Introduction to Process Control

Section - 1: Introduction Why Process Control? Definitions and Terminology Section - 2: Modeling for Control Basic Concepts in Modeling Development of Models from Fundamental Laws Input Output Models: The Transfer Function Models from Process Data Section - 3: Process Analysis Stability Dynamic Performance Frequency Response Section - 4: Feedback Control Basic Elements of Feedback Control Stability Analysis of Closed Loop Processes Feedback Control Design Section - 5: Multivariable Control Multivariable Systems: Special Cases Multivariable Systems: Genera Concepts Design of Multivariable Controllers Section - 6: Model Based Control Model Based Control Model Uncertainty and Robustness Model Predictive Control (MPC) Practical Control of Nonlinear Processes Section - 7: control in Modern Manufacturing Plantwide Process Control Industrial Control Technology Role of Process Control in Modern Manufacturing Data Processing and Reconciliation Process Monitoring Appendix - A: Linearization Appendix - B: Laplace Transformation Appendix - C: Matrix Operations Appendix - D: Basic Statistics