Modern plants require operators and engineers to have thorough knowledge of instrumentation hardware as well as good operating skills. Chemical engineers need to know about the appropriate use of both control hardware and software and must be able to select/write computer programs that interface the hardware and software to run a plant effectively. This book provides an integrated introduction to the hardware and software of automatic control systems. It solves problems from the GATE examination and provides explanations for each solution. It also includes various examples of control systems commonly used in plants, Laplacian mathematics with solutions, as well as virtual laboratory software.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Authors
Chapter 1 : An Introduction to Automatic Process Control
Chapter 2 : Open-Loop Process Dynamics and Transfer Functions
Chapter 3 : Disturbances and Responses
Chapter 4 : Process Control Loop System and Analysis
Chapter 5 : Control Loop Analysis
Chapter 6 : Tuning of PID Controllers
Chapter 7 : Advanced Control Strategies
Chapter 8 : Virtual Laboratory
Chapter 9 : Computer Control
Chapter 10 : Selected Problems and Solutions of GATE Examinations from 2002 to 2012
Index
