Process Control

4 Units

Theoretical and practical aspects of feedback control of chemical processes, with a comprehensive, team-based design project integrating these concepts. The course involves extensive use of computer software with exams taken using the computer. Topics include: hardware design and implementation, derivation of unsteady-state mathematical models of simple chemical processes and instrumentation, dynamic simulation of linear and nonlinear models using time domain and Laplace transform methods, design of PID feedback controllers, feed-forward and cascade control. LabVIEW training covers programming basics, interfacing to a data acquisition system and instrumentation, incorporating control algorithms, and simulating dynamic systems. Prereq or Coreq: ( MATH 224 or MATH 228 ) and ECHE 260 .