Process Dynamics and Control

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: CHE 343 and CHE 344. Minimum grade requirement of “C-” for enforced prerequisite. (3 credits) Introduction to process control in chemical engineering. Control architecture design, notation, and implementation. Mathematical modeling and analysis of open-loop and closed-loop process dynamics. Applications to the control of level, flow, heat exchangers, reactors, and elementary multivariable systems. Optimization and model predictive control.