On October 22, 2025, the Institute of Information Engineering, Automation, and Mathematics (FCHPT STU) hosted a professional seminar titled “Process Control: A Practical View from the Chemical Industry.” The lecture was delivered in a hybrid format by Dr. Krister Forsman from Perstorp Group (Sweden) and NTNU (Norway). The seminar was organized for students of Theory of Automatic Control I and III, as well as for master’s students in Cybernetics, providing them with an industrial perspective on advanced process control.
Dr. Forsman illustrated how classical multivariable control concepts—such as cascade control, ratio control, and feedforward control—are applied in real chemical processes. He also discussed practical aspects of PID tuning that are rarely covered in textbooks, supported by examples from his long industrial experience. Krister Forsman obtained his PhD from Linköping University in constructive commutative algebra for the analysis of nonlinear systems. He previously worked at ABB (1994–2003) on paper machine control and has been a process control specialist at Perstorp Specialty Chemicals since 2005. Since 2012, he also serves as an adjunct professor at NTNU.
The seminar offered students concise, practice-oriented insight into how theoretical control principles are implemented and adapted in the chemical industry.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon under grant no. 101079342 (Fostering Opportunities Towards Slovak Excellence in Advanced Control for Smart Industries).
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