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Fourth Year
Units 4
Fourth Year - Process Control Theoretical 2hr/week
Tutorial 1hr/week
Practical 2hr/week
1. Control Systems
Feedback control, Feed-forward Control, Ratio Control, Cascade Control, Adaptive Control,
Selective Control Systems.
(4 hrs)
2. Linear Closed Loop Systems
The Control System, Controllers and Final Control Elements, Block Diagram of Chemical
reactor Control System, Overall Closed-Loop Transfer Functions.
(8 hrs)
3. Characteristics of the Closed Loop System
Transient Response of Simple Control Systems, Stability.
(6 hrs)
4. Stability analysis Frequency Response Methods
Determination the roots of equation, Routh’s Method
(4 hrs)
5. Frequency Response Methods
Introduction to Frequency Response, Bode Diagrams, Control System Design by Frequency
Response, Ziegler-Nichols Controller Settings.
(8 hrs)
References
1. D.R. Coughanowr and S. LeBlanc, Process Systems Analysis and Control, McGraw-
Hill, 3nd edition, 2008.
3. Luyben W. L., Process Modeling, Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers,
McGraw-Hill, New York, 2nd Ed., 1990.