Advanced Process

Control
Course Objectives:
The main objective of the course is to improve the participants' understanding of process control
systems.

Course Outline:
Introduction.

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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.

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Modeling aspects for control purposes.

Development of mathematical models.

Open-loop dynamics of chemical processes.

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Dynamics & examples of first order systems.

Dynamics & examples of second order systems.
Higher order systems.

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Elements of feedback control systems.

Construction of block diagrams.
Proportional control action.
Integral control action.
Derivative control action.
Composite control action.

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Level, flow & temperature controllers.

Control system for heat exchanger.
Control system for distillation column.
Control system for mixing process.
Reactor control system.

Feedback control systems.

Frequency response techniques.

Design of control systems.

Advanced control systems.

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Computer control systems.

Inferential control systems.
Multivariable control systems.
Adaptive control systems.

Who Can Benefit?

Suitable candidates are Engineers and Technologists working in the field of automatic
control in the process industries with fundamental knowledge in mathematics.