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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 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. 27 Mar: come to class on Friday with a laptop, cellphone, tablet: anything with internet. We will be testing some interactive software in the class.

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