1. Design of a surge tank to smooth out fluctuations in flow. Definition of important process control terms (
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2. Dynamic system (PDF)
3. Math review (PDF)
4. Dynamic behavior of 'first-order' processes (PDF)
5. Laplace transforms (PDF)
6. Further topics on Laplace transforms and system models (PDF)
7. Transfer functions and block diagrams (PDF)
8. Arrangements of first-order systems -- series, parallel, and recycle (PDF)
9. Second-order systems (PDF)
10. Stability defined and related to the poles of the transfer function (PDF)
11. Frequency response of dynamic systems (PDF)
12. Dynamics of a stirred tank reactor (PDF)
13. Feedback control of liquid level in a tank (PDF)
14. The PID (proportional-integral-derivative) control algorithm (PDF)
15 a. Equations to describe the closed loop - time domain (PDF)
15 b. Equations for the closed loop - Laplace domain (PDF)
16. Tuning and stability of feedback control loops (PDF)
17. Internal model control of processes (PDF)
19. Sensors used in control loops (PDF)
20. Control valves (PDF)
21. Controllers (PDF)
23. Tuning a real controller - modeling, process identification, fine tuning (PDF)
24. Details of closed loop transfer functions (PDF)
26. Cascade control loops (PDF)
27. Feedforward control (PDF)
31. Summing it all up (PDF)