Chemical Process Dynamics and Control

4 credits

Examination of dynamic linear and linearized models of chemical processes. Stability analysis. Design of PID controllers. Selection of control and manipulated variables. Root locus, Bode, and Nyquist plots. Cascade, feed-forward and ratio controls. Prerequisites: admission to the major; CENG 15 or MAE 8 or NANO 15, and CENG 100, CENG 101B, CENG 113, and MATH 20D. Restricted to majors CE 25, NA 25, MC 25, MC 27, MC 28, MC 29.