri-
can government officials and is a member of the Electricity Sector
Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ES-ISAC). Roxey has
more than 30 years of computer-related experience, was a lead
author on the nuclear sector’s cyber security standards, and is
former chairman of the Nuclear Information Technology Strategic
Leadership’s (NITSL) standing committee on cyber security.
Christopher Guith, vice president for policy at the Institute for 21st
Century Energy for the US Chamber of Commerce, continued the
Hank Kenchington provides his Keynote Address. theme of US energy security at the Power Industry Division’s Hon-
ors and Awards luncheon. He said the Chamber plays a key role in
Henry (Hank) Kenchington, deputy assistant secretary for research addressing the issue of developing energy policies with members
and development for the DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and of the US Congress. He explained that the urgency of needing
Energy Reliability, announced that the department, working closely sound energy policies is underscored by the fact that 380-plus
with power-generation end users and vendors, has completed the energy projects have been delayed or cancelled, more than 130
first milestones in its cyber security testing and pre-qualification renewable-energy projects are already under development, $560
plan for automated power technologies such as Smart Grid billion in investments could be affected, and 250,000 direct jobs
and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. could be involved.
Kenchington shared with the 160 conference attendees some
lessons the DOE learned as its team developed the plan. Foremost Guith is responsible for developing and implementing the Insti-
is that public-private collaboration, critical to building effective tute’s policies and initiatives as they apply to the legislative, execu-
grid operational security, must be done within a strategically
planned framework. Aligning activities to a common goal not only
enhances success, he said, but also helps stimulate investments in
control systems security. He added that the DOE’s $4.5 billion from
the 2009 Recovery Act that will be used for Smart Grid will be
matched by $4.5 billion in private-sector investments.
Another lesson, Kenchington said, is that even with testing and

pre-qualifying systems prior to deployment, 100% security is not
possible. He pointed out that the electric grid in the US consists of
over 200,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, thousands
of generation plants, millions of digital controls, and over 1,800
entities that own and operate portions of the system. These fac-
tors make securing the electric grid a formidable task. To aid the
mission, he urged performance-based standards that can provide
agility to address rapidly evolving technologies and threats, and
that are graded security.
Kenchington leads research and development activities to enhance Tim Roxey discusses Cyber Security.
the reliability, security, and efficiency of the US electricity delivery Continued on page 6
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Keynotes, cont’d from page 5 POWID 2010 Honor and Awards Report
By Mike Skoncey
ISA POWID Honor and Awards Chairman
POWID 2010 Achievement Award Winner:
Xinsheng Lou, PhD
Christopher Guith provides the Monday Awards Luncheon Address.
tive, and regulatory bodies of the federal and state governments.

Previously, he served as the deputy assistant secretary for nuclear
energy at the DOE, where he worked to develop the administra- Xinsheng Lou accepts his award from Cyrus Taft, POWID Director.
tion’s nuclear energy policy and coordinated the DOE’s interac-
tions with the US Congress, stakeholders, and the media. He also The POWID Executive Committee would again like to congratulate
served as the deputy assistant secretary for Congressional Affairs our 2010 Achievement Award recipient Xinsheng Lou. Xinsheng
at the DOE, focusing on energy policy. While at the DOE, he was a is currently leading a team of PhD level engineers at Alstom to
chief representative of the administration during the drafting and execute a US DOE funded project on next generation clean power
debate of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. system modeling, simulation and controls optimization. He is also
leading an internal R&D project on modern clean fossil power
Symposium attendee, Dr. Peter Fuhr, CEO, Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc., plant system optimization and advanced controls. Xinsheng has
commented, “The keynote speakers’ complimentary perspectives been advocating the beneficial use of CO2 to recover the energy
on issues that directly matter to the power industry reinforced PO- cost associated with carbon capture to improve both ecological
WID’s needs and goals. Dr. Kenchington’s view on what needs to and economic perspectives. These topics have been the subject
be accomplished regarding the all-important cyber security matters of his recent papers presented at ISA POWID and other clean coal
for power were delivered in a clear and concise manner. To have conferences.
his comments followed up with Tim Roxey on how the combined
government-private sector is to work to achieve goals made for an At Alstom, Xinsheng has undertaken several technical roles:
excellent presentation.” 1) System approaches to advanced power generation system
modeling, simulation and controls optimization
John Plenge of GE Energy commented, “I thought the keynote 2) Nonlinear modeling of power systems and nonlinear model
speakers were outstanding. They were really a hit to kick off the based predictive controls (NMPC) of power plants
symposium.” 3) Optimization of future clean power systems to be driven by
two trends: CO2 capture and Smart Grid
The speaker engagements were arranged by the Automation 4) Industry-academia collaborations to advance the control tech-
Federation. nology for power system optimization
ISA’s Power Industry Division (POWID) holds a symposium annually As part of his academia collaboration, Xinsheng has accepted 10
at various locations across the US and Canada. In addition to techni- PhD students from several US universities to work on the Alstom
cal sessions, the conference hosts various interest groups’ meetings, R&D team In addition, he has motivated three universities to seri-
panel discussions, ISA power plant standards working group meet- ously start power plant controls research: The University of Con-
ings, vendor exhibits, and training sessions. More information about necticut, Case Western Reserve, and the University of Texas.
this year’s symposium can be found at www.isa.org/powersymp.
Xinsheng has published over 30 technical papers related to power
POWID is organized within the Industry and Sciences Depart- generation and automation technologies. Alstom has filed in
ment of ISA. The Division is a recognized leader in developing and regards to his work the following five patents:
communicating the highest standards of information exchange,
practices, environmental awareness, and safety of information ex- 1. 20100049561 Fluidized Bed Combustion Optimization Tool
change among engineers, scientists, technicians, students/universi- and Method Thereof
ties, and management who are involved in instrumentation and 2. 20100049369 Modeling and Control Optimization System for
control as it relates to the production of electricity. The primary Integrated Fluidized Bed Combustion Process and Air Pollution
focal point of POWID is to advance the interests and concerns of Control System
its members. More information about POWID can be found at 3. 20090222136 Control and Optimization System
www.isa.org/powid. 4. 20090222110 Fuzzy Logic Control and Optimization System
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5. 20090222108 Integrated Controls Design Optimization
In addition to his individual achievements, Xinsheng has undertaken a

mentor role in developing engineering talent for the power industry:
• Mentoring junior engineers on professional growth and career

development
• Initiating, nurturing and managing industry - university collabo-
rations
• Industrial graduate advisor of University of Connecticut, Univer-
sity of Texas and Case Western Reserve
• Member of Project Advisory Group (PAG) for NYSERDA/Colum-
bia University
Additional 2010 POWID Awards

Additional awards given during the 2010 POWID Cyrus Taft presents awards to the members of the POWID Sym-
Symposium were the Best Technical Papers. The posium development team: Denny Younie – general chairperson; Tom
Stevenson – program co-chairperson; Tim McCreary – program co-chair-
awards were as follows:
person; Session developers: James Batug, John Sorge, Aaron Hussey, Dr.
Joseph Bentsman, Robert Queenan, Dr. Xinsheng Lou (not shown), Stewart
BEST PAPER
Bell (not shown); Bob Hubby – Robert N. Hubby Scholarship sponsor; this
“Modeling Non-Steady State Data for PID Controller Tuning in a
year awarded to Michael Adams, Ohio State University
Cogeneration Power Plant” authored by Brett M. Beauregard and
Douglas J. Cooper.
2nd BEST PAPER

“Automated Tests for Nonlinear Model Identification and Predic-
tive Control using a Boiler Simulator” authored by Xinsheng Lou,
Peter Luh, Abhinaya Joshi and Carl Neuschaefer.
3rd BEST PAPER

“Application of Neurofuzzy Speed and Load Control for Gas Turbine
Power Units” authored by Jose Alberto Lopez Cisena, Luis Castelo
Cuevas, Salvador De Lara Jayme and Juan Antonio Pinon Reyes.
There were no awards given in the area of Service or Facili-

