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| Introduction To Process Control | |
| Introduction to Process Control | |
| Representative Process Control Problems | |
| Illustrative Example | |
| Classification of Process Control Strategies | |
| A More Complicated Example--A Distillation Column | |
| The Hierarchy of Process Control Activities | |
| An Overview of Control System Design | |
| Theoretical Models of Chem... MORE | |
| The Rationale for Process Modeling | |
| General Modeling Principles | |
| Degrees of Freedom Analysis | |
| Dynamic Models of Representative Processes | |
| Solution of Dynamic Models and the Use of Digital Simulators | |
| Dynamic Behavior Of Processes | |
| Laplace Transforms | |
| The Laplace Transform of Representative Functions | |
| Solution of Differential Equations by Laplace Transform Techniques | |
| Partial Fraction Expansion | |
| Other Laplace Transform Properties | |
| A Transient Response Example | |
| Transfer Function and State-Space Models | |
| Illustrative Example: A Continuous Blending System | |
| Transfer Functions of Complicated Models | |
| Properties of Transfer Functions | |
| Linearization of Nonlinear Models | |
| Dynamic Behavior of First-Order and Second-Order Processes | |
| Standard Process Inputs | |
| Response of First-Order Processes | |
| Response of Integrating Processes | |
| Response of Second-Order Processes | |
| Dynamic Response Characteristics of More Complicated Processes | |
| Poles and Zeros and Their Effect on Process Response | |
| Processes with Time Delays | |
| Approximation of Higher-Order Transfer Functions | |
| Interacting and Noninteracting Processes | |
| State-Space and Transfer Function Matrix Models | |
| Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) Processes | |
| Development of Empirical Dynamic Models from Process Data | |
| Model Development Using Linear or Nonlinear Regression | |
| Methods for Fitting First-Order and Second-Order Models Using Step Tests | |
| Neural Network Models. Development of Discrete-Time Dynamic Models. Identifying Discrete-Time Models from Experimental Data | |
| Control System Design Analysis | |
| Feedback Controllers | |
| Introduction | |
| Basic Control Modes | |
| Features of PID Controllers | |
| On-Off Controllers | |
| Typical Responses of Feedback Control Systems | |
| Digital Versions of PID Controllers | |
| Control System Instrumentation | |
| Sensors, Transmitters, and Transducers | |
| Final Control Elements | |
| Signal Transmission and Digital Communication | |
| Accuracy in Instrumentation | |
| Process Safety and Process Control | |
| Layers of Protection | |
| Alarm Management | |
| Abnormal Event Detection | |
| Risk Assessment | |
| Dynamic Behavior and Stability of Closed-Loop Control Systems | |
| Block Diagram Representation | |
| Closed-Loop Transfer Functions | |
| Closed Loop Responses of Simple Control Systems | |
| Stability Criteria | |
| Pole-Zero Diagrams | |
| PID Controller Design, Tuning, and Troubleshooting | |
| Introduction | |
| The Influence of Process Design on Process Control | |
| Model-Based Design Methods | |
| Controller Tuning Relations | |
| On-Line Controller Tuning | |
| Guidelines for Common Control Loops | |
| Troubleshooting Control Loops | |
| Control at the Process Unit Level | |
| Degrees of Freedom for Process Control | |
| Selection of Controlled, Manipulated, and Measured Variables | |
| Case Studies | |
| Frequency Response Analysis and Control System Design | |
| Sinusoidal Forcing of a First-Order Process | |
| Sinusoidal Forcing of an nth-Order Process | |
| Bode Diagrams | |
| Frequency Response Characteristics of Feedback Controllers | |
| Bode Stability Criterion | |
| Gain and Phase Margins | |
| Feedforward and Ratio Control | |
| Introduction to Feedforward Control | |
| Ratio Control | |
| Feedforward Controller Design Based on Steady-State Models | |
| Controller Design Based on Dynamic Models | |
| The Relationship Between the Steady-State and Dynamic Design Methods | |
| Configurations for Feedforward-Feedback Control | |
| Tuning Feedforward Controllers | |
| Advanced Process Control | |
| Enhanced Single-Loop Control Strategies | |
| Cascade Control | |
| Time-Delay Compensation | |
| Inferential Control | |
| Selective Control/Override Systems | |
| Nonlinear Control Systems | |
| Adaptive Control Systems | |
| Digital Sampling, Filtering, and Control | |
| Sampling and Signal Reconstruction | |
| Signal Processing and Data Filtering | |
| z-Transform Analysis for Digital Control | |
| Digital PID and Related Controllers | |
| Direct Synthesis for Design of Digital Controllers | |
| Minimum Variance Control | |
| Multiloop and Multivariable Control | |
| Process Interactions and Control Loop Interactions | |
| Pairing of Controlled and Manipulated Variables | |
| Singular Value Analysis | |
| Tuning of Multiloop PID Control Systems | |
| Decoupling and Multivariable Control Strategies | |
| Strategies for Reducing Control Loop Interactions | |
| Real-Time Optimization | |
| Basic Requirements in Real-Time Optimization | |
| The Formulation and Solution of RTO Problems | |
| Unconstrained Optimization | |
| Linear Programming | |
| Quadratic Programming/Nonlinear Programming | |
| Model Predictive Control | |
| Overview of Model Predictive Control | |
| Predictions for SISO Models | |
| Predictions for MIMO Models | |
| Model Predictive Control Calculations | |
| Set-Point Calculations | |
| Selection of Design and Tuning Parameters | |
| Implementation of MPC | |
| Process Monitoring | |
| Traditional Monitoring Techniques | |
| Quality Control Charts | |
| Extensions of Statistical Process Control | |
| Multivariate Statistical Techniques | |
| Control Performance Monitoring | |
| Batch Process Control | |
| Batch Control Systems | |
| Sequential and Logic Control | |
| During the Batch Control | |
| Applications To Biological Systems | |
| Biosystems Control Design | |
| Dynamics and Control of Biological Systems | |
| Digital Process Control Systems: Hardware and Software | |
| Review of Thermodynamics Concepts for Conservation Equations | |
| Control Simulation Software | |
| Instrumentation Symbols | |
| Process Control Modules | |
| Review of Basic Concepts from Probability and Statistics | |
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