Chemical Engineering Department

King Saud University

CHE 521: Advance Topics in Process Control

COURSE OUTLINE

(A) Review of undergraduate topics

1. Introduction
Control system examples
Control system elements
Reasons for control
What does control engineer
Control implementation
2. SISO Linear system analysis
Linearization
Laplace Transform
First order systems
Second order systems
Transfer function and Block diagram
3. PID controllers
Single loop feedback block diagram
Closed-loop transfer function
PID control algorithm
Closed-Loop analysis
Stability analysis
Tuning methods

(B) Advanced Topics

4. Improvements of single loop PID controller
Cascade control
Feedforward control
Ratio control
Split range control
Selective control
Infrential control
5. Multi-loops control
Process interaction analysis, RGA
Controller pairing based on RGA
Controller pairing based on SVD
Decoupling control systems
Control structure design, NRGA, SVD, SSDA
Tuning of Multi-loop control
6. Multivariable control Analysis
State space analysis
Stability
Controllability
Observability
Realization
7. Multivariable control design
 Feedback regulator control
Observer design
Observer-based Control
8. Optimal control principles
First Variation Calculus
Optimality conditions
The minimum effort control
The regulator control
The tracker control
9. Digital control implementation
10. Process identification
11. Advanced Control strategies
IMC
Adaptive
Fuzzy Logic
MPC
GLC

Grading Policy
Homework, assignments 10%
Mid term Exam 20%
Term Project 30%
Final Exam 40%

References:
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3. Astrom, K. and Hagglund, T., PID Controllers: Theory, Design
and Tuning, ISA, NC, USA, 1995.
4. Luyben, W.,Process Modeling, Simulation and Control for
Chemical Engineers, McGraw Hill, New York, 1990.
5. Smith, C. and Corripio, A., Principles and Practice of
Automatic Process Control, Wiley & sons, New York, 1997.
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7. Stephanopoulos, G., Chemical Process Control: An Introduction
to Theory and Practice, Prentice Hall, 1984.
8. Deshpande, P., Multivariable Process Control, ISA, NC, USA,
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