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CHE 426 Process Control Syllabus - Summer 2017 Course Information

This document provides the syllabus for the CHE 426 Process Control course offered in the summer of 2017. The course will be taught by Professor Jia Li on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00-9:15AM in room 17-1635. Grading will be based on optional in-class exercises, 8 homework assignments, 3 quizzes, and a final exam. The course objectives are to understand basic control systems, place control loops on process flow diagrams, derive equations for process dynamics, simulate processes in MATLAB, and understand typical industrial control systems.

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CHE 426 Process Control Syllabus - Summer 2017 Course Information

This document provides the syllabus for the CHE 426 Process Control course offered in the summer of 2017. The course will be taught by Professor Jia Li on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00-9:15AM in room 17-1635. Grading will be based on optional in-class exercises, 8 homework assignments, 3 quizzes, and a final exam. The course objectives are to understand basic control systems, place control loops on process flow diagrams, derive equations for process dynamics, simulate processes in MATLAB, and understand typical industrial control systems.

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CHE 426 Process Control Syllabus Summer 2017

Course Information:

Instructor: Jia Li
Office: 17-2108
Phone: 1-909-869-2370
Email: [email protected]
Course Schedule: TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM, Room: 17-1635
Office Hours: Tu 9:15-10:00 AM; Th 9:15-10:00 AM; Th 11:30-1:00 PM.
Prerequisites: CHE 304, CHE 312

Teaching Materials:

1. Seborg, Edgar, et al., Process Dynamics and Control, 3rd edition, WILEY,
2011. (Textbook recommended)
2. Coughanowr and LeBlanc, Process Systems Analysis and Control, 3rd
edition, McGraw-Hill, 2008. (Reference)
3. Lecturers slides.

Course Objective:

After completing this course the students will be able to

1. Understand the basic components of control systems.


2. Place appropriate control loops on a PFD.
3. Derive equations governing the dynamic behavior of processes.
4. Derive transfer functions of simple processes.
5. Simulate the dynamic behavior of a process using MATLAB.
6. Understand the typical industrial control systems.

Grading:

No late homework. No make-up quizzes or tests


Popup exercises on class (Optional) 5%
Homework (totally 8 assignments) 30%
Comprehensive quizzes (totally 3 quizzes) 30%, closed books/notes
but with one side letter size cheat sheet
Comprehensive Final 40%, closed books/notes
but with one side letter size cheat sheet

Make-ups will be given only if the absence is due to a legitimate reason approved
by the instructor and substantiated by written verification. Your course grade is
based on the following absolute scale:

A : 93-100%, A- : 90-93% , B+ : 87-90% , B : 83-87% , B- : 80-83%


C+ : 77-80% , C : 73-77% , C- : 70-73%
D+ : 67-70% , D : 60-67% , F : 0-60%

Cheating, including copying is considered a serious offense and will result in a F


for the course.

Tentative schedule:

Homework (Due day:


Week Topics
Tuesday next week)
1 Introduction of process control
2 Control loop and process modeling HW1
3 Laplace transforms, quiz 1 HW2
4 Laplace transforms, Transfer functions HW3
5 Dynamic behaviors, quiz 2 HW4
6 Dynamic behaviors HW5
7 Controller design and tuning HW6
8 Advanced control, quiz 3 HW7
9 Industrial control system HW8
10 Presentation

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