BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani

Pilani Campus
AUGS/ AGSR Division

FIRST SEMESTER 2019-20

COURSE HANDOUT
Date: 31.07.2019

In addition to part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the Time table) this portion gives further
specific details regarding the course.
Course No : CHE F471
Course Title : Advanced Process Control
Instructor-in-Charge : Ajaya Kumar Pani
1. Course Description:
Process identification and adaptive control; Model predictive control structures; Model-based control structures;
Intelligent control; Synthesis of control systems – some case studies; Multivariate control; Digital control; Process
monitoring.
2. Scope and Objective of the Course:

This course is designed to study different important advanced control methodologies that are able to solve
efficiently many industrial challenges. It covers the synthesis of several advanced control schemes supported by the
process dynamics and simulation. The primary objective of this study is to select and to design a suitable advanced
control technique for achieving excellent closed-loop process responses.

The MATLAB (Simulink, ANN, FLC) is extensively used for solving process control problems.

3. Text Books:
T1: Seborg, D. E., Edgar, T. F. and Mellichamp, D.A., “Process Dynamics and Control”, 4th Ed., Wiley, 2016

T2: Bequette, B. W. “Process Control: Modeling, Design, and Simulation,” Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, New
Delhi, 1st ed., 2003.

4. Reference Books:
R1: Smith C.A., Corripio A.B. Principles and Practices of Automatic Process Control, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons,
2011.

R2: Coughanowr D.R., LeBlanc S.E. Process Systems Analysis and Control, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill, 2009

5. Course Plan:
Module No. Lecture Session Reference Learning outcomes

1. Review of basic 1.1 Introduction, Importance, Course T1: Ch. 4
process control outline
1.2 Transfer function, state space model,
process dynamics
1.3 Feedback controller: Type, stability
Special cases of Routh array, block
diagram reduction
1.4 Frequency response, feedback
controller tuning
1.5 P & I diagram in process industries
Quick revision of basic
to 14 concepts studied in the course
Process dynamics and Control,
understanding of industrial
process flow diagram,
simplification of complex block
diagrams

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2. Enhanced single 2.1 Feedforward and ratio control T1: Ch. importance of cascade system
loop control 2.2-2.3 Cascade control 15 and 16 and tuning for stability,
2.4 Time delay compensation importance of additional
2.5 Selective and override control, Split measurements to improve the
Range control disturbance, deteriorating
effect of presence of dead time
and how to overcome it.
3. Multiloop and 3.1 Introduction, General pairing T2: Ch. How to design feedback
multivariable problem 13 controllers for multiple input
control 3.2 RGA- 2 x 2 pairing problem multiple output (MIMO)
3.3 Properties and application of RGA systems
3.4 RGA and Sensitivity, determine the
variable pairings
3.5 Design of decouplers and cross
controllers
4. Digital Process 4.1 Introduction to sampling, T1: Ch. Understand the various parts
Control modulation, zero order hold 17 empoyed in an actual
4.2 Laplace transform of the impulse computer based control
modulated function, Z- transform system. importance of
4.3 Discrete time response of dynamic
sampling and its techniques to
systems
4.4 -4.5 Discrete PID controller and its convert continous signal to
tuning discrete signal, design of digital
control

5. Process 5.1-5.2 Model development using linear T1: Ch. 7 Use of open loop dynamic
Identification- and non-linear regression process data for development
Development of 5.3-5.5 FOPTD and SOPTD models from of steady state and dynamic
empirical models transient process data process models
from process data

6. Process 6.1-6.2 Traditional monitoring T1: Ch. Understand the various control
Monitoring techniques and quality control charts 21 charts used in industry and
6.3-6.4 Multivariate statistical exposure to basic multivariate
techniques statistical techniques

7. Model predictive 7.1 Introduction to MPC and its T2: Ch. when to use MPC, design of
control applications 16 MPC using quadratic
7.2 MPC models: Finite and Step, MPC optimization algorithm
constraints and optimization
7.3-7.4 QDMC control and MPC for
jacketed CSTR
8. Intelligent 8.1 Introduction to ANN, architecture, Use of artificial intellegence
Process Control activation function, nodes, layers, techniques such as artificial
connection weights neural network and fuzzy logic
8.2 Back propagation training algorithm in process control
8.3-8.4 ANN Design using back
propagation algorithm
8.5 Introduction to FLC & its applications,
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Fuzzy sets
8.6 Control calculations, Fuzzy variables,
different membership functions
8.7 application to temperature control
problem

6. Evaluation Scheme:
Component Duration Weightage Date & Time Nature of component
(%) (Close Book/ Open Book)
Mid-Semester Test 90 Min. 30 <TEST_1> Closed
Comprehensive 3h 40 <TEST_C> Open and Closed
Examination
Seminar 15% Open
Assignment (Take 15% Open
home or to be solved
during lecture class)

7. Chamber Consultation Hour: 5 PM to 6 PM every Tuesday

8. Notices: Will be uploaded on Nalanda
9. Make-up Policy: Make up for Mid sem test will be granted only for GENUINE cases and for students
who are REGULAR in class.

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