Courses Syllabus ---Fall 2015

ChE (462/401) - Chemical Process Dynamics and Control (Total Credits: 3)

(EECE Department, Washington University)
Topics: steady and unsteady-state behavior of chemical processes; fundamental feedback and
feedfoward control strategies; modern control theory and applications; process modeling and
problem solving with Excel, MATLAB and Simulink.
Objectives: after taking this course, students should be able to: 1) understand and apply process
control theory; 2) develop and resolve models for chemical processes; 3) analyze and regulate the
process dynamics; 4) learn MATLAB programming skills.
Class Day/Time
Classroom
Help session
Computer Lab

910 MWF
Simon Hall 023 M-W-F
Whitaker / 216 (7 8 pm, Tuesdays)
Urbauer 222

Professor Name
Office
E-mail
Office Hours

Yinjie Tang
Brauer Hall, Room 1025
yinjie.tang@seas.wustl.edu
10:0011:00 Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Teaching Assistant

Charles Johnson; Email: cbjohnson@wustl.edu; Brauer Hall 3044

Tolutola Oyetunde; Email: toyetunde@wustl.edu ; Brauer Hall 1042
11:002:00 pm (Charles, Wednesday); 1:004:00 pm (Tola, Thursday)

TA Office hours:
Grading:

Midterm 1
Midterm 2
Midterm 3
Final
Homework (7+2)
Lab project (1)
Total

Homework
Exams

You need to turn in your HW during the class on due date.

Projects

You will have one computer project on process dynamics, optimization and
Simulink. You may receive up to 5% bonus points for your outstanding
project answers.

Letter grades:

Score 90 A(A-, A, A+); 80 B(B-, B, B+); 70 C(C-, C,C+); 60 D

Integrity Policies:

All students must adhere to high standards of academic integrity.

Textbooks:

Seborg/Edgar/Mellichamp/Doyle. Process Dynamics and Control (John

Wiley & Sons) (3rd Edition)
http://users.seas.wustl.edu/tang/

Web site:

10 %
15 %
20 %
30 %
10 %
15 %
100%

You will have four exams (~1 hr). All exams will be open book and open notes.
You can also use your calculator in the exam.

Course Schedule (2015)

Class Date

Topics

Reading

Assignments

Part 1: Simon Hall 023

Aug 24
Aug 26
Aug 28
Aug 31
Sept 1
Sept 2
Sept 4
Sept 7
Sept 9
Sept 11&14
Sept 16
Sept 18, 21
Sept 23 & 25
Sept 28 & 30
Oct 2
Oct 5&7
Oct 9
Oct 12
Oct 14
Oct 16

Introduction
Chapter 1
Instrumentation and Safety
9&10
Process Modeling
Chapter 2
Process Modeling
Chapter 2
Evening session starts (Whitaker 216)
Laplace Transform
Chapter 3
HW1 due on Sept 4
Laplace Transform
Chapter 3
No Class (Labor Day)
Laplace Transform
Chapter 3/4
Transfer Functions and Linearization
Chapter 4
HW2 due on Sept 14
Midterm Exam 1
Chapter 1,2,3,4,9,10
Process Dynamics
Chapters 5
Process Dynamics
Chapter 6,7
HW3 due on Sept 25
Empirical Models
Chapter 6,7
PID Control
Chapter 8
Block Diagram
Chapter 8/11
HW4 due on Oct 2
Block Diagram/Stability
Chapter 11
Midterm Exam 2
Chapter 5,6,7,8,11 HW5 due on Oct 9
Guest speaker (Bob Heider):
Process Instrument
Fall Break

Oct 19&21
Oct 23 & 26

Stability of Systems/Tuning
Chapter 11&12
Controller Strategies/ Frequency
Chapter 13&14
HW6 due on Oct 23
response
Advanced Control
Chapter 14&15
Advanced Control
Chapter 15&16
HW7 due on Nov 2
Last Evening session
Midterm Exam 3
Chapter 11~16
No help sessions in classroom. We will help you in the computer room.

Oct 28 & 30
Nov 2
Nov 3
Nov 4
Nov 10~ Dec 1

Part 2: Computer Laboratory (Nov 6 ~ Nov 30, Urbauer 222)

Nov 6 and 9
Nov 11,13&16
Nov 18, 20
Nov 23
Nov 30
Nov 24~29

MATLAB review and ODE solver

Simulink
Optimization/Parameter Estimation
PDE solver and Network Modeling
Synthetic Biology Modeling
Thanksgiving Holiday

Class website
HW 8 Due on Nov 13
Chapter 24
No classes

HW 9 Due on Nov 30

Final Week (Simon Hall 023)

Dec 2
Dec 4
Dec 7
Dec 10
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Review
Final Exam
Final Project Due
I will assign your final grades.

Turn your project to TAs

If you cannot take an exam, please talk to your teacher in advance for rescheduling.