Understanding Process Dynamics and Control

ISBN-13: 9781107035584 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 784 str.

Costas Kravaris; Ioannis K. Kookos

Opis

A fresh look to process control. State-space and traditional approaches presented in parallel with relevant computer software.

Recenzje

'Provides a fresh perspective through the integrated coverage of modern state-space and traditional transfer function approaches. The mathematical derivations are detailed and accessible, aiding clear understanding of the basic as well as the more advanced topics.' Prodromos Daoutidis, University of Minnesota

Spis treści

Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Dynamic Models for Chemical Process Systems; 3. First Order Systems; 4. Connections of First Order Systems; 5. Second Order Systems; 6. Linear Higher Order Systems; 7. Eigenvalue Analysis – Asymptotic Stability; 8. Transfer Function Analysis of the Input/Output Behavior; 9. Frequency Response; 10. The Feedback Control System; 11. Block Diagram Reduction and Transient Response Calculation in a Feedback Control System; 12. Steady-State and Stability Analysis of the Closed Loop System; 13. State Space Description and Analysis of the Closed Loop System; 14. Systems with Dead Time; 15. Parametric Analysis of Closed Loop Dynamics – Root Locus Diagrams; 16. Optimal Selection of Controller Parameters; 17. Bode and Nyquist Stability Criteria – Gain and Phase Margins; 18. Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output Systems; 19. Synthesis of Model-Based Feedback Controllers; 20. Cascade, Ratio and Feedforward Control; Appendix A; Appendix B.

O autorze

Kravaris, Costas Costas Kravaris is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA. He has over 35 years of in teaching experience in process dynamics and control classes at both undergraduate and graduate level. He is an active researcher is nonlinear control, nonlinear state estimation and nonlinear model reduction, with applications to chemical processes. Kookos, Ioannis K. Ioannis K. Kookos is Professor of Process Systems Engineering, in the Department Chemical Engineering at the University of Patras, Greece. He received his BSc in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and his MSc (1994) and PhD (2001) in Process Systems Engineering from Imperial College, London (Centre for PSE). He then worked as a lecturer at the University of Manchester, Department of Chemical Engineering.