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Students will learn aboout chemical processes, units, and
corresponding equipment related to process control.
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Students will be able to set up and solve simple transient material balances.
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Students will be able to derive batch, CSTR, and PFR performance equations
from general material balances.
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Students will demonstrate familiarity with process control terminology and
understand the following control strategies: feed-back control, feed-forward
control, and cascade control; as well as the difference between linear and
nonlinear systems.
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Students will be able to write and solve ODE’s that describe the transient
behavior of simple lumped-parameter systems.
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Students will be able to fit data from step or pulse tests to approximate
linear models.
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Students will understand the concept of a transfer function in classical
control and be able to use transfer functions (Laplace domain) to approximate
the transient behavior of elements in a feedback control loop.
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Students will be able to predict the closed-loop behavior and evaluate the
stability of simple control loops.
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Students will understand and be able to use tuning relationships for PID
controllers.
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Students will be able to use block diagrams to help determine system response
characteristics.
- Students will demonstrate familiarity and experience with the application
of process control principles on an industrial control system.
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Students will be able to use a process simulator to conduct process control.
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Students will understand and have a basic knowledge of how safety and environmental
considerations are incorporated into engineering problem solving.
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Students will understand the principles involved in selecting a control
valve.
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Students will be able to design a simple feedback loop to control process
equipment.
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Students will be able to perform preliminary valve sizing and understand
the interaction of the valve with other process components.