Washington University Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Digital Process Control Laboratory

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Digital Process Control Laboratory Applications of digital control principles to laboratory experiments supported by a networked distributed control system. Lecture material reviews background of real-time programming, data acquisition, process dynamics, and process control. Exercises in data acquisition and feedback control design using simple and advanced control strategies. Experiments in flow, liquid level, temperature, and pressure control. “One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything” – William of Occam (c. 1285-1349) “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) Professor: Teaching Assistants: Textbooks: Process Dynamics and Control, Fourth Edition; Seborg, Edgar et al, John Wiley & Sons, 2017. Basic and Advanced Regulatory Control - System Design and Application (3nd Edition) By: Wade, Harold L. © 2017 ISA 2ed web link: http://app.knovel.com/web/toc.v/cid:kpBARCSDAN/viewerType:toc/root_slug:basic-advanced-regulatory/url_slug:basic-advanced-regulatory/? Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook (8th Edition) Section 8 Process Control http://site.ebrary.com/lib/wustl/docDetail.action?docID=10211725