ties for this year; primarily because there were no nominations
submitted. So to all of our Division Members, now is the time
to remember those who have helped to make our Division
the BEST in ISA. Nomination forms are available on the
ISA POWID website at: www.isa.org/~powid/awards/
POWIDawardForms.zip .
Awards were presented to representatives of the Conference
Sponsors: POWER Magazine; General Electric; ABB; Siemens; Honeywell;
Case M&I; Emerson; Invensys; Westinghouse
Editor’s Note: All symposium photos in this edition of the newsletter are
by Joe Vavrek and Paula Labbe.
Achievement and Best Paper awards are presented by Cyrus Taft.
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POWID 2010 Robert N. Hubby 54th Annual ISA
Scholarship Winner: POWID Symposium
Michael Adams
Initial Call for Papers
The recipient of the 2010 Robert N. Hubby
Scholarship is Michael Adams, a junior at
Power Generation Automation
the Ohio State University where he has Today—Beyond the Original Intention
been studying Mechanical Engineering.
5–10 June 2011, Charlotte, North Carolina
Mike’s main interest is in robotics, since his
days in high school. He now mentors high
school students in the field of robotics By Denny Younie, 2011 Symposium General Chairman
in designing building and programming
robots for competition. He has worked The 54th Annual ISA Power Industry Division (POWID) Symposium
the last three summers at the NASA GRC will take place 5–10 June 2011 in Charlotte, North Carolina. We
facility. In 2009, he worked with the will review all submissions for this conference and publish ac-
Surface Mobility team in designing the Michael Adams cepted papers in the Conference Proceedings via Electronic Media.
next generation of lunar rover vehicles to The proceedings will be available later to the general ISA member-
be used when man returns to the moon. In 2008, he worked on ship through the ISA POWID website.
semiconductors to be used in high temperature environments.
Some of the topical areas of the conference are listed below. Focus
In 2007, he worked in the shop and test cell area assisting and on some aspect of the theme, “Power Generation Automation To-
testing parts for a combustion project. Some of Michael’s aca- day—Beyond the Original Intention,” is encouraged and applica-
demic achievements are: Mount Leadership Society Scholar 2008- tion to some aspect of the power industry is necessary.
2010, Ohio State University Engineering Dean’s List Spring 2009,
National Merit Commended Scholar 2008, Advanced Placement • Innovative Technologies and Applications
Scholar with Honor Award 2008, Presidential Award for Academic • Productivity Technologies
Excellence 2008. Michael has received numerous scholarships and • Asset Safety and Control
awards and they are: Ohio State University Engineering Dean’s • Cyber Security Issues and Solutions
Award for First Robotics 2008-2010, First Robotics Championship • Nuclear Plant Innovations and Enhancements
Award 2008, Ohio State University Engineers in Motion Scholar- • Power Plant Safety and Training
ship 2008-2010, Society of Manufacturing Engineers E. Wayne • Other Power Related Issues
Kay Co-Op Scholarship 2009, Fabricators and Manufacturers
Association Award 2009, and National Association of Rocketry Questions?
Scholarship 2008-2010. With all this the Executive Committee Contact:
sends its best regards to Michael in his future endeavors. Denny Younie (dyounie@casemi.com) General Chairman
Tim McCreary (timm@hursttech.com ) Program Co-Chairman
Tim Hurst (timh@hursttech.com) Program Co-Chairman
Rodney Jones (rjones@isa.org) ISA Division Administrator
The Energy Track at
ISA Automation Week
By: Dale Evely
Southern Company Generation
POWID Technical Paper
ISA POWID Newsletter Editor Database Grows
By Daniel Lee
The ISA Automation Week Technology and Solutions Event that POWID Member Services Chair
is scheduled for 4–7 October at the Westin Galleria Hotel in Past POWID Director
Houston, Texas this year includes an Energy Track that is being
coordinated by Gordon McFarland of the ISA Excom. Complete If you need another source for I&C technical
details about the entire event can be found at www.isaauto- information then check out the ISA Technical
mationweek.org and specific details about the Energy Track Paper Database. This database includes all of
can be found at www.isaautomationweek.org/AWTemplate. POWID’s technical papers presented at POWID
cfm?template=/isaautomationweek/conference/tracks/en- Symposiums or ISA fall events. The database is searchable by
ergy.cfm. The Energy Track will explore the Smart Grid, alternative community (i.e., Power Industry), event ((i.e., Symposium, EXPO)
energies, plant retrofits, and bring to light those technologies and and author. Besides networking during a POWID Symposium, it is
techniques which can make or break the profit line. Topics for my opinion, that POWID’s technical papers are a very important
the technical sessions associated with the Energy Track include: asset to our Members. As of this article, there are more than 700
Controls for Energy, Energy Security, Technology for Energy Gen- technical papers within the POWID database that can be found in
eration, Asset Management for Energy Sources and Generation, the ISA Technical Paper database. Before year’s end more POWID
Alternative Energy Sources, and Alarm Management. Start making proceedings will be scanned and downloaded into the ISA techni-
your plans to attend this worthwhile event. cal database. Please check out this Member service by logging in
to the ISA website and visiting ISA’s Advanced Search - Technical
Papers.
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POWID’s Spouses and Las Vegas
By Paula Labbe
Summerlin, Nevada…I never heard of it…One thing I
know for sure, after attending many ISA conferences, is
that they always pick wonderful locations to hold their
conventions! Summerlin didn’t let me down.
Our hotel, the JW Marriott, was nestled in the Red Rock

Canyon area. A beautiful sight to see when you wake up
in the morning, and a short drive to a scenic thirteen mile
loop with breathtaking views of the Calico Hills and fos-
silized sand dunes. This National Conservation Area was
once an ocean. You would never know that today, as you
look out over the desert, and the red rocks of the can-
yon. Many movies and auto/truck commercials have been
filmed in this location.
Another great area to explore is the “Valley of Fire.” It got

its name in 1935 from the heat of the summer months,
and the red glow of the sandstone rocks. This is Nevada’s
oldest and largest state park. As you travel along, you will
see many rock formations and incredible Indian rock art.
Some of the petroglyphs were dated back 3000 years. A Spouses’ “Valley of Fire” tour, The Strip, and vista from hotel.
petroglyph is a picture that is pecked or scratched into a
rock surface. It is believed that some tell a story about hunting, Even more astonishing to me was the fact that there was also a
family, drought, battles, and animals; and some believe the pic- small waterfall, with babbling water rushing over large boulders.
tures could possibly be a map or calendar…no one knows for sure. This spring was called Ralph’s Spring. The sound of the water pass-
ing by was soothing and very tempting, since it was so hot; but no
In the middle of this desert, I saw six palm trees! At first I thought one put their feet in.
I was seeing things; after all, I was in the Mojave Desert. It was
110 degrees. How could palm trees survive? The answer is natural No desert is complete without a creature or two. I actually saw
springs. We stopped at a watering hole, surrounded by lush green five different lizards! They get larger every time I tell the story. We
foliage. It was this natural spring that supported the palm trees. were warned to watch where we step or sit, because rattlesnakes
take shelter in the shade of rocks. That is probably
why no one put their feet in the spring water!
Summerlin was only a few miles from the excite-

ment of the Las Vegas Strip. The lights were spec-
tacular at night, and could be seen from a long
distance. I am not a gambler, but if I were, there
are Casinos everywhere. Each Casino had its own
special attraction, besides the one-arm bandits, on
which I did win $1.30. They had everything from
colorful, dancing waters to a romantic, singing,
gondola ride through what appeared to be a canal
in Venice. There were lions, tigers, dolphins, and
even alpacas! I guess you never know what you
will see in Las Vegas. We caught a glimpse of Elvis,
Buddy Holly, Caesar, a show girl, and a man in a
bright pink suit with shoes to match!
If it is shopping you like, the strip provides some of

the best upscale boutiques in The Caesar’s Palace
Forum, and also at The Grand Canal Shoppes in
The Venetian hotel. While there, check out the
incredible marble statues, and beautifully painted
ceilings! Perhaps you would prefer a show. There
are many to choose from. I did manage to see one
performance, and that was “David Copperfield.”
His magic was beyond any of my expectations! He
The Spouses Lounge at Summerlin.
A friendly place for the conference guests to start off the morning and plan both individual and made a 1942 automobile appear on stage, and he
group activities. Combining the wide range of activities at the resort with the functions in the local made 13 members of the audience disappear. His
area and the unique scenery of the Nevada desert, there was no shortage of opportunities for total act was 1½ hours of sheer delight.
recreation and adventure. Continued on page 10
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Spouses, cont’d from page 9 Power Surfing: The Dark Side
By: Allan J. (Zeke) Zadiraka
The Fremont Experience is historical Vegas, where it all began. This
Retired from Babcock & Wilcox
was also worth checking out! The “Rat Pack”—Jerry Lewis, Dean
POWID Executive Committee Member
Martin, and Frank Sinatra—performed here. This area has free out-
door entertainment nightly, suitable for all ages. Back at our hotel
there was always plenty to do. Maybe you like a relaxed swim in Last year, I found myself being drawn to the dark side of the
the pool, or a stroll around the impeccable grounds. There was a power industry. Fortunately, I retired before I was consumed by the
variety of restaurants to enjoy, a Casino, and a few shops. dark side.
Every morning the spouses had the opportunity to meet in the While attempting to come back up to speed on the dark side, I
“Spouses Lounge” for breakfast. This is sponsored by ISA. During found a bit of useful information on the web. If half the current
this time plans are made for the day. No matter what your inter- hype comes true, a fair number of those in the power industry will
ests are, there is someone else who likes the same things as you. have to cross over.
Great ideas are formed here. You may walk into the Lounge as a
stranger, but you never leave as one. It is a place where old and DOE Fundamentals Handbook, Nuclear Physics and Reactor Theo-
new friends come together. ry, Volumes 1 and 2 offers a quick refresher on the basics. They are
available, along with a number of other useful DOE Fundamentals
It is said that, “What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas.” I know I Handbooks at www.hss.energy.gov/nuclearsafety/ns/tech-
made a lot of beautiful memories, and those all came home with me. stds/standard/standard.html.
Nhance Technologies has a number of simulation tech-

