Free 300 page Process Control Book
Practical Process Control, released in 2004, is a 300 page book that teaches you proven methods and practices for automatic process controller design, analysis and tuning.
The methods, demonstrated using a host of case studies, will make money for your company and improve the safety of your operation. The book is perfect for both self-paced and instructor guided learning. It is loaded with step-by-step examples from Control Station that illustrate important concepts to help you visualize each idea as it is presented.
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"Practical Process Control" Free Download (300 page PDF) By Douglas J. Cooper Copyright (c) 2004 by Control Station LLC
Table Of Contents 1. Fundamental Principles of Process Control 2. Case Studies for Hands-On and Real-World Experience 3. Modeling Process Dynamics - A Graphical Analysis of Step Test Data 4. Process Control Preliminaries 5. P-Only Control - The Simplest PID Controller 6. Automated Controller Design Using Design Tools 7. Advanced Modeling of Dynamic Process Behavior 8. Integral Action and PI Control 9. