Description

The purpose of this book is to convey to undergraduate students an
understanding of those areas of process control that all chemical
engineers need to know. The presentation is concise, readable and
restricted to only essential elements. The methods presented have been
successfully applied in industry to solve real problems. Analysis of
closed loop dynamics in the time, Laplace, frequency and sample-data
domains are covered. Designing simple regulatory control systems for
multivariable processes is discussed. The practical aspects of process
control are presented sizing control valves, tuning controllers,
developing control structures and considering interaction between plant
design and control. Practical simple identification methods are covered.