nical papers, primarly for nuclear plants, available on
How Smart Is The Smart Grid? their website at www.nhancetech.com/nht_web.nsf/
frmViewTechPapers!OpenForm. I found the “Nuclear Plant Per-
By: Frank Madren formance Analysis Using the Modular Modeling System” by N.S.
President - GarrettCom Inc. Yee, S.S. Godbole, and G.F. Malan to be useful since it contains
simplified logic for a nuclear plant control system.
The Smart Grid has been talked about, endlessly it seems, for
a few years now. It will be great. It will be pervasive. It will be MIT Open Course Ware provides access to material for a number
dynamic. It will be all-encompassing. It will be nirvana. But, how of courses from their Nuclear Science and Engineering department
will it work? at ocw.mit.edu/courses/nuclear-engineering/. The Nuclear
Power Plant Dynamics and Control course includes a set of course
Now, the Smart Grid The Smart Grid will use timely notes.
must accept power from information about power
wind, solar, fuel cells, consumption and power Google books, books.google.com, provides access to a number
generation to gain efficiency of books on nuclear power. Search by the title to find the books
biomass, geothermal and economic advantages. The listed below. Check “Full View” under Advanced Book Search
and other sources. The Smart Grid is finally beginning when doing a general search to limit results to those that provide
myriad of power users to unfold now. It must deliver the full text online. Several books that I found to be of interest are:
and all of the disparate electrical power with the ut-
power sources will be most reliability, and securing Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems in Nuclear Power
the information flow is the key Plants: Safety and Reliability Issues, by National Research Council
amalgamated and
to reliable Smart Grid opera- (U.S.). Committee on Application of Digital Instrumentation and
synchronized and tion. Smart Grids must have a Control Systems to Nuclear Power Plant Operations and Safety,
accommodated by the security strategy that prevents 1997.
wonderful Smart Grid. outages and service interrup-
tions from threats, whether Human Factors Research and Nuclear Safety, by Neville Moray, Bev-
the threats are from external or internal sources, and whether the erly M. Huey, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Human
threats are intentional or accidental. Factors Research Needs in Nuclear Regulatory Research, 1988.
How will all of the information used to operate the Smart Grid This material will be posted as a discussion topic on the “ISA
flow; Over networks, of course. It will flow over industrial-grade Power Industry Division” group on LinkedIn when the newsletter is
networks that are part of grid substations, power distribution published. Let us know if you found any of these references useful
facilities and power generation facilities. No longer will the power and what material you have found on the web that would be use-
generation be in a few large power plants only. Now, the Smart ful to the division members.
Grid must accept power from wind, solar, fuel cells, biomass,
geothermal and other sources. The myriad of power users and all
of the disparate power sources will be amalgamated and synchro-
nized and accommodated by the wonderful Smart Grid.
Want to mess up the Smart Grid? It’s simple. Attack the network
where the information flows. Want to keep the Smart Grid operat-
ing reliably? That’s simple, too. Use secure industrial networks. Secu-
rity for the Smart Grid is part of Industrial Networking at Its Best.
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A Dozen Things Every Process • then with beta forced by the 1st results - calculate minimum,
normal, and maximum
Control Engineer Should Know
(Part 2) Both tables generated should show the same dP at normal flow
[which should be used for calculating square root gain] and the
By: Larry E. Wells, P.E.
dP at full flow scale which is the transmitter calibration UNLESS
Principal, CCSA LLC
pressure and temperature compensation is to be used. When the
ISA Senior Life Member and Past I&S Department VP and
flow is pressure and temperature compensated, the transmitter
Executive Board Member
dP calibration should be larger to allow for cases not at the base
The 1st half dozen things were pretty straightforward; the 2nd conditions.
half dozen are a little more involved. Here is the first of them:
Here is a typical steam flow application:
7. Flow measurements based upon dP “sweet spots”
The long revered “rule of thumb” is that the differential pressure Minimum flow = 6,000 PPH
(dP) measurement in “inwc” (inches of water column) should Normal flow = 10,000 PPH
not exceed the upstream pressure in psia. Thus, for steam flow Maximum flow = 12,000 PPH
measurement when the steam header pressure is 35 psig, or 50 Full Flow Scale = 15,000 PPH
psia (yes, I know 49.696... psia) the dP should not exceed 50 inwc.
Higher dPs cause the flowing fluid to reach choked flow sooner. For the “sweet spot” for maximum accuracy we shall use the
Higher dPs have higher beta ratios which cause greater permanent vendor’s value for 10,000 PPH (from the 2nd calculation included
pressure losses and waste energy. Some of that wasted energy dis- here). The vendor was asked to run two calculations: (1) to peg
sipates as higher dB sound. the normal flow value, 10,000 PPH, and (2), to give calculated re-
sults to 15,000 PPH with a target value of 40 inwc = 15,000 PPH.
This discussion is for “in house” flow measurements and is a The software the vendor was using gives very precise calculations
“poor man’s” technique for 0.5% accurate measurement and for the proprietary flow element they sell.
certainly is not valid for “custody transfer” type measurements.
It is good for most of the cases that most of us encounter. I will The dP for 10,000 PPH when the pressure is 28 psig and the tem-
save detailed discussion of this for another time. But in any case, perature is 850°F = 17.395. The square root of 17.395 = 4.1707.
dP derived flow measurements are “correct” only in one spot, Therefore the square root gain = 10 KPPH / 4.1707 = 2.3977. The
one you can actually choose, and should be the one usually called dP flow transmitter will get a “nominal” calibration of 50 inwc to
“normal flow”. And this is only true for a constant temperature allow for over ranging during abnormal pressure and temperature
and pressure. I prefer the term “sweet spot”. Any dP less than that conditions. The display scale value will be 0 - 15 KPPH.
of normal flow produces a calculated reading lower than actual.
Any dP more than that of normal flow produces a calculated read- Here is an error chart. This demonstrates that this should be a
ing higher than actual. All too often a specification (as shown on 0.5% device over the expected operational range of 6,000 to
a P&ID) will list a minimum flow, a normal flow, and a maximum 12,000 PPH, where the error is -32 to +45 over the range. Even at
flow, and then state that the calibration is for an even higher flow. the extreme ends the accuracy is about 1% (that is 164 / 15164 =
It goes something like this: 1.1%).
Minimum flow = 658 gpm

Normal flow = 1345 gpm
Maximum flow = 1637 gpm
dP at full flow scale = 100 inwc @ 2000
gpm
Then the gain for the square root extrac-

tor is set to 200 to get 2000 gpm when
the square root of 100 inwc (=10) is
multiplied by 200. Then this square root
gain is applied across the board result-
ing in bigger and bigger errors the lower
the flow gets. The correct gain should be
calculated on the dP at normal flow.
Depending on how the primary flow

element vendor interprets all of this, the
results can go from at best bad, to worse.
Their program may have up to 3 cases so
they throw out the minimum flow and
use normal, maximum, and full flow scale
calibration. No matter how many cases
their program can handle, two calcula-
tions should be done:
• normal, maximum, and full flow scale calibration [thus
solving for beta] To be continued in future editions of this Newsletter.
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The Best Paper from the 2009 ISA POWID Symposium
During the Honors and Awards Luncheon on June 7, 2010 in Summerlin, the Best Paper Award for the 2009 POWID Conference in Rose-
mont, Illinois was presented to Brett M. Beauregard and Douglas J. Cooper for the paper entitled “Modeling Non-Steady State Data for PID
Controller Tuning in a Cogeneration Power Plant.” This technical paper is provided in its entirety in this newsletter for your reading pleasure.
Copyright 2009 ISA. All Rights Reserved.
Modeling Non-Steady State Data for PID Controller Tuning

in a Cogeneration Power Plant
Douglas J. Cooper1 and Brett M. Beauregard2

1
Chemical Engineering Program, CMBE Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2
Control Station, Inc., Tolland, CT
doug.cooper@uconn.edu; brett.beauregard@controlstation.com
KEYWORDS
Non Steady State Data, Model Regression, PID Control, Controller Tuning, Cogeneration Power, CHP
ABSTRACT
A 25 MW combined-cycle cogeneration plant at the University of Connecticut supplies electricity to
the entire UConn campus with three natural gas combustion turbine generators and one high pressure
steam turbine generator. Low pressure steam is used to provide building heat in the winter and to drive
refrigeration compressors for chilled water cooling in the summer.
The UConn Cogen plant is not permitted to charge for power it exports to the grid. All imported power
cost the University the same as any large utility customer. The automatic control system thus seeks to
operate this power plant while constantly fluctuating demand competes with the desire to maintain zero
import and zero export of electric power.
The highly integrated natural of the thermal cycles in the Cogen plant makes the concept of steady
state operation a fleeting occurrence. Yet modern PID loop tuning tools suggest that a measured
process variable (PV) should first be steadied before it is bumped so a dynamic controller output (CO)
to PV relationship (i.e. dynamic process model) can be established for reliable PID loop tuning.
This paper explores a novel method of obtaining appropriate dynamic models for controller tuning
without the requirement that the PV first be steadied prior to performing a bump test. With the ability
to fit appropriate process models to data in a constantly dynamic state, modern PID tuning tools can
once again be employed in challenging process applications such as the UConn Cogen power plant.
Presented here is the framework of a method for fitting dynamic models to process data collected from
processes that are impractical or impossible to settle to steady operation prior to controller tuning. A
pressure header control example from the UConn cogen plant is used to demonstrate the technique.
Presented at 19th Annual Joint ISA POWID/EPRI Controls and Instrumentation Conference &
52nd ISA POWID Symposium, 12-14 May 2009, Rosemont,Illinois, www.isa.org
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INTRODUCTION
A formal procedure for PID controller design and tuning follows a proven recipe [1]:
1. Establish the design level of operation (DLO), which includes the normal or expected values for
control loop set point and major disturbances.
2. Bump the controller output (CO) and collect process variable (PV) dynamic data around this design
level (DLO) as the process responds.
3. Approximate the behavior evident in the process data with a low order linear (first order plus dead
time or first order plus dead time integrating) dynamic model.
4. Use the model parameters from step 3 in rules and correlations to complete the PID controller design
and tuning.
The classical method for generating dynamic data for step 2 is to wait for the process to settle to a
steady operation that is as near as practical to the design level of operation. The CO is then bumped
(stepped, pulsed or otherwise perturbed) to force a cause-and-effect relationship to reveal itself in the
CO to PV dynamic response.
If the CO is moved far enough and fast enough to force a PV response that dominates the measurement
noise, then the dynamic process behavior is isolated and evident in the data. A dynamic model fit of
such data can then provide approximating information that can be used reliably for PID controller
design and tuning.
The 25 MW cogen plant at the University of Connecticut supplies electricity to the entire university
campus with three natural gas combustion turbine generators and one high pressure steam turbine
generator. Low pressure steam is used to provide building heat in the winter and to drive refrigeration
compressors for chilled water cooling in the summer.
The UConn Cogen plant is not permitted to charge fees for electricity exported to the grid. All
imported electricity is an expense the University must pay like any large customer. The control system
thus seeks to operate the cogen power plant to maintain zero import and zero export of electric power.
The thermal process integration in the efficient plant design heightens the inherent dynamic nature of
the plant. Consequently, the steady or constant PV desired prior to performing a dynamic bump test
rarely exists in this plant, presenting a significant challenge for controller design and tuning.
A novel method of fitting dynamic models to process data that is obtained while the PV is not initially
at steady state prior to performing a bump test has been developed and is presented here. With the
ability to fit appropriate process models to data in a constantly dynamic condition, the PID design and
tuning recipe can be employed on controllers to the benefit of the cogen power plant.
THE FOPDT DYNAMIC MODEL

