Process systems analysis and control

A thorough revision of the best-selling text on Process Dynamics and Control, the new edition features inclusion of the use of the digital computer in problem solving. The volume also contains seventeen fundamentals chapters. New end-of-chapter problems and examples have been added. PC-based software by Tutsim Products is packaged with the solutions manual. Content: 1 An Introductory ExamplePart I The Laplace Transform2 The Laplace Transform3 Inversion by Partial Fractions4 Further Properties of TransformsPart II Linear Open-Loop System5 Response of First-Order Systems6 Physical Examples of First-Order Systems7 Response of First-Order Systems in Series8 Higher-Order Systems Second-Order and Transportation LagPart III Linear Closed-Loop Systems9 The Control System10 Controllers and Final Control Elements11 Block Diagram of a Chemical-Reactor Control System12 Closed-Loop Transfer Functions13 Transient Response of Simple Control Systems14 Stability15 Root LocusPart IV Frequency Responce16 Introduction to Frequency Response17 Control System Design by Frequency ResponsePart V Process Applications18 Advanced Control Strategies19 Controller Tuning and Process Identification20 Control Valves21 Theoretical Analysis of Complex ProcessesPart VI Sampled Data Control Systems22 Sampling and Z-transforms. 23 Open-loop and Closed-loop Response24 Stability25 Modified Z-transforms26 Sampled-Data Control of a First Order Process with Transport Lag27 Design of Sampled-data ControllersPart VII State Space Methods28 State Space Representation of Physical Systems 29 Transfer Function Matrix 30 Multivariable ControlPart VIII Nonlinear Control31 Examples of Nonlinear Systems32 Methods of Phase Plane Analysis33 The Describing Function Method Part IX Computers in Process Control34 Digital Computer Simulation of Control Systems35 Microprocessor-Based Controllers and Distributed Control A text intended for a course in Process Dynamics and Control or Advanced Control offered at undergraduate level, beginning with a presentation of open-loop systems and continuing on to the more interesting responses of open-loop systems Focusing on process dynamics and control, this book includes the use of the digital computer in problem solving. It also contains seventeen fundamental chapters, and end-of-chapter problems and examples.