A fresh, process-driven approach is offered here, highlighting the development of process management scheme instead of comprehensive coverage of LaPlace area descriptions in dynamics courses. Creating Controls for the Process Industries emphasizes the industry’s use of digital distributed control-based systems. The updated edition now includes 60 tutorial videos showcasing solutions to many of the example problems.
Rather than commencing with the controller, the book commences with the process and progresses to how fundamental regulatory management schemes can be formulated to achieve the process objectives while upholding secure operations. In addition to standard management concepts, process and management system dynamics are integrated into the text with each new concept introduced. Furthermore, the book incorporates sections on batch and semi-batch processes and safety automation within each concept area. It delves into the four most prevalent management strategies: management loop options, feedforward, ratio, and cascade, and discusses the application of these strategies for process management schemes for the most common types of unit operations. It also delves into more advanced and less frequently used regulatory management options such as override, allocation, and split range controllers; includes an introduction to higher-level automation options; and provides guidance for enhancing the traditional safety, stability, and efficiency for many process applications. It introduces the principles behind the most common types of controllers used in the process industries and covers various additional plant automation-related topics. The new edition also encompasses new homework problems and examples, along with numerous discussion questions for flipped classes, details about statistical process management, and a new case study documenting the development of regulatory management schemes for an entire process area.
Designed for chemical engineering students in process management programs, as well as practicing process and management engineers, this textbook offers an alternative to conventional texts and provides a practical, hands-on approach to design course controls.
PowerPoint lecture slides, multiple-choice quiz questions for each chapter, and a solutions manual are available to qualifying instructors. Tutorial-style videos for most of the text examples are accessible for all readers to download.
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