A real-time programming language and its processor for digital control of industrial processes

Abstract

The acceptance of digital control for large scale industrial processes, such as chemical, refining, power, and material processing is a step towards total automation and a further improvement in control system performance. Process control oriented programming languages provide a control engineer with means to learn and hence set up, modify, and operate a control system with ease. They eliminate the complication of involving a programmer, who generally has little knowledge about process control engineering. The result is a reduction in time and dollars for digital control system generation.