Process control and management

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Process control and management

P.L. Lee, R.B. Newell and I.T. Cameron

Blackie Academic & Professional, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The purpose of this book is to provide a balanced introduction to process control and management, aimed at the general process engineer. Rapid changes have occurred in process control over the past decade, mainly because of the deployment of robust and effective digital control equipment, and the development of the models which underpin the area. Historically, process control was seen as simply the maintenance of particular process variables at appropriate setpoints. This very narrow view has been superseded by the view that process control involves the regulation of any given process, in the context of a complete processing plant, to maximise the economic return from the plant. This wider definition brings into play a range of control regimes, from basic regulatory control, through advanced regulatory control, to complex process management. The organization of the book reflects this hierarchy, and is thus split into 3 parts, covering basic regulatory control, advanced process control and finally process management. The book is completed by the inclusion of several useful appendices, covering mathematical modelling, process optimisation and simulation.

Table of Contents

Preface. Part A: Basic Regulatory Control. 1. Introduction to Process Control. 2. Basic Elements of a Control Loop. 3. System Dynamics and Simulation. 4. Process Modelling. 5. Feedback Control, Stability and Tuning. 6. Disturbance Compensation. 7. Control System Design Using Heuristics. 8. Control System Design Using Models. Part B: Advanced Process Control. 9. Coping with Nonlinearity. 10. Coping with Deadtimes. 11. Coping with Interactions. 12. Safety Systems. 13. Batch Plant Control. 14. Artificial Intelligence in Process Control. Part C: Process Management. 15. Total Quality Control. 16. Production Planning. 17. Production Scheduling. 18. Constraint Control. 19. Optimal Control. 20. The Benefits Study. 21. Control System Specification. Appendix A: MATLAB Tutorial. Appendix B: Basics for Control System Analysis. Appendix C: Simulation Basics. Appendix D: Process Optimization. Appendix E: Mathematical Model Examples. Appendix F: Advanced Modelling. Index.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA35644193
  • ISBN
    • 0751404578
  • LCCN
    97077204
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 509 p.
  • Size
    24 cm.
  • Attached Material
    1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.)
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