CHE334 Instrumentation and

Process Control
Week 1
Unit Outline
Chapter 1 Introduction to Inst and PC
By Dr. Maria Mustafa
Department of Chemical Engineering
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Main Topics
Unit Ouline
Unit descriptions
Contents/theory
Assessment Information

Chapter 1 An introduction to Instrumentation

and Process Control

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Unit description:
Fundamentals of instrumentation, methods of
common measurement in chemical industry
Basic control theory: how a control system work
to maintain a quantity and quality as desired

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Fundamentals of Instrumentation
Basic Principles of sensors
Standard Drawing symbols
Signal Conditioning, Temperature, pressure, flow
level, density, viscosity
Actuators an final control elements

Basic Control Engineering

P, PI, PD, PID control
Types of Controllers
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Learning resources/ Textbooks: Lecture Notes
Recommended Textbooks
George Stephanopoulos, Chemical Process Control
: An introduction to Theory and Practice , Economy
Edition

Reference Book
Coulson & Richardsons, Chemical Engineering, Vol
3, Third Edition, 2006
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Assessment Information
First Sessional Test 10%
Second Sessional Test
15%
Quizzes/Assignments
25%
Terminal Examination
50%

The minimum pass marks for each course shall

be 50%. Students obtaining less than 50% marks
in any course shall be deemed to have failed in
that course.
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Any Questions?

Chapter 1 Introduction
Learning Outcomes:
Process Control
Instrumentation
Basic Concepts: system, process, process control,
control loop
Basic Components of measuring systems and a
control system

Reading Part I
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Process Control
Control in process industries refers to the
regulation of all aspects of the process
involved. in chemical industry.

Process
Process as used in the terms process control
and process industry, refers to the methods of
changing or refining raw materials to create
end products.

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Process Control
Process control refers to the methods that are
used to control process variables when
manufacturing a product.

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Goal of Process Control

Process engineers are often responsible for the
safe and satisfactory operation of chemical
processes. As these processes become larger scale
and/or more complex, the role of process
automation becomes more and more important.

Goal :
To learn how to develop, design and
tune controllers for the automated
operation of chemical processes.
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Process Control
Human Aided Control vs Automated Control

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Incentives of Chemical Process

Control
Suppressing the influence of external
disturbances
Ensuring of safety of Chemical Process
Optimizing the performance of a chemical
process
Reduce Variability

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Suppressing the influence of

External Disturbances
Identify the variables
Develop Control Mechanism

Example
Controlling the
operation of
Stirred Tank Heater
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Suppressing the influence of External

Disturbances
Control Objectives
To keep temperature at desired value.
To keep volume or level of the liquid in the
tank at desired value .
Expected Disturbance
Input Variables ( Temperature, Flow rate)
Desired Controllable Variable
Transmitted Variable
Set Value
Manipulated Variables
Recording Elements

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Suppressing the influence of

External Disturbances
PID diagram of Stirred tank heater

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Next Lecture
Ensure Stability of a Process
Optimize the Performance of a Chemical
Process
Terminology used in Chemical Process Control
Hardware for a Process Control System

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Assignments
Sketch Chemical process block
diagram of distillation column
with and with out control
scheme.

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