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CeraPID

CeraPID assesses every PID loop in the plant and tunes the ones that need it. It calculates loop-health KPIs from historian data, diagnoses valve and configuration problems, identifies a process model from bump tests and delivers model-based tuning with an agreed speed of response.

Kc · Ti · Tdin your DCS's PID form
λ chosenclosed-loop speed set per loop
Time in autothe KPI that proves it stuck
What it does

CeraPID, explained.

Most 'tuning problems' are not tuning problems. Stiction, over-sized valves, aggressive filters and loops left in manual undermine control long before the controller gains matter. CeraPID separates those causes with data before proposing new parameters.

Tuning itself is model-based: a first-order-plus-dead-time or integrating model fitted to a step or relay test, then lambda (IMC) tuning where the closed-loop time constant is a deliberate choice, not a guess.

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What Cerasus provides

Key features

Plant-wide loop audit

Time in normal mode, oscillation index, variability, saturation and valve travel for every loop, ranked by process impact.

Valve diagnostics

Stiction and hysteresis detection from PV/OP patterns; over-sizing and positioner faults flagged.

Model identification

FOPDT / SOPDT / integrating model fit from bump, step or relay tests, with fit quality.

Tuning calculators

Lambda / IMC, SIMC and Ziegler–Nichols families for PI/PID in the DCS vendor's form (ideal, series, parallel).

Simulation & what-if

Closed-loop response preview for setpoint and disturbance before parameters are written.

Tuning records

Per-loop record of model, parameters, response and before/after KPIs for MOC and audit.

How it works

Workflow, step by step

Assess

Import historian data; compute loop KPIs and rank loops.

Diagnose

Separate valve, configuration and tuning causes.

Identify & tune

Run a bump test, fit a model, choose λ, compute parameters.

Verify

Compare before/after variability and time in auto.

Application screens

A glimpse of CeraPID

Screens from the current build. Click any image to open it full size.

CeraPID application screen 1
Dashboard — plant-wide loop health
CeraPID application screen 2
Loops grid — every loop ranked and filtered
CeraPID application screen 3
Loop analysis — FC-801 model fit and tuning
Standards & references

Standards this technology follows

ISA-75.25.01 / .02Control-valve response measurement and testing
IEC 60534Industrial-process control valves
ISA-51.1Process instrumentation terminology
ISA-5.1Instrumentation symbols and identification
API RP 554Process control systems (Parts 1–3)
EnTech / Fisher guidelinesValve dynamic performance specifications
Editions & outputs

What you get

  • Windows standalone and web standalone editions
  • Historian connectors (OPC UA, PI, IP.21, CSV)
  • Loop audit report and ranked loop list
  • Valve diagnostic report
  • Tuning record per loop
  • Before / after performance comparison
Why Cerasus

Built by practitioners, to the standards

200+ years of cumulative plant experienceA team that has operated major refineries and petrochemical plants, led by a chemical engineer with 35+ years in industry.
Certified leadershipTÜV-certified HAZOP Leader, CCPSC (AIChE/CCPS) and IEC 61508/61511 Functional Safety Engineer.
Global reach, Doha-basedCerasus Technologies QFZ LLC — registered in the Qatar Free Zones, with reach across geographical locations around the world.
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Tell us about the unit and the problem.

Send a short brief — plant, service of interest and what you need to achieve — and a Cerasus engineer will respond with a proposed scope and next steps.

Prefer email or phone? sales@cerasus.ai · +974 5506 2743