Applied Process Control

Efficient Problem Solving

Mulholland, Michael

1. Edition November 2016
360 Pages, Hardcover
300 Pictures
Practical Approach Book

ISBN: 978-3-527-34118-4

Wiley-VCH, Weinheim

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Bridging theory and practice, this book contains over 200 practical exercises together with their solutions to train problem-solving abilities in process control, including instrumentation, modeling, plant control, control strategy design and stability of control.

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Bridging theory and practice, this book contains over 200 practical exercises and their solutions, to develop the problem-solving abilities of process engineers.
The problems were developed by the author during his many years of teaching at university and are kept brief, taken from the fields of instrumentation, modelling, plant control, control strategy design and stability of control. The algorithm flows and codes, which are mostly based on MATLAB®, are given in many cases and allow for easy translation into applications.
Since the text is structured according to "Applied Process Control: Essential Methods", all of the necessary background information on the underlying methods can be easily and quickly found in this accompanying book.

Problems - Instrumentation
Problems - Modelling
Problems - Basic Elements used in Plant Control Schemes
Problems - Control Strategy Design for Processing Plants
Problems - Estimation of Variables and Model Parameters from Plant Data
Problems - Advanced Control Algorithms
Problems - Stability and Quality of Control
Problems - Optimisation
Problem Solutions - Instrumentation
Problems Solutions - Modelling
Problems Solutions - Basic Elements used in Plant Control Schemes
Problems Solutions - Control Strategy Design for Processing Plants
Problems Solutions - Estimation of Variables and Model Parameters from Plant Data
Problems Solutions - Advanced Control Algorithms
Problems Solutions - Stability and Quality of Control
Problems Solutions - Optimisation

Michael Mulholland has been Professor Emeritus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) since 2012. In 1977, he started his career as senior technical officer at AECI, an explosives and specialty chemicals group located in South Africa. In 1982 he became lecturer and later Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a position he held until his retirement. During his time at the university he was the author of several consulting reports and manuals for the chemical and petroleum industry. He is a member of the South African Institution of Chemical Engineers, the Institution of Chemical Engineers (United Kingdom) and a Chartered Engineer (United Kingdom). Having worked in industry and with over 30 years of teaching experience in process control, Mulholland knows exactly what a graduate process engineer needs to know to work effectively in industry.

M. Mulholland, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa