Process Dynamics and Control

Learning Outcomes:  

The course’s aim is to introduce students to the fundamental principles and calculations on processes’ dynamics and control, and to comprehend:

• the dynamics of physical and chemical processes
• the mathematical formulation of these dynamics and the Laplace transformation technique
• the transfer functions and responses of physical and chemical processes
• the control systems and the block diagrams
• the transient responses and the stability of closed-loop systems

General Skills:

Autonomous work.
Course Content:
1. Introductory concepts
2. Modelling of process dynamics – Laplace transformations and partial fractions
3. Response of first order systems
4. Response of systems of higher orders
5. The control system
6. Closed loop transfer functions
7. Transient responses of control systems
8. Stability

Suggested Bibliography: 

1. Class material.
2. Process Systems Analysis and Control, Donald R Coughanowr and Steven E. LeBlanc