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BEIE303L Process Dynamics and Control L T P C
3 0 0 3
Pre-requisite BEIE201L, BEIE201P, BEEE303L, BEEE303P Syllabus version
1.0
Course Objectives
1. Understand the process dynamics through mathematical modelling.
2. Solving control and instrumentation problems for continuous or batch processes.
3. Identify suitable advanced control strategies for industrial processes.
Course Outcomes
On the completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Develop mathematical model of various physical processes using first principles.
2. Analyze the characteristics of various control actions and controller tuning methods.
3. Analyze the control valve characteristics and valve sizing.
4. Design and implement various advanced control schemes for industrial processes.
5. Develop a control strategy for a process involving multiple variables and constraints.
Module:1 Process Dynamics 9 hours
Need for process control; Mathematical model of Processes; Interacting and non-interacting
systems; Self-regulation; Continuous and batch processes; Lumped and distributed
parameter models; Degrees of freedom; Servo and regulatory operations; Linearization;
Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) of control loops.
Module:2 Controller Actions 5 hours
Characteristic of controllers: ON-OFF, proportional, integral, derivative, P+I, P+D and P+I+D
modes; Practical forms of PID Controller; PID Implementation issues; Bumpless transfer;
Reset windup; Derivative kick; Selection of control modes for different processes.
Module:3 PID controller Tuning 6 hours
Evaluation criteria: IAE, ISE, ITAE, quarter decay ratio; Tuning Methods: Process reaction
curve (Cohen-Coon), Ziegler-Nichols method, damped oscillation method, Auto tuning;
Digital PID controller: Position, velocity form.
Module:4 Final Control Elements 8 hours
Final control elements: I/P converter, Pneumatic and electric actuators, Control valve
terminology; Characteristic of Control Valves: Inherent, Installed; Valve positioner; Valve
body; Commercial valve bodies; Control valve sizing; ISA S 75.01 standard flow equations
for sizing Control Valves; Cavitation and flashing; Valve selection criteria.
Module:5 Control Loop Enhancement 4 hours
Cascade control; Feed-forward control; Ratio control; Inferential control; Split-range;
Adaptive Control.
Module:6 Model-Based Control Schemes 7 hours
Smith Predictor Control Scheme; Internal Model Controller: IMC PID controller, predictive
controller, MPC schemes; Multi-loop control schemes.
Module:7 Case Studies 4 hours
Distillation column: Control of top and bottom product compositions, reflux ratio; Control of
chemical reactor; Control of heat exchanger; Steam boiler-drum level control and
combustion control; Complete air–supply system for pneumatic control equipment; pH
control.
Module:8 Contemporary Issues 2 hours
Total Lecture hours: 45 hours
Text Books
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George Stephanopoulos, Chemical Process Control: An Introduction to Theory and
1.
Practice, 2017, Prentice-Hall
Coughanowr, D.R., Process Systems Analysis and Control, 2017, 3rd edition,
2.
McGraw Hill Education
Reference Books
Curtis D. Johnson, Process Control Instrumentation Technology, 2015, 8th edition,
1.
Pearson Education
Dale E. Seborg, Thomas F. Edgar, Duncan A. Mellichamp, Francis J. Doyle III, Process
2.
Dynamics and Control, 2017, 4th edition, John Wiley & Sons
Bela G. Liptak, Instrument Engineers Handbook, Volume 2: Process Control and
3.
Optimization, 2018, 4th edition, CRC Press
Mode of Evaluation: CAT, Written Assignment, Quiz, FAT
Recommended by Board of Studies 19-02-2022
Approved by Academic Council No. 65 Date 17-03-2022
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