Process Control in the Chemical Industry

Description

The students can design a process control systems based on a mathematical process model (transfer function or linear state space model). They are aware of the general performance requirements for process control systems and can check whether a controller achieves these. The students know the basic elements of feedback and feedforward control systems. They can analyze control systems in the frequency domain and can design controllers based on PID and lead/lag elements that achieve predefined performance criteria. They are aware of advanced structures for control loops. For state space models, they can design a stabilizing controller through state feedback as well as through output feedback with state estimation. They can solve the optimal control problem with quadratic objective.