Process Control Modules: A Software Laboratory For Control Design

The MATLAB-based process control guide for all chemical engineering professionals

Process control specialists have been leaders in recognizing the remarkable problem-solving power of MATLAB and similar tools. With this book, chemical engineering professionals and students each have a comprehensive, MATLAB-based lab manual for process control. Together, the 13 MATLAB/Simulink Process Control Modules presented in this book deliver a thorough introduction to real-world process control, built around two critical chemical engineering operations: binary distillation columns and furnaces. Using realistic process simulation models (not low-order linear approximations), readers will master all these key concepts and techniques:

• Steady state analysis and feedback control
• First-order and second-order dynamic system analysis
• Frequency domain and transient response analysis
• PID controller tuning, feedforward control, internal model control (IMC) and model predictive control (MPC)
• Discrete time system modeling and control

The models are sufficiently complex to expose users to all the complexities of real-world process data, including nonlinearity, high order dynamics, and noisy measurements. Modules are arranged to provide detailed objectives, before-and-after exercises that highlight key issues, detailed step-by-step procedures, and clear summaries. Process Control Modules can serve as an ideal self-paced study guide, an excellent companion to a formal process control course, and a perfect review and refresher for practicing process engineers.

CD-ROM INCLUDED

CD-ROM includes all MATLAB/Simulink files usedthroughout the book.