Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : EC3304 : Process Control { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Umesh Chandra Pati
Syllabus
INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS CONTROL: A Process Control System, Important terms and the objectives of Automatic Process Control, Transmission Signals, Control Strategies MATHEMATICAL TOOLS: Deviation variables, Linearization of functions of one variable, Linearization of functions of two or more variables FIRST-ORDER DYNAMIC SYSTEM: Thermal Process, Dead time, Level process, Response of first-order processes HIGHER-ORDER DYNAMIC SYSTEMS: Tanks in series – Noninteracting systems, Interacting systems, Thermal process, Response of higher order systems BASIC COMPONENTS OF CONTROL SYSTEM: Sensors and Transmitter, Control Valves, Feedback controllers (P, PI, PID) DESIGN OF SINGLE-LOOP FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS: Feedback control loop, Stability of the control loop, Tuning of feedback controllers, Synthesis of feedback controllers.
Course Objectives
- To enable the students understand and analyse different aspects of industrial processes.
Course Outcomes
A graduate should be able to model and analyse first order and higher order, design of P, PI and PID controllers and design of single loop feedback control system.
Essential Reading
- C. A. Smith & A. B. Corripio, Principles and Practice of Automatic Process Control, John Wiley
- B.W. Bequette, Process Control: Modeling, Design and Simulation, PHI
Supplementary Reading
- E. Seborg, T. F. Edgar and D. A. Mellichamp, Process Dynamics and Control, John Wiley and Sons
- W. L. Luyben and M. L. Luyben, Essentials of Process Control, McGraw-Hill International Edition