EI3551: Process Control syllabus for ICE 2021 regulation

Process Control detailed syllabus for Instrumentation & Control Engineering (ICE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the ICE 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 Instrumentation & Control Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit ICE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of process control is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

PROCESS DYNAMICS
Need for process control – Hierarchical decomposition of control functions – Servo and regulatory operations – Continuous and Batch processes – Mathematical Modeling of Processes: Level, Flow and Thermal processes – Lumped and Distributed parameter models – Degrees of Freedom -Interacting and non-interacting systems – Self regulation – Linearization of non-linear systems.

Unit II

CONTROL VALVE
Actuators: Pneumatic and electric actuators – I/P converter – Control Valve Terminology -Characteristic of Control Valves: Inherent and Installed characteristics – Valve Positioner -Modeling of a Pneumatically Actuated Control Valve – Valve body: Commercial valve bodies -Control Valve Sizing: ISA S 75.01 standard flow equations for sizing Control Valves – Cavitation and flashing- Control Valve selection.

Unit III

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Unit IV

PID CONTROLLER TUNING AND ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS
PID Controller Design Specifications: Criteria based on Time Response and Frequency Response – PID Controller Tuning: Z-N and Cohen-Coon methods, Continuous cycling method and Damped oscillation method, Auto tuning – Cascade control -selective control – Feed-forward control -Ratio control – Inferential control – Split-range- Adaptive Control.

Unit V

MODEL BASED CONTROL SCHEMES & INTRODUCTION TO MULTI-LOOP REGULATORY CONTROL & CASE -STUDIES
Smith Predictor Control Scheme – Internal Model Controller – IMC PID controller -Model
Predictive Control- Introduction to Multi-loop Control Schemes – Control Schemes for Distillation Column, pH-Three-element Boiler drum level control.

Skill Development Activities

(Group Seminar/Mini Project/Assignment/Content Preparation / Quiz/ Surprise Test / Solving GATE questions/ etc) 10

1. List the hardware involved in a control system.
2. Find the importance of digital computers for the present and future implementation of advanced control techniques.
3. Outline the steps that should be considered during the development of a mathematical model for chemical processes.
4. Analyse the strength and weaknesses of a feedback control system using MATLAB software.
5. Elaborate your answer how the stability characteristics of the closed loop response of a cascade control system is better than a simple feedback?
6. Examine the similarities and differences between MRAC and STRs using MATLAB software.
7. Explore various types of controllers presently used in industries.

Course Outcomes:

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Text Books:

1. Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Babji Srinivasan, Nirav Pravinbhai Bhatt�Process Control Fundamentals: Analysis, Design, Assessment, and Diagnosis�,1st Edition,2020.
2. Seborg ,D.E., Mellichamp, D.P., Edgar, T.F., and Doyle,F.J., III, �Process Dynamics and

Control�, John Wiley and Sons, 4th Edition,2017.

3. George Stephanopoulos, �Chemical Process Control – An Introduction to Theory and Practice�, Prentice Hall of India, 2005.

Reference Books:

1. Bequette, �Process Control: Modeling, Design, and Simulation�, Prentice Hall of India, 1st edition, 2013
2. Michael King, �Process Control: A Practical Approach�, Wiley, 2016.
3. Hans D. Baumann, Control Valve Primer: A User’s Guide, 4th edition, ISA, 2009.
4. Aidan O’Dwyer, �Handbook of PI and PID Controller Tuning Rules�, Imperial College Press; 3rd edition, 2009.

List of Open Source Software/ Learning Website:

1. https://plcip-coep.vlabs.ac.in/List%20of%20experiments.html
2. https://plchla-coep.vlabs.ac.in/List%20of%20experiments.html
3. https://plctt-coep.vlabs.ac.in/List%20of%20experiments.html
4. https://plccom-coep.vlabs.ac.in/
5. https://pc-coep.vlabs.ac.in/List%20of%20experiments.html
6. http://38.100.110.143/vlabiitece/exp7.php
7. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/103106148
8. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/103105064
9. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/103103037

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Instrumentation & Control Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit ICE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

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