Process Control and Instrumentation detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (PE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the PE 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 Petroleum Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of process control and 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, cC tuning rules.
Unit V
ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS 8
Introduction to advanced control systems, cascade control, feed forward control, Smith predictor, control of distillation towers and heat exchangers, introduction to computer control of chemical processes.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course students are expected to
- Understand Jprocess industry as it allows real-time measurement and control of process variables such as levels, flow, pressure, temperature, pH, and humidity.
- Develop transient models for chemical processes using material and/or energy balance equations by incorporating constitutive relationships and seek their solution using Laplace Transforms.
- Develop transient models for chemical processes using material and/or energy balance equations by incorporating constitutive relationships and seek their solution using Laplace Transforms.
- Understand Frequency response of control systems and tune the PID controllers
- Appreciate the performance augmentation of PID controllers by using advanced control strategies such as Cascade, Feed forward, Dead time compensation.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- 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 other subjects of Petroleum Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit PE 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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