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BBE 4405/5405 Process Control and Simulation
(3 credits)
| Catalog Description: |
Fundamental principles in system dynamics and control,
with emphasis on process systems and the problems faced
by process engineers.
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| Prerequisites: |
BBE 4713 Bioprocess Engineering, BBE 4401, BBE 4402,
BBE 4403, BBE Bio-based Products Engineering, ChEn 4001,
CE
3502, ME 3321
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| Class/Laboratory Schedule: |
3 lectures per week
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| Location: |
TBA
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| Text: |
Text: Donald R. Coughanowr, Process Systems Analysis
and Control, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1991.
References:
1. Nancy J. Sell, Process Control Fundamentals for the Pulp and Paper
Industry, TAPPI, Atlanta, 1995.
2. Donald B. Brewster and Michael J. Kocurek, Pulp and Paper Manufacture,
Vol. 10, Mill-Wide Process Control & Information Systems, TAPPI,
Atlanta, 1993.
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| Grading: |
Student Performance Assessment: Home Work; Exams; Class
Participation
Graduate Credit: Students taking the course for graduate
credit will be required to answer additional questions
in exams and/or graduate student project
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Topics
- Introduction to process control (examples of refining, continuous
digestion, bleaching, paper machine)
- Mathematical modeling and process simulation (examples from
washing, pulping and bleaching)
- The Laplace transform and the transfer functions
- Open-loop systems
- Basic components of control systems
- Closed-loop systems -- feedback controller
- The PID algorithm and controller tuning
- Control system stability
- Control instrumentation
- Statistical process control
- Multivariate systems (Paper machine operation and control)
- Computers in process control
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