Process Control and Safety

ENCH800059

Prerequisites

–

Course Type

Elective

Credit Hours

3

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to key concepts and techniques in process control, emphasizing safety in industrial operations. Students will explore PID and advanced control strategies (such as cascade and feedforward control), controller tuning, and dynamic simulation. The course highlights the role of process control in enhancing safety and minimizing risks.

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  • Explain core process control and PID principles.
  • Apply tuning techniques to optimize controllers.
  • Use simulation tools for dynamic process analysis.
  • Implement advanced control strategies (e.g., ratio, cascade).
  • Apply model predictive control for complex processes.
  • Use control methods to enhance process safety.

Course Content / Syllabus

  • Introduction to Process Control
  • Feedback Control – PID Control
  • Controller Tuning
  • Dynamic Simulation Using Process Simulator
  • Advanced Regulatory Control (Ratio control, Cascade control, Feedforward control, Override control)
  • Model Predictive Control
  • Process Control Application in Process Safety

Recommended References

  1. Marlin’s Process Control: Designing Processes and Control Systems for Dynamic Performance