Process Dynamics, Modeling, and Control

PART I: Introduction 1: Introductory Concepts of Process Control 2: Introduction to Control System Implementation PART II: Process Dynamics 3: Basic Elements of Dynamic Analysis 4: The Process Model 5: Dynamic Behavior of Linear Low Order-Systems 6: Dynamic Behavior of Linear Higher Order-Systems 7: Inverse-Response Systems 8: Time-Delay Systems 9: Frequency-Response Analysis 10: Nonlinear Systems 11: Stability PART III: Process Modeling and Identification 12: Theoretical Process Modeling 13: Process Identification: Empirical Process Modeling PART IV: Process Control Part IVA: Single-Loop Control 14: Feedback Control Systems 15: Conventional Feedback Controller Design 16: Design of More Complex Control Structures 17: Controller Design for Processes with Difficult Dynamics 18: Controller Design for Nonlinear Systems 19: Model-Based Control Part IVB: Multivariable Process Control 20: Introduction to Multivariable Systems 21: Interaction Analysis and Multiple Single Loop Design 22: Design of Multivariable Controllers Part IVC: Computer Process Control 23: Introduction to Sampled-Data Systems 24: Tools of Discrete-Time Systems Analysis 25: Dynamic Analysis of Discrete-Time Systems 26: Design of Digital Controllers PART V: Special Control Topics 27: Model Predictive Control 28: Statistical Process Control 29: Selected Topics in Advanced Process Control 30: Process Control System Synthesis -- Some Case Studies PART VI: Appendices A: Control System Symbols used in Process and Instrumentation Diagrams B: Complex Variables, Differential Equations, and Difference Equations C: Laplace and z-Transformations D: Review of Matrix Algebra E: Computer-Aided Control System Design Author Index Subject Index