4 ECTS credits
110 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4019765ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Department
Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry
Educational team
Harry Verelst
Tom Van Assche (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
24 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

Design of a process control system.
Mathematical modeling: State variables and state equations, examples.
Transfer functions and the input-output models: transfer functions, poles and zeros of transfer functions, dynamic response of systems.
Dynamic behavior of first-order systems
Dynamic behavior of second-order systems
Dynamic behavior of higher-order systems: multicapacity systems, dead time, inverse response, modeling with simplified equations
Feedback control: concept of feedback control, types of controllers, measuring devices, final control elements.
Design of a PID controller using mathematical software
Dynamic behavior of feedback-controlled processes: Block diagram and the closed-loop response, effect of proportional, integral and derivative control action, effect of composite actions.
Stability analysis of feedback systems: the characteristic equation, Root-locus analysis.
Design of feedback controllers: performance criteria, selection of the type of controller, controller tuning.
Frequency response analysis of linear processes: derivation of frequency response, Bode diagrams, Nyquist plots.
Design of feedback control systems using frequency response techniques: Bode stability criterion, gain and phase margins, Ziegler-Nichols tuning method.
Feedback control of systems with large dead time or inverse response.
Control systems with multiple loops: cascade control, selective control, split-range control.
Feedforward and ratio control: steady state feedforward, mass- and energy balance control, dynamic feedforward, feedforward-feedback control, ratio control.
Adaptive and inferential control: implementation and examples.
Control of Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) systems: examples of MIMO processes, synthesis of alternative control configurations.
Interaction and decoupling of control loops: interaction of control loops, Relative Gain-Array method, design of non-interacting control loops.
Design of control systems for complete plants.

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Process Control, Designing Processes and Control Systems for Dynamic Performance, Thomas E. Martin, 2de, BIB, 9780070393622, 2000
Additional info

Process Control, 2nd Ed. Thomas E. Martine, Mc graw Hill, 2000.
ISBN: 0-07-039362-1

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

This course is part of the profile ‘Process Technology’ of the Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Chemistry and Materials.  The following learning goals and competences are aimed for:
To learn the techniques required for the analysis of the dynamics of chemical and biochemical processes, and how they can be used to design and tune conventional and advanced controllers.
Linking  process control with chemical and/or biochemical technology (equipment like distillation colums, reactors, heat exchangers, ...)
Application of mathematical techniques.

This course contributes to reaching the following learning objectives.

The Master of Sciences in Chemical and Materials Engineering has in-depth knowledge and understanding of

MA_2   integrated structural design methods in the framework of a global design strategy

MA_17 an integrated insight in chemical process and materials' technology

The Master of Sciences in Chemical and Materials Engineering can

MA_11 think critically about and evaluate projects, systems and processes, particularly when based on incomplete, contradictory and/or redundant information

The Master of Sciences in Chemical and Materials Engineering has

MA_13 a critical attitude towards one’s own results and those of others

MA_15 the flexibility and adaptability to work in an international and/or intercultural context

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 40% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • open book oral exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

    Note: Open book oral exam with written preparation: 2 theory questions, 1 exercise (60%)

Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • paper exercises with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

    Note: Practical exercises: permanent evaluation (paper exercises 20%)
  • comp. design project with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

    Note: Practical exercises: permanent evaluation (comp. design project 20%)

Additional info regarding evaluation

Open book oral exam with written preparation: 2 theory questions, 1 exercise (60%)
Permanent evaluation of practical exercises (20% paper exercises, 20% design project)

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Engineering: Chemistry and Materials (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering: verkort traject chemie en materialen na vooropleiding industriële wetenschappen (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering: verkort traject chemie en materialen na vooropleiding bio-ingenieur (only offered in Dutch)