Course Objectives

• The main objective of the course is to improve the participants' understanding of process control systems.

Course Outline

Introduction.

• Importance of process control.
• Setting control objectives & identifying control variables.
• Selecting manipulating variables.
• Components of process control loops.
• How control loops operate?

Modeling for process control.

• Modeling aspects for control purposes.
• Development of mathematical models.

Open-loop dynamics of chemical processes.

• Dynamics and examples of first order systems.
• Dynamics and examples of second order systems.
• Higher order systems.

Feedback control systems.

• Elements of feedback control systems.
• Construction of block diagrams.
• Proportional control action.
• Integral control action.
• Derivative control action.
• Composite control action.

Frequency response techniques.

Design of control systems.

• Level, flow and temperature controllers.
• Control system for heat exchanger.
• Control system for distillation column.
• Control system for mixing process.
• Reactor control system.

Advanced control systems.

• Computer control systems.
• Inferential control systems.
• Multivariable control systems.
• Adaptive control systems.
• Mistakes and Misrepresentations
• Impracticability of Performance
• Remedies Generally
• Types of Remedies
• Liquated damages
• Warranties

Who Can Benefit?

• Chemist
• Chemical
• Petroleum Engineers