Processes with streams composed of gases, liquids, powders, slurries and melts are found in broad
range of manufacturing, production and development operations. PID controllers for such processes
can successfully be design and tuned using the parameters from low order dynamic models that have
been fit to bump test process data as described above.
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The majority of these processes are self regulating. That is, the measured PV naturally seeks a steady
operating level if the CO and major disturbances are held constant for a sufficient length of time. When
focusing on controllers for self regulating processes, the FOPDT (first order plus dead time) dynamic
model parameters provide the information required for controller design and tuning:
(1)
Where for a sudden change in CO, these model parameters are:

Kp = process gain indicating the direction and how far PV will travel
Tp = process time constant indicating how fast PV moves after it begins its response
Ԧp = process dead time indicating how much delay before PV first begins to respond
The FOPDT dynamic model is a simplifying approximation of a complex process, yet the model
parameters describe the direction, how far, how fast and the delay that will occur as PV responds to a
change in CO. These four pieces of information, if known with reasonable accuracy, are sufficient for
PID controller design and tuning.
With the FOPDT model parameters in hand, the tuning parameters can be computed, for example, for
the dependent ideal PI controller:
(2)
Where:
CObias = controller bias or null value
e(t) = current controller error, defined as: set point (SP) – measured process variable (PV)
Kc = controller gain, a tuning parameter
Ti = reset time, a tuning parameter
One popular approach is to use the industry-proven Internal Model Control (IMC) tuning correlations
[2,3], which can be reliably applied to most all algorithm forms in the family of PID controllers. The
first step in using the IMC correlations is to compute Tc, the closed loop time constant.
The closed loop time constant describes the desired speed or quickness of the control action in
responding to a set point change or rejecting a disturbance. Guidance for computing Tc if the desired
control is aggressive, moderate or conservative is summarized as:
aggressive: Tc is the larger of 0.1·Tp or 0.8·Ԧp
moderate: Tc is the larger of 1·Tp or 8·Ԧp
conservative: Tc is the larger of 10·Tp or 80·Ԧp
The controller gain, Kc, and reset time, Ti, for the PI controller of Eq. 2 are then computed from the
IMC correlations of Eq. 3 as:
(3)
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Thus, after fitting a FOPDT dynamic model to a representative set of process data and deciding on how
active the controller should be in its corrective actions, controllers from the PID family can be
designed and tuned following the recipe listed in the Introduction section above.
NON STEADY STATE MODEL FITTING

It is impractical to attempt to stabilize a production process like UConn’s cogen power plant to steady
state operation prior to bump testing for the tuning of each PID controller. The important contribution
of this work is to show the ability to fit meaningful dynamic models to data sets that do not contain a
period of steady state operation.
Figure 1 shows data generated from an idealized process simulation. The results of a model fit of this
data thus provide one benchmark of success of the method. The data set is generated using a true
FOPDT simulation operating in closed loop (automatic mode) with a poorly tuned PI controller. As
shown, the PV is not steady at the start of the data collection and never settles completely to a steady
operation anywhere in the window of data.
Model Fit
Non Steady State

Process (PV) Data
Figure 1 – Comparison of FOPDT model fit to PV data using non steady state dynamic data
Also shown on the plot is the FOPDT model fit of this non-steady-state (NSS) data set. Some plant-
model mismatch is expected as the dynamics of the poorly tuned controller convolves with the
dynamic character of the process. In spite of this, good agreement is achieved by the NSS model fitter
as shown in the plot above and summarized in the table below:
Ideal Process Model Fit Value
Kp 1 0.87
Tp 10 7.9
Ԧp 1 1.1
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METHOD OF APPROACH
The success of the non-steady-state (NSS) model fitting routine is that, rather than using a specific data
point or average of points as an initial condition for fitting the differential equation dynamic model, the
method considers a minimum sum of squared errors (SSE) criterion between model and data across the
entire data set as the convergence condition to satisfy.
This means that all data points are weighted equally and a broad range of model parameters can be
considered as acceptable candidates as the error minimization proceeds. The NSS model solver
achieves this by centering each candidate model over the complete range of process data without
concern for any particular initial condition, final condition or symmetry condition [4].
Figure 2 – NSS Solver Logic Flow Chart
For power plant operation, process data is uploaded directly to the NSS solver from the plant control
computer. As depicted in the model fitting flow chart logic of Fig. 2, each data set is first normalized
and scaled within the range of 0 to 1. As described in [5], an initial guess routine then generates a
matrix of model parameter solution candidates to initiate an optimization search.
At step 3, each set of candidate values from the initial guess routine are considered individually to test
for convergence of an optimal model that minimizes the goodness-of-fit criterion [6, 7].
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A popular goodness of fit criterion is the combination of model parameters that minimizes the sum of
squared errors (SSE), computed as:
(4)
Where the Measured PV is the actual data collected from the process. The Model PV is computed
using the current model parameters and the actual CO trace from the data historian. N is the total
number of samples in the file. In general, the smaller the SSE (or alternatively, the closer R2 is to one)
the better the dynamic model describes the data.
Figure 3 – NSS Solver Optimization Routine
A central feature of the NSS solver is that it seeks model parameters for accurately approximating
process dynamics by centering the model over the data and by minimizing the associated SSE evenly
across the data. No single data point is given more importance than any other with this approach.
A second feature is that the optimization routine considers a set of logical parameter constraints.
These constraints are based on physical properties that all real processes exhibit. For example, neither
the dead-time nor the time constant of a self-regulating process can be less than zero. Also, the
computed time constant should be much shorter that the total passage of time used to collect the data.
Otherwise, not enough data is present for an accurate model fitting computation [5].
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The optimization routine is initiated as listed in Fig. 3 and proceeds in an iterative process. For each
set of initial guess parameters, a series of calculations are made. At Step 1, a candidate model is
computed. At Step 2, a goodness-of-fit value is computed from the model and process data. At Step 3,
a new set of parameters are determined using optimization search criterion [6, 7]. Once optimal
parameters have been computed for each set of initial guess parameters, at Step 4, the set with the best
goodness-of-fit value is then un-normalized and displayed as shown in the example of Fig. 1.
STEAM HEADER PLANT MASTER IS AN INTEGRATING LOOP

An integral component of a cogeneration power plant is steam generation and management. Steam is
created at the UConn facility from hot gases that exit the combustion turbines and impinge on boiler
tubes. As shown in Fig 4, steam production is augmented and steam header pressure is maintained by
the combustion of auxiliary fuel in duct burners downstream of the combustion turbine exhaust.
600 lb
steam
PC
Figure 4 – 600 lb steam pressure controlled by duct burner downstream of combustion turbine
The energy from UConn’s three combustion turbines are collected in identical heat recovery steam
generator (HRSG) trains that all supply a common 600 lb steam header. When steam is needed
anywhere in the plant for heating and/or cooling, the load is drawn from this common header.
Steam demand can vary significantly and unpredictably over time. The steam generation process must
create steam for the common header at a rate that matches these steam demand loads. Controlling the
steam header to a constant pressure provides an important stabilizing component to plant-wide
operation. As depicted in Fig. 4, to achieve this, a pressure controller on the common header sends a
firing demand signal to the duct burner in a HRSG.
This control loop is not self regulating as described in Eq.1. Rather, this loop has an integrating (also
called an accumulating or non-self-regulating) behavior. Integrating process behavior is better
described with the FOPDT Integrating model form of Eq. 5:
(5)
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Note that individual values for the familiar process gain, Kp, and process time constant, Tp, are not
separately identified for the FOPDT Integrating model of Eq. 5. Instead, an integrator gain, Kp*, is
defined that has units of the ratio of the process gain to the process time constant, or:
(6)
Analogous to the FOPDT discussion, the FOPDT Integrating model parameters Kp* and Ԧp can be
computed using the NSS model fitting routine exactly as described earlier in this work.
Once a dynamic model has been fit, an interesting difference about integrating processes is that since
there is no identifiable process time constant in the FOPDT Integrating model, we use dead time, Ԧp,
as the baseline marker of time in the design and tuning rules [8]. Specifically, Ԧp is used as the basis
for computing the closed loop time constant, Tc, as:
Tc = 3Ԧp (7)
The controller tuning correlations for integrating processes use this Tc, as well as the Kp* and Ԧp from
the FOPDT integrating model fit in IMC tuning correlations for the PI controller of Eq. 2 as:
1 2Tc +Ǉp (8)

