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Process Control: CHE 3P4

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Course outline Course videos from 2014 Software for integrating ODEs Copyright and other legal stuff Comments, questions, feedback? Don't wait for official course evaluations. Announcements (previous ones) or Follow @3p4control 21 Mar: grades for assignment 5 and the tutorials this week are posted now. Note that solutions to the second midterm have been posted too; midterms are almost finished graded. 24 Mar: as a solution to the most recent tutorials, please read this article on cascade control (first 4 pages). Though most of you presented answers that were more complete than in the PDF. 26 Mar: the next assignment 6 due date has been shifted to 31 March, to give you time to solve it right. No late hand-ins after Monday though.

Overview of Process Control Process Control objectives Dynamic models, solving them and interpreting them The PID controller Determining model parameters from experiments Intermediate topics: Stability & Digital control Cascade and feedforward control Multiloop control Suggested course readings

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Assignments Assignment 1 - 2014, with solutions Assignment 2 - 2014, with solutions Assignment 3 - 2014, with solutions Assignment 4 - 2014, with solutions Assignment 5 - 2014, with solutions Assignment 6 - 2014 Assignment 7 - 2014 How to submit an assignment electronically. Tutorials Number Monday Friday 1 To be posted in April (I'll explain why later) 2 13 Jan 17 Jan 3 20 Jan 24 Jan 4 27 Jan 31 Jan 5 3 Feb Collaborative midterm, 7 Feb 6 Collaborative midterm, 10 Feb No tutorial 7 No tutorial 28 Feb 8 3 Mar 7 Mar 9 10 Mar 14 Mar 10 17 Mar 21 Mar 11 24 Mar 28 Mar 12 31 Mar 04 Apr Tests, exams and project Written midterm 1 Written midterm 2 Final exam Practice questions for tests and exams