CHE 426 Process Control Syllabus Summer 2017

Course Information:

Instructor: Jia Li
Office: 17-2108
Phone: 1-909-869-2370
Email: jiali@cpp.edu
Course Schedule: TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM, Room: 17-1635
Office Hours: Tu 9:15-10:00 AM; Th 9:15-10:00 AM; Th 11:30-1:00 PM.
Prerequisites: CHE 304, CHE 312

Teaching Materials:

1. Seborg, Edgar, et al., Process Dynamics and Control, 3rd edition, WILEY,
2011. (Textbook recommended)
2. Coughanowr and LeBlanc, Process Systems Analysis and Control, 3rd
edition, McGraw-Hill, 2008. (Reference)
3. Lecturers slides.

Course Objective:

After completing this course the students will be able to

1. Understand the basic components of control systems.

2. Place appropriate control loops on a PFD.
3. Derive equations governing the dynamic behavior of processes.
4. Derive transfer functions of simple processes.
5. Simulate the dynamic behavior of a process using MATLAB.
6. Understand the typical industrial control systems.

Grading:

No late homework. No make-up quizzes or tests

Popup exercises on class (Optional) 5%
Homework (totally 8 assignments) 30%
Comprehensive quizzes (totally 3 quizzes) 30%, closed books/notes
but with one side letter size cheat sheet
 Comprehensive Final 40%, closed books/notes
but with one side letter size cheat sheet

Make-ups will be given only if the absence is due to a legitimate reason approved
by the instructor and substantiated by written verification. Your course grade is
based on the following absolute scale:

A : 93-100%, A- : 90-93% , B+ : 87-90% , B : 83-87% , B- : 80-83%

C+ : 77-80% , C : 73-77% , C- : 70-73%
D+ : 67-70% , D : 60-67% , F : 0-60%

Cheating, including copying is considered a serious offense and will result in a F

for the course.

Tentative schedule:

Homework (Due day:

Week Topics
Tuesday next week)
1 Introduction of process control
2 Control loop and process modeling HW1
3 Laplace transforms, quiz 1 HW2
4 Laplace transforms, Transfer functions HW3
5 Dynamic behaviors, quiz 2 HW4
6 Dynamic behaviors HW5
7 Controller design and tuning HW6
8 Advanced control, quiz 3 HW7
9 Industrial control system HW8
10 Presentation