Kc = and Ti = 2Tc +Ǉp
Kp* (Tc +Ǉp)2
NSS TUNING OF THE STEAM HEADER LOOP

Figure 5 shows the original performance of the 600 lb steam header pressure when driven by a set
point (SP) step from 600 to 610 psi. All integrating (non-self-regulating) processes have a natural
tendency to roll or oscillate when under feedback control [9]. The degree of oscillation shown in the
set point response of Fig. 5 is unacceptable, however, because it permits the PV to swing excessively
with an overshoot of more than 5 psi and a settling time in excess of 15 minutes.
The oscillating dynamic data from the set point response study of Fig. 5 is collected and modeled using
the NSS solver described previously. Here, an FOPDT Integrating model is used as it best matches the
natural behavior of the processes.
As shown in Fig. 6, the data used for modeling actually begins about five minutes prior to the set point
step and includes a second set point step as data collection continued for approximately fifteen minutes
longer. The snapshot of Fig. 5 was focused to show controller performance, while the larger data set of
Fig. 6 provided more information for the NSS solver to consider as it regresses the FOPDT Integrating
model form.
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SP Step
600 PSI Header Pressure

Set Point Tracking Response
Before Loop Tuning
Figure 5 – Set point tracking performance of the 600 lb steam pressure controller before loop tuning
Because this is a real control loop from the UConn cogen facility, there is no means to determine an
actual comparison model or the true process parameters as we had presented in the simulation study
earlier in the manuscript. What is available, however, is the before and after controller performance
response to set point steps.
Model Fit
Non Steady State

Process (PV) Data
CO movement forced by SP changes
Figure 6 – Model fit of dynamic data using the NSS model fitter routine
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Figure 7 below shows the set point step response for the same loop based on the model parameters
from Fig. 6 and the tuning rules and correlations of Eqns. 7 and 8. In spite of the fact that non-steady-
state data is used, the SP overshoot is reduced from more than 5 psi down to 3 psi, and the settling time
is reduced from greater than 15 minutes dwon to 8 minutes.
SP Step
600 PSI Header Pressure

Set Point Tracking Response
After Loop Tuning
Figure 7 – Set point tracking performance of the 600 lb steam pressure controller after loop tuning
In a real power plant where a tight control translates directly into a more profitable operation, these
results mark an important and measureable improvement in plant performance.
CONCLUSIONS
The NSS model fitting method as described in this paper is able to provide dynamic process models
useful for controller design and tuning. The method can employ open or closed loop bump test data.
An important contribution is that appropriate process models can be obtained from data that is in a
constantly dynamic condition, thus making the method useful for a broad range of applications such as
power generation.
The NSS solver considers all data points equally from a dynamic test as it seeks to fit a dynamic
differential equation model that will best describe the complete process data response. As a result, the
solver can achieve physically descriptive models when applied to data that contain significant PV
oscillations and that do not start at steady state.
An example based on the UConn cogen power plant illustrates the capability and utility of the method.
While the highly integrated nature of the thermal cycles in the cogen power plant makes the concept of
steady state operation extremely difficult to achieve, the NSS solver proved valuable in reducing
overshoot, shortening settling time and diminishing the oscillatory response of the main steam header
pressure control loop in the plant.
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ISA POWID Executive Committee b) Financial Reports
Cyrus noted that Division quarterly financial reports are no
February 2010 Meeting Minutes longer distributed by ISA Staff. An Endowment Report was
provided.
Meeting: ISA Power Industry Division Executive c) MOP Review
Committee Meeting Don Labbe discussed the proposed revisions to the MOP.
Chairman: Cyrus Taft The POWID EXCOM had provided a number of com-
Recorder: Don Labbe ments to the proposed revision and these have all been
Date/Time: 23 February 2010, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST addressed. However, Leo Staples commented that the
Location: ISA Headquarters, Research Triangle Park, NC POWID MOP was not in agreement with the ISA Society
MOP, citing an example that only the Society has the abil-
Attendees:
ity to sign a contract, not Division Members. Leo stated
Members Present Members Absent Guests Present
that the Division MOP needs to be consistent with Society
Don Andrasik Jim Batug Rodney Jones (ISA)
MOP, particularly with regard to financial considerations.
Gary Cohee Don Christopher Pat Gouhin (ISA)
Dale Evely raised a question regarding the Style Guide
Aaron Hussey Jody Damron Mike Marlowe (AF)
and Newsletter Guide referenced in the MOP. Gary Cohee
Don Labbe Ron Hicks Jennifer Infantino
found the Style Guide on the ISA web site. There was no
Daniel Lee Bob Hubby (ISA)
Newsletter Guide.
Gordon McFarland Roger Hull Tim Feldman (ISA)
Jim Olson Tim Hurst Madeleine Mansson Action: Don Labbe to send an updated MOP incorporat-
David Roney Jason Makansi (ISA) ing POWID EXCOM comments to Leo Staples and then
Leo Staples Tim McCreary Paul Hollingshead Leo to provide comments.
Tom Stevenson Bob Queenan (B&W) d) Nominating
Cyrus Taft Michael Skoncey Mukesh Pandya Dan Lee initiated a discussion on nominating/resigning
Denny Younie Bill Sotos (Southern EXCOM members:
Allan Zadiraka Joe Vavrek Company)
• The EXCOM has a relatively even distribution of mem-
Dale Evely (remote) Robert Webb
bership: 9 utility members, 9 vendors, 6 retired and 6
Danny Crow (remote) Marjorie Widmeyer
others.
1. Call to Order • Dan discussed possible international EXCOM members
Cyrus Taft, ISA Power Industry Division director, called the meeting from the following countries based on past POWID
to order at 1:00 p.m. EST. participation: Korea, India, Mexico, and France. Dan
noted that international board members would
2. Introduction of Members and Guests broaden the perspective and influence of POWID.
Don Labbe, POWID secretary and director-elect, circulated the • Zeke presented the nomination of Edson da Costa
Meeting Attendance List and POWID Executive Committee Roster. Bortoni for EXCOM. Edson is a professor at the Itajubá
Federal University, Brazil and was recently elevated
3. Review & Approve Agenda to ISA Fellow and is active in the Brazilian section of
The POWID Executive Committee Meeting Agenda previously dis- ISA. Denny Younie expressed a concern that interna-
tributed by email on 21 January 2010 was distributed at the start tional members may tie up EXCOM slots and reduce
of this meeting. With no changes the agenda was approved by the number of working active members. Zeke stated
voice vote (Leo Staples motion and Tom Stevenson 2nd). that Edson plans on attending two EXCOM meetings
per year; POWID and the ISA Fall Event. Zeke made a
4. Review & Approve Minutes of Last Meeting motion to approve Edson as a member of the POWID
The minutes for the POWID EXCOM meeting held on 5 October EXCOM. Dan Lee seconded the motion. There were
2009, at Westin Galleria Hotel, Houston, TX, were previously 13 votes on site and 5 votes cast electronically for the
distributed electronically to the POWID EXCOM members and are nomination, so the motion carried and Edson da Costa
available on the POWID website. Hard copies of the minutes were Bortoni was elected a member of POWID EXCOM.
also circulated at the meeting. With no changes to the minutes, • Mukesh Pandya of Southern Company withdrew his
the minutes were approved by voice vote (Jim Olson motion and application for nomination to EXCOM, due to com-
Leo Staples 2nd). pany funding concerns.
5. Director Staff Reports Action: Dan Lee to identify possible candidates and to
a) Division Report – Cyrus Taft reported on the following; draft a letter defining the interrelationship of international
EXCOM members.
a1) I&S Dept. Leadership
6. Standards Committee Reports
Cyrus reported that Tom Devine resigned as I&S VP
a) ISA67 Nuclear Power Plant Standards Committee – There
and VP-Elect Peggie Koon assumed the position of VP.
was no report and no information on the joint ISA 67/99
Peggie is from the Management Division of I&S
working group.
a2) ISA Staff reductions
Action: Tim Hurst/Bob Queenan to prepare a report on
Cyrus reported that staff reductions at ISA headquar- joint ISA 67/99 working group.
ters have occurred and the following individuals who
b) ISA77 Fossil Fuel Power Plant Standards Committee – Dan
have worked closely with POWID have left or are leav-
Lee reported on the ISA77 committees activities. ISA77
ing shortly: Matricia Smith, Laura Crumpler, Jennifer
subcommittees are re-affirming several ISA standards and
Crumpler, and Kristy Becker.
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are working on four new documents. There will be three The newsletter index has been submitted to the web site.
committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday and Thurs- The Spring Newsletter is available except for the POWID
day. Dan reported that the steam turbine controls standard Symposium input with plans to include schedule-at-a-
is close to being issued for public ballot. Dale inquired glance, the detailed technical program and the conference
about the procedure to get public comment on standards registration letter. Dale stated that the newsletter would
released for review. Gary stated that one needs to formerly benefit from additional technical content. Rodney stated
request to be on a review list. that ISA was targeting 26 March for electronic distribu-
Action: Cyrus to send out notification of public comment tion. Dale stated that the spring issue is the only one to
via POWIDTECH or some other means. Cyrus will request a be distributed by paper mail also. Rodney stated that the
clarification of “public comment” from Charley Robinson paper issue will be about a week behind the electronic ver-
of ISA. sion. Dan Lee noted that some POWID Members still may
not receive the electronic newsletter. ISA provided two
7. Membership Service Committee Reports documents: “How to Develop an ISA Division Newsletter”
a) Honors & Awards - Michael Skoncey (POWID Honors and “Division Newsletter Flow Chart.”
and Awards Coordinator) was not in attendance. Dale Action: Cyrus to add a note to the director’s message re-
commented that he has not received guidelines for the questing members to contact Cyrus, if they did not receive
Achievement Award. the electronic version.
Action: Cyrus to submit draft guidelines for the Achieve- b) Publicity - Joe Vavrek (publicity coordinator) was not in
ment Award. attendance, and did not provide a report. Cyrus indicated
b) Membership - Gordon McFarland provided a detailed that POWER magazine published three or four POWID ad-
POWID membership report and stated that POWID mem- vertisements in 2009. InTech ads are on a space-available
bership continues to increase. Gordon reported there is basis; however, the bimonthly issues have very limited
some confusion regarding additional charges for Division space available. Rodney noted that the InTech publications
membership on the membership registration form. Pat department needs to have feedback on articles. Cyrus
Gouhin of ISA reported that Division membership remains reported that POWER magazine has published multiple
free. Cyrus inquired whether new POWID members are POWID articles in their February magazines. ISA has
automatically enrolled in the POWID member email list. submitted an advertisement for POWID 2010 to POWER
Rodney stated that the Opt-out option for ISA products magazine for publication in the March issue.
does not remove the Member from the POWID Member c) Web Page - Gary Cohee (POWID WEB page coordinator)
email list. was in attendance, and reported that the POWID WEB and
Action: Cyrus to verify that new members are automati- POWID 2010 Conference web pages were up to date and
cally enrolled onto the POWID list. he was posting conference information as it became avail-
able. The past conference proceedings from Don Chris-
c) Historian – Don Christopher, POWID historian, provided topher are under the Conference Proceedings tab on the
a report. He has scanned 19 conference proceedings for POWID web. Gary has been requested by ISA to change
a total of $1,270. He reported that the service provider from the Microsoft format to the ISA format; however,
plans to increase his price next year to $.99/page from Gary stated that the ISA format is overly restrictive and he
$.25/page. There are several more proceedings on record prefers to maintain the Microsoft format. Gary reported
and Don will search for any additional proceedings. Cyrus that there have been approximately 8000 hits on the pow-
recommended and the Board agreed that Don proceed ersymp site.
with scanning all the remaining POWID proceedings this
year. Dan Lee has been processing the single large file pro- c1) Power Community on isa.org – Dan Lee has been
duced from each proceedings and producing files compat- creating individual paper .pdf files to provide enhanced
ible with the ISA technical paper data base. ISA has been search options based on the scanned proceedings from
loading these papers into the technical data base. Dan will Don Christopher. Dan maintains a spreadsheet of ISA
present a report later in the meeting. web site issues and resolutions.
Action: Don Christopher to process as many proceedings Action: Dan Lee to continue converting scanned proceed-
as possible this year. ings into individual pdf files per paper.
d) Professional Development –Tom Stevenson, POWID Profes- c2) Social networking, LinkedIn, FaceBook, & others – Alan
sional Development chair, provided a verbal report indicat- Zadiraka prepared an article for the Newsletter on
ing a large drop in PDE’s at the POWID 2009 conference, the Power Division Linked In group which is useful for
per the report presented at the fall EXCOM meeting. posting articles and notices, such as call for papers.
e) Section/Division Liaison – Bob Hubby, POWID Section/Divi- Action: A. Zadiraka to set up Cyrus as an alternate man-
sion liaison, was not in attendance, but plans to provide a ager for the Linked In group.
detailed report in June at POWID. c3) POWID & POWIDTECH list-serves – Cyrus requested
that all EXCOM members login to the POWIDTECH list
8. Communication Committee Reports serve and apply the system to get the system rolling.
a) Newsletter – Dale Evely (POWID newsletter editor) was d) External Marketing – Jason Makansi, external marketing
in attendance through teleconference, and provided a coordinator, was not in attendance, but provided a written
detailed written report. The report defines the role of the report. Jason expressed a concern that the ISA mail and
newsletter editor and the scope of the three newslet- email database was limited to ISA Members, but Rodney
ters. Dale stated that he needs content in a more timely confirmed that the ISA database extended well beyond
fashion. He reported that ISA is doing a good job of the POWID membership. Zeke suggested using LinkedIn
turning around the draft newsletter to the final newsletter. for External Marketing.
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e) ISA Marketing – Jennifer Infantino delivered a presenta- planning meeting was held earlier in the day. A topic of
tion on the ISA Corporate Partnership Program. The discussion was selecting a location for POWID 2011. Three
program objective is to bring a total package available to cities are under consideration: St. Louis, MO; Charlotte,
a limited number of corporate sponsors. GE is a corporate NC; and St. Petersburg. St. Louis has been selected for
partner and will be a corporate sponsor for ISA POWID. the 2011 Spring Leaders meeting and it may save ISA
Zeke inquired whether the corporate sponsors might have some money if POWID were to select the same site for its
influence on ISA programs. Pat Gouhin stated that it is a symposium. ISA staff will be requested to research possible
new program intended to develop over the next several hotels in Charlotte and St. Petersburg and report back to
years. Carol Schafer of ISA is coordinating sales of Cor- the POWID Board.
porate Partnerships. Leo stated that POWID should begin b) EXCOM International Membership – There was a dis-
the business plan for 2011 and should include an ad for cussion of expanding EXCOM to include international
POWID Symposium in InTech. Leo stated that the POWID Members, with the challenge of attendance at EXCOM
business plan should include marketing. meetings.
9. ISA POWID Symposium c) POWID Member Presentation – Don Labbe reported on
a) POWID 2010 Summerlin, NV, 6-10 June 2010– Denny the status of a POWID membership presentation he has
Younie is the general chair for 2010 and Tom Stevenson developed. This PowerPoint presentation was originally
and Tim McCreary are program co-chairs. Tom Stevenson developed for Edson Bortoni to use in Brazil to make ISA
indicated that the abstract response is approaching 60 Members there more aware of the Power Industry Divi-
papers. sion. ISA staff has reviewed the presentation and added
b) POWID 2011, Date and Location TBD. several items. The presentation is intended to provide basic
While Denny Younie has volunteered to be the General information on ISA and POWID to potential members.
Chair in 2011, a volunteer for Program Chair is needed.
13. Time & Date of Next Meeting
The location for the 2011 Symposium has not been
The next meeting of the Power Industry Division Executive Com-
selected yet. There are three options: St. Louis, MO, the
mittee will be held on Sunday, 6 June 2010 from 1-5 p.m. at
location for the 2011 Spring Leaders meeting; Charlotte,
the POWID Symposium in Summerlin, Nevada. Some additional
NC, and the St. Petersburg area. Denny indicated that the
planning meetings will be held that morning. An agenda will be
communication with the hotel is very challenging, due to
distributed about a month before the meeting. There will be an
ISA as the middleman.
ISA Spring Leaders Meeting following the POWID Symposium at
Action: Cyrus seeking a Program Chair for POWID 2011. the same hotel beginning Friday, 11 June.
Action: ISA to perform a hotel search for Charlotte and
St. Petersburg. 14. Adjournment
c) POWID 2012, Date and Location TBD. A motion to adjourn was made by Tom Stevenson and seconded
by Dave Roney. Via voice vote the motion was approved and the
Gary Cohee volunteered for either General Chair or Pro- meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
gram Chair.
10. ISA EXPO Conference/Automation Week
a) Houston TX – 2010 – Gordon McFarland has volunteered
to serve as the Energy Track chair for the 2010 Automa-
tion Week. Gordon under Joe Provansano (Automation
Week program chair) is recruiting session developers for
eight sessions of 1½ hours each. Abstracts are due 16
April.
b) Automation Week – 2011 – Location undefined.
11. Old Business

a) Delhi India POWID Sub-section – Cyrus forwarded to
Peggie Koon, I&S VP, a letter written by Dan Lee last year
discussing the need for ISA to develop a procedure for
international sub-sections. At present there is no written
guideline about this. Cyrus requested that Peggie include
this on the next I&S Department meeting agenda.
b) POWIDTECH List Serve – Cyrus requested that EXCOM
members enroll in the POWIDTECH list serve and post
questions to generate some traffic. Cyrus stated the “Re-
ply All” pick passes responses to the entire list.
c) EPRI co-sponsorship of POWID – Cyrus indicated that the
EPRI name will not be used in the Symposium title, but
there will be a link to EPRI on the powersymp website.
Aaron Hussey indicated that there will be participation by
EPRI in the form of a session developer and their EPRI I&C
Interest Group meeting.
12. New Business
a) Strategic Planning Meeting Summary – A brief strategic
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ISA67 Nuclear Power Plant New members will be voted in by email vote after roster is ad-
justed per item 3.
Standards Committee June 2010
Draft Meeting Minutes 7. Vote on proposed new rule: All
“Any voting member that fails to attend one SP67 com-
Managing Director: Joe Weiss mittee meeting a year and fails to inform the chair that
Chairmen: Bob Queenan they will be absent will be presumed to be non-active and
Vice Chairman: Tim Hurst changed to an information member as of that meeting
Members: ISA SP67 Committee members and without a vote.”
Invited Guests
Staff: None No quorum, so vote could not be taken.
Date/Time: Wednesday, 9 June 2010, Rule will be approved by email vote after roster is adjusted per
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. item 3.
Location: 2010 ISA POWID JW Marriott in
Summerlin, Nevada 8. Liaison Reports:
Distribution: SP67 Mailing List S&P Joe Weiss EXCOM Bob Queenan
IEEE Mike Dougherty NRC David Rahn
Scope EPRI NEI Jerry Voss
To develop standards for automation, instrumentation and controls ANS Ted Quinn
and to maintain, clarify, update, and provide application guidance BWROG PWROG Mike Eidson
on the standards already produced.
9. Subcommittee SP67.01 – Sensors: Bill Barasa
Purpose Met Wednesday
ISA67 is organized to be the focal point in ISA for documenting Reaffirmed in 2007
through standards publications: criteria, standards, practices, and May want to combine with 67-02
procedures related to automation, human factors, and instru- Will work on revision; needs members.
mentation and controls in nuclear power generating stations and
associated industries. 10. Subcommittee SP67.02 – Instrument Tubing:
Klemme Herman
Voting members from the website (* = present for meeting)
Brian Rogers Michael Dougherty* Met Wednesday. Intend to reaffirm as is
C. Tuley* Peter Vande Visse* Consider new revision or combine with SP67.01
Carl Sossman Robert Mann*
Edward Quinn Bob Queenan* 11. Subcommittee SP67.03 – Leak Detection: (Chair
Hukam Garg Robert Webb vacant)l
Ivan Sturman Stephen Sykes
James Redmon Thomas Burton* TSTF working with NRC to revise requirement.
Jerry Voss* Thomas Hokemeyer Withdraw current document – continue to look for a chairman;
John Guider Tim Hurst* needs members.
Joseph Weiss William Brown
Klemme Herman* William Sotos* 12. Subcommittee SP67-04 – Setpoints: Jerry Voss
Marjorie Widmeyer Subcommittee meets tomorrow.
Balloted RP in committee and publically, meeting to resolve com-
1. Call to order: Chair ments & forward RP to S&P
Will reaffirm SP with editorial corrections.
2. Introductions and Welcome: All
Best Wishes to Jennifer Crumpler (2/26/10), and welcome Ellen 13. Subcommittee SP67-06 – Performance Monitoring:
Fussell Policastro. (Chair vacant)
3. Determination of a Quorum: Chair Need to reaffirm (2002).

No quorum, only 11 voting members present. Therefore, no for- Queenan to find committee chair; needs members
mal business can be conducted.
The chair will poll the voting members by email. Those failing to 14. Working Group SP67.16 WG5 – Nuclear Cyber Se-
respond will be converted to information members. curity: Tim Hurst (interim)
4. Review of Previous Minutes: All Joint committee with SP99 met earlier in year – about 40 attendees.
No corrections offered. Met this morning, need to find a chairman.
No quorum, so minutes were not approved. RG 5.71 – no base standard – intent is to reference standard(s)
Minutes will be approved by email vote after roster is adjusted per developed by this committee
item 3. Next virtual meeting ~ Sept, then real meeting at ANS in November
5. Review of Agenda: All 15. Working Group SP67.16 WG6 – Digital PRA: Pending
Insufficient interest to start subcommittee
6. Changes/Additions to Membership: Chair
No quorum, so members could not be added or dropped.
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16. Working Group SP67.16 WG7 – Nuclear Human ISA77 Fossil Fuel Power Plant
Factors: Pending Standards Committee June 2010
Insufficient interest to start subcommittee Draft Meeting Minutes
17. Subcommittee SP67.14 – Quals & Certs for I&C Chairman: Bob Hubby/Daniel Lee
Techs: Inactive Recorder: Daniel Lee
Date/Time: 9 June 2010
Not ANSI, doesn’t need reaffirmed. Leave as is. Location: JW Marriot Hotel, Summerlin Nevada
18. Subcommittee SP67.17 – Fiber Optic Cable Installa- Attendees:

tion: Cancel Members Guests
Daniel Lee (Co-Chair) Edson Bortoni
Cancel subcommittee Bob Hubby (Co-Chair) Xinsheng Lou
James Batug Laura Somak
19. New Business: All Gary Cohee
19a OE30200 - NRC Identification of Pre-Conditioning of Henrik Johansen
Instrument Pressure Switch at Monticello (July 2008 event) Don Labbe
Consider standard on how to test SR equipment, or make Won-Chul Shin
it part of SP67-06. (Mike Eidson) Rich Sommerfield
19b SP100 – wireless for nuclear Cyrus Taft
Will change to a joint working group ASAP. Joe Vavrek
Need to recruit members. (Chair) Allan Zadiraka
19c Web presence
Call to Order
Get a page and list server for each active subcommittee.
The ISA77 Fossil Fuel Power Plant Standards Committee meeting
(Chair)
was called to order at 1:15 p.m.
19d Committee balance/membership MDT by ISA77 Co-Chair, Dan Lee.
Should have a balance between utilities/NSSS/suppliers.
Need to recruit members, in particular utility members. Introduction of Attendees
Virtual meetings? Facebook page? Social networking? Dan asked everyone present to introduce themselves. Dan Lee
(Chair) (Co-Chair) circulated an attendance list for members to sign.
19e Suggest track on Setpoint Control Programs for next
POWID Review & Approve Agenda
TSTF-493 (Chair) The ISA77 Committee meeting agenda was previously distributed
with the meeting announcements. However, hard copies were not
20. Adjourn: Chair available. Dan asked if there were any new items to be discussed
No quorum, so vote could not be taken. Members eventually during the meeting. With no comments, the previously distributed
wandered off. meeting agenda will be followed.
Review & Approve Minutes of Last Meeting

The February 24, 2009 ISA77 committee minutes was distributed
electronically to the ISA77 Committee and hard copies of previous
minutes were available to the attendees. Dan requested if there
were any amendments to the revised February 24, 2010 meeting
minutes held at ISA Headquarters in Research Triangle Park, NC.
With no other comments, Bob Hubby made the motion that the
February 24, 2010 minutes be approved and Gary Cohee sec-
onded the motion. Via voice vote the February 24, 2010 meeting
minutes were approved.
Co-Chair Opening Remarks

Dan reported that Ellen Fussel-Policastro has recently been as-
signed as ISA Standard Administrator for the ISA77 committee.
Ellen has been very busy with the numerous committee ballots and
had done an excellent job in support of ISA77.
Dan reported that during the committee balloting, Ellen found

inconsistencies between the ISA77 listserv database and ISA77
roster. We are not sure how the discrepancy occurred but we have
taken steps to align the listserv with the roster. Since the ISA77
roster has not been reaffirmed in quite some time, Dan reported
that later in June each committee member will be asked to reaf-
firm their intent to remain on the ISA77 committee and to specify
their membership classification as either voting or information.
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Action: Dan to draft memo on ISA77 membership and classifica- for many years and efforts to contact Goray has been unsuccess-
tion for distribution. ful. To maintain an active sub-committee chair, Dan had solicited
a new sub-committee chair but first asked the ISA77 committee
Dan thanks all the ISA77 voting members for returning ballots members present if anyone wanted to be nominated as the new
and comments over the last several months. All toll the commit- ISA77.70.02 sub-committee chair. With no response, Dan made a
tee balloted on seven (7) documents. In review of the returned motion to remove Goray Mookerjee as sub-committee chair and
ballots, there were four (4) voting members who did not return a to nominate Gary Cohee as the new ISA77.70.02 sub-committee
single ballot. Per ISA rules, failure to return committee ballots shall chair. Cyrus seconded the motion. After a short discussion, the
result in a change in status from voting membership to informa- ISA77 committee approved the removal of Goray and the approval
tion membership unless compelling rationale is provided. Dan and of Gary as the new ISA77.70.02 sub-committee chair.
Ellen will contact these individual before changing the member-
ship status. Last, Dan reported that most of the recent document ballots were
approved with a few editorial comments. Rather than holding indi-
Action: Ellen to contact absent voting members and then modify vidual sub-committee meeting, Dan will follow the ISA procedures
committee roster per ISA procedures. for approved comments and have the ISA77 committee respond
to the sub-committee comments. The ISA77 committee responses
Dan reported that if any ISA77 committee member wish to have will be included as an attachment to these minutes for a record.
their picture included on the ISA77 committee web page then, The ISA77 committee will meet tomorrow (06/10/10) to review the
please send your picture to Ellen. Ellen will forward to the appro- documents identified during the following committee report.
priate ISA staff.
Managing Director Opening Remarks
Dan reported that the current ISA77.70 (Instrument Piping Instal- Gordon McFarland was not present and no report was submitted.
lation) has been renumbered as ISA77.70.02 to follow ISA current Dan reported that ISA procedure prohibit the ISA77 chair to be the
numbering convention. Dan report that the current sub-committee ISA77 Managing Director on the S&P board.
chair (Goray Mookerjee) has not been active in ISA77 activities
ISA77 Active Subcommittee Reports
Committee Published Status - (EPR Date) Chair Report

Date
ISA77.10 Turbine Series
ISA77.13 Turbine Steam Bypass Systems 2008 Current Standard Report not required
ISA77.14.01 Steam Turbine Controls Draft (2010 Q4) Jeff Schleis was not in attendance. Dan reported that this
standard has passed ISA77 committee and public review.
One balloter issued multiple comments which will be
review in tomorrow’s meeting.
ISA77.20 Plant-wide Series
ISA77.20.01 Fossil Power 2005 In Reaffirmation Alex Lekich was not in attendance. Dan reported that
Plant Simulators (2011 Q1) there is one (1) disapproval vote and comments from four
(4) ballots. Dan will forward these comments to Alex for
sub-committee resolution.
ISA77.22.01 Power Plant Automation New Standard Henrik Johansen was in attendance and reported that
(2011 Q4) the ISA77.22.01 committee held one physical meeting
in February. Work is progressing in developing a second
draft The committee plans to meet tomorrow and will
hold future teleconference meetings. A physical meeting
at the Automation Week will be determined later.
ISA77.40 Boiler Series
TR 77.40.01 Functional Diagramming Draft (2011 Q1) Daniel Lee reported that the ISA77.40 Working Group’s
committee chair has not made any progress on moving
this technical report forward.
ISA77.41.01 Boiler Combustion Controls 2005 In Reaffirmation Gordon McFarland was not in attendance. Dan reported
(2010 Q4) that there was one (1) disapproved vote but, that Gordon
has resolved the committer concern and now has all
approval votes. Five (5) balloters submitted comments
which will be reviewed in tomorrow’s meeting.
Dan reported that after the comments have been resolved
the ISA77.41.01 will have to go out for public ballot.
ISA77.42.01 Feedwater Control 2006 Current Standard Report not required
– Drum Type
TR77.42.02 Feedwater Controls 2009 Current Technical Report not required.
– Drum Level Measurement Report
ISA77.43.01 Unit Plant Demand 2008 Current Standard Report not required
Development
ISA77.44.01 Steam Temperature Controls 2007 Current Standard Report not required
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Committee Published Status - (EPR Date) Chair Report
Date
ISA77.60 HMI Series
ISA77.60.02 Alarms 2005 In Reaffirmation Bob Hubby was in attendance. Bob reported that this
(2010 Q4) recommended practice has been approved by ISA77
committee ballot with comment from four (4) balloters.
Bob has prepared resolution to these comments which
will be reviewed in tomorrow’s meeting. Upon resolution
of the comments, the reaffirmation process will be finished.
ISA77.60.04 CRT Displays 2008 Current Standard Report not required
RP77.60.05 Task Analysis 2007 Current Standard Report not required
ISA77.70 Instrument Series
ISA77.70 – Instrument Piping Standards 2005 In Reaffirmation Dan reported that this standard has been approved by
(2010 Q4) the ISA77 committee with comments from three (3)
balloters. These comments will be reviewed in tomorrow’s
meeting. Upon resolution of the comments, the
reaffirmation process will be finished.
TR-77. 70.01– Tracking and Controlling Draft 2 Jody Damron was not in attendance. Dan reported that
Instrument Documentation in (2010 Q4) this technical report was issued for ISA77 committee
Fossil Power Plants and public ballot and there was one (1) disapproval vote
and comments from five (5) balloters. Laura Somak
reported that resolution of the negative vote has been
resolved but it was unclear if the balloter has formally
resubmitted a positive vote. All comments will be
reviewed in tomorrow’s meeting. Bob Hubby volunteered
to confirm the approval of the single disapproval vote for
the record. Upon completion of the comments, this
technical report will have finished its balloting process.
The ISA77 committee thanked Laura (and Jody) for their

work in preparing this document. Laura informed the
ISA77 committee that she will present the final system to
the committee at tomorrow’s meeting.
ISA77.80 Post Combustion Series
ISA77.82.01 – SCR Instrumentation and Draft 8f Cyrus Taft was present and reported that ISA77.82.01
Controls Standard (2010 Q4) has passed ISA77 committee and public balloting with
only one (1) comment. This comment will be reviewed
at tomorrow’s meeting. Upon the resolution of the
comment, this standard will have finished it balloting
process.
Action: Dan will inform the ISA77 sub-committee chair of any NFPA 85 F2010 (last cycle F06, F03) [BCS-AAC]
future tasks based upon the ISA77 committee responses to the Final date for TCC ROC June 18, 2010
approved comments. ROC Published and Posted August 27, 2010
Intent to make motion (ITMAM) closing October 22, 2010
Action: Bob will confirm the single outstanding approval vote is Issuance of standard - NO controversy January 28, 2011
recorded for ISA77.70.0. (published bit later) 2011 edition date
NFPA WSCE Meeting with NITMAM June 4-9, 2011
Liaison Reports Issuance of Standard – with controversy July 29, 2011
ISA5.1 Sub-Committee – Dan Lee reported that the ISA5.1-2009 (published bit later) 2012 edition date
edition is available on the ISA standards web site and that the
ISA5.1 committee has not met recently. IEEE – Cyrus Taft stated that he was not aware of any related
IEEE activities.
IEC TC65 Technical Advisory Group – Dave Roney was not pres-
ent and no report was submitted. ASME – Cyrus Taft reported that a new PTC 75 has been issued
on Ramp Rate. This document may be useful as a reference
NFPA 85 – Dan Lee reported that the NFPA 85 committees have document for a new ISA77 document on Performance of Process
met to review public and committee comments and has balloted Control Systems.
on the committee’s responses. The Report on Comments has been
issued. The following is the key cycle dates; ISA TR84.00.05 – Jerry Gilman was not present and no report
was submitted. Dan reported that this technical report has been
completed and is published by ISA. The document can be pur-
chased from the ISA web site.
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ISA101 - Bob Hubby was present and reported that ISA101 com-
mittee has been meeting and that the committee work is only be-
ginning. Bob has read the recent draft with includes alarms within
the scope. Bob will find out if this scope overlaps the ISA18.2
committee scope.
VGB - Henrik Johansen was present and had no new information

to report.
ISA106. - Dan reported that a new ISA standard committee was

formed to write a technical report on State Base Control. This
control method is similar to the proposed State Transition Diagram
discussed in the Plant Automation sub-committee (ISA77.22.01).
Members of this new committee are mostly representing the
process industry. Dan reported that the committee is interested in
obtaining new members from the power industry. Several ISA77
members present expressed interested in being information mem-
bers on this new committee.
Action: Dan to forward contact information to the new ISA106

committee.
Old Business
a) ISA77 CD Compilation - Dan reported that no further
activities have occurred on this topic. Currently, ISA has no
current plans to update the ISA77 standards CD.
a. ISA77 Committee Revised Scope and Purpose: Dan
report that the ISA77 revised scope and purpose bal-
loting was closed on February 18 and that the motion
to revise the ISA77 scope and purpose has passed. The
motion has been forward to the S&P Board for their
approval. The S&P Board is scheduled to meet at the
next Leadership meeting to be held next week in Sum-
merlin Nevada.
b. Evaluating the Performance of Process Control Systems
(TC65B WG6): Dan reported that due to the numerous
ISA77 committee ballots, this topic was put on hold.
This topic will be discussed during our next October
meeting.
Action: Dan Lee will solicit input from ISA77 committee members
before the next October meeting.
New Business:
a) Confirm ISA77 Subcommittee - As noted in the Chair
opening remarks, an email will be issued to the updated
listserv database to confirm membership on ISA77 and the
members’ classification.
Time & Date of Next Meeting

Dan reported that the next ISA77 committee meeting is scheduled
to be on Tuesday October 5 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. at the Westin
Galleria Hotel in Houston TX. The sub-committees will meet on
Tuesday morning (10/05/10) and if necessary on Wednesday
morning (10/06/10). The committee meetings and times will be
determine and posted later.
Adjournment
Dan asked for a motion to adjourn. Bob Hubby motioned to
adjourn the ISA77 committee meeting. Allan Zadiraka seconded
the motion and via voice vote the ISA77 committee meeting was
adjourned at 2:15 p.m.
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11. Old Business

3. Determination of a Quorum: Chair Need to reaffirm (2002).

18. Subcommittee SP67.17 – Fiber Optic Cable Installa- Attendees:

Review & Approve Minutes of Last Meeting

Co-Chair Opening Remarks

Dan reported that during the committee balloting, Ellen found

ISA77 Active Subcommittee Reports

Committee Published Status - (EPR Date) Chair Report

The ISA77 committee thanked Laura (and Jody) for their

VGB - Henrik Johansen was present and had no new information

ISA106. - Dan reported that a new ISA standard committee was

Action: Dan to forward contact information to the new ISA106

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