Process Systems Analysis and Control, 3rd Edition

Process Systems Analysis and Control, third edition retains the clarity of presentation for which this book is well known. It is an ideal teaching and learning tool for a semester-long undergraduate chemical engineering course in process dynamics and control. It avoids the encyclopedic approach of many other texts on this topic. Computer examples using MATLAB® and Simulink® have been introduced throughout the book to supplement and enhance standard hand-solved examples. These packages allow the easy construction of block diagrams and quick analysis of control concepts to enable the student to explore "what-if" type problems that would be much more difficult and time consuming by hand.

Preface to the Third Edition

Chapter 1 : Introductory Concepts

Part 1 : Modeling for Process Dynamics
Chapter 2 : Modeling Tools for Process Dynamics
Chapter 3 : Inversion by Partial Fractions

Part 2 : Linear Open-Loop Systems
Chapter 4 : Response of First-Order Systems
Chapter 5 : Physical Examples of First-Order Systems
Chapter 6 : Response of First-Order Systems in Series
Chapter 7 : Higher-Order Systems: Second-Order and Transportation Lag

Part 3 : Linear Closed-Loop Systems
Chapter 8 : The Control System
Chapter 9 : Controllers and Final Control Elements
Chapter 10 : Block Diagram of a Chemical-Reactor Control System
Chapter 11 : Closed-Loop Transfer Functions
Chapter 12 : Transient Response of Simple Control Systems
Chapter 13 : Stability
Chapter 14 : Root Locus

Part 4 : Frequency Response
Chapter 15 : Introduction to Frequency Response
Chapter 16 : Control System Design by Frequency Response

Part 5 : Process Applications
Chapter 17 : Advanced Control Strategies
Chapter 18 : Controller Tuning and Process Identification
Chapter 19 : Control Valves
Chapter 20 : Theoretical Analysis of Complex Processes

Part 6 : State-Space Methods
Chapter 21 : State-Space Representation of Physical Systems
Chapter 22 : Transfer Function Matrix
Chapter 23 : Multivariable Control

Part 7 : Nonlinear Control
Chapter 24 : Examples of Nonlinear Systems
Chapter 25 : Examples of Phase-Plane Analysis

Part 8 : Computers in Process Control
Chapter 26 : Microprocessor-Based Controllers and Distributed Control

Bibliography
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