Process Instrumentation detailed syllabus for Petrochemical Engineering (PCE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the PCE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Petrochemical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PCE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to PCE Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of process instrumentation is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INSTRUMENTATION 9
Principles of measurements and classification of process instruments, measurement of temperature, pressure, fluid flow, liquid weight and weight flow rate, viscosity, pH, concentration, electrical and thermal conductivity, humidity of gases.
Unit II
OPEN LOOP SYSTEMS 9
Laplace transformation and its application in process control. First order systems and their transient response for standard input functions, first order systems in series, linearization and its application in process control, second order systems and their dynamics; transportation lag.
Unit III
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Unit IV
FREQUENCY RESPONSE 9
Introduction to frequency response of closed-loop systems, control system design by frequency response techniques, Bode diagram, stability criterion, tuning of controllers Z-N tuning rules, C-C tuning rules.
Unit V
ADVANCED CONTROL SCHEMES 8
Feedback control of systems with dead time and inverse response. Control systems with multiple loops. Advanced Control Schemes a) Feed forward b) ratio control. control of distillation towers and heat exchangers,
Course Outcomes:
- Understand working principles, types and applications of various process instruments used in chemical and petrochemical industries.
- Develop transient models for processes using material and/or energy balance equations and seek their solution using Laplace Transforms.
- Explain the principles of controllers and control elements and analyze the closed loop control systems to determine the transient response, offset and their stability.
- Understand Frequency response of control systems and tune the PID controllers.
- Analyzing the performance of various of advanced control strategies.
- Identify practical challenges in posing control problems and work in teams on dynamics and controller problems.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Dale E. Seborg, Thomas F. Edgar, Duncan A. Mellichamp , Process dynamics and control I -2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Marlin, T. E., “ Process Control “, 2nd Edn, McGraw Hill, New York, 2000.
- Smith, C. A. and Corripio, A. B., “Principles and Practice of Automatic Process Control”, 2nd Edn., John Wiley, New York, 1997.
- Jason L. Speyer, Walter H. Chung, ”Stochastic Processes, Estimation, and Control”, PHI Ltd (2013).
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Petrochemical Engineering 6th Sem, visit PCE 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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