B.Tech Chemical Engineering

CL 303     Process Control and Instrumentation     3-1-0-8

Syllabus: First principles model development; dynamics of first, second and higher order linear systems, open loop and closed loop systems; linearization; feedback control; stability; root locus diagram; frequency response analysis; Bode stability criterion; Nyquist stability criterion. Design of controller; dynamics of some complex processes; control valves and introduction to real time computer control of process equipment; cascade, feed forward, adaptive control, ratio control. Introduction to advance control strategies; Introduction to process instrumentation Process Flow Diagram (PFD), Actuators: Pneumatic Valve, Hydraulic actuator, Electric actuator; Sensors: Temperature Measuring Devices, Pressure Measuring Devices; Flow Measuring Devices.

Texts:

1. D. R. Coughanowr, and S. E. LeBlanc, Process Systems Analysis and Control, 3^rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2009.

2. G. Stephanopoulos, Chemical Process Control: An Introduction to Theory and Practice, Prentice-Hall, 1984.

References:

1. L. Luyben, Process Modelling Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers, 2^nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1990.

2. C. D. Johnson, Process Control Instrumentation Technology, 8^th Edition, Pearson Education, 2005.