Chemical Engineering 446

Process Dynamics and Control


Fall 2011


Syllabus   |   Schedule




Instructor: Professor Michael A. Henson 259A Goessmann Lab henson@ecs.umass.edu
Tuesday 9:30 - 10:45 am
Thursday 9:30 - 10:45 am


TAs: Yihui Yang 112 Engineering Lab II yihuiyang@ecs.umass.edu
Office Hours Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Aditya Dodda 155 Goessmann Lab adodda@ecs.umass.edu
Office Hours Thursday 4:30 - 5:30 pm


Homework

Previous Exams

Exam Solutions

Supplementary Files

Schedule and Lecture Notes

Sep. 6 Introduction
Sep. 8 Theoretical Process Modeling
Sep. 13 Laplace Transform
Sep. 15 Transfer Functions
Sep. 16 Matlab and Simulink
Sep. 20 Transfer Functions 2
Sep. 22 Empirical Process Models
Sep. 23 Simulink S-functions
Sep. 27 Dynamic Process Models
Sep. 29 Time Domain Analysis
Sep. 30 MATLAB Control System Toolbox
Oct. 5 Feedback Controllers
Oct. 15 Control System Instrumentation
Oct. 25 Process Unit Control System Design
Oct. 27 Closed Loop Transfer Functions
Nov. 1 Closed Loop Response
Nov. 3 Closed Loop Stability
Nov. 4 Simulink Stability Ananlysis
Nov. 8 PID Controller Tuning
Nov. 10 Model-Based Controller Design
Nov. 15 State Feedback Controller design
Nov. 16 Simulink Closed-Loop Simulation
Nov. 17 Observer Design and Output Feedback
Nov. 29 Feedforward Control
Dec. 01 Cascade Control
Dec. 02 Matlab Controller Design
Dec. 06 Control Loop Interactions
Dec. 08 Multiloop Control Systems