Process Dynamics and Control

Code:

EQ0093

Acronym:

DCP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Technological Sciences (Project)

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Chemical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEQ	71	Syllabus	4	-	7	70	189

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Technical Knowledge and Reasoning
1.2 Core engineering fundamental knowledge: engineering computation and programming; behaviour of dynamic system; process control and instrumentation.
1.3 Advanced engineering fundamental knowledge: computational techniques and specific software usage.
2. Personal and Professional Skills and Attributes
2.1 Engineering reasoning and problem solving: engineering identification and formulation; system modelling and simulation.
2.3 Advanced engineering knowledge: system definitions and interactions; process control philosophy; computer aided process simulation.
3. Personal skills and attributes
3.3 Communication foreign languages: English.
4. Conceiving, designing, implementing, and operation systems
4.3 Conceiving and engineering systems: process dynamics concepts associated to the operation of industrial processes; process control philosophy.
4.4 Design: design of feedback and feedforward control systems; design of data acquisition systems; some concepts about distributed digital control systems.
4.5 Implementation: simulation of processes controlled by computers; knowledge related with instrumentation for operation of the processes.

Program

1. Motivation
2. Dynamic behaviour of systems; dynamic models; time domain and Laplace solution; notion of transference function; linearization of systems; complex systems; identification;
3. Control of processes of simple cycle by feedback: analysis of the dynamic behaviour of closed systems
4. Industrial instrumentation and process control: sensors and industrial transmitters, controllers; Final elements of control
5. Dynamic behaviour of closed cycle systems: stability analysis
6. Analysis of dynamic systems by frequency response: stability experimental analysis in the frequency domain;
7. Design and tuning controllers: criteria; methods based on models; experimental methods;
8. Control by anticipation: concepts and design
9. Complementary control methods: cascade control; inferential control; adaptive control
10. Computer-aided operation: structure of a digital control system; discrete systems analysis; design of digital controllers; Distributed control systems: architecture, communication
11. Automation design: stages and planning; P&I diagrams; guidelines to the main control cycles; common problems of operation; systems maintenance.

Mandatory literature

Seborg, Dale E.; Process dynamics and control. ISBN: 0-471-00077-9

Complementary Bibliography

Ogunnaike, Babatunde A.; Process dynamics, modeling, and control. ISBN: 0-19-509119-1
Martins, Fernando Gomes; Prontuário MATLAB. ISBN: 972-752-064-2

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes will be based on the presentation of case studies. Students will have to carry out small individual assignments.
Problems will also be discussed.
Use of computer applications to a computer-aided learning (mainly Matlab/Simulink, but other applications can also be used).

Software

The Mathworks - Matlab - Release 11.1

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

To be admitted to exams, students:
- have to attend classes (according to the rules);
- have to reach a minimum grade of 25% in each of the assignments;
- have to reach a minimum average grade of 40% in the assignments.

Calculation formula of final grade

1. Assignments – P1- average grade of the assignments
2. Exam – P2
Final grade will be graded from 0 to 20: FG= (0.3*P1 + 0.7*P2)/ 100*20 > = 9.5

And

Grade of the exam P2> 30%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Two individual assignments:
System dynamics
Processes control

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

It will take place an exam with a similar structure but with a different content from the final exam.

Classification improvement

It will take place an exam with a similar structure but with a different content from the final exam.

Observations

There is no course precedence. Solid know-how in mathematics, informatics, transport phenomena and reaction engineering is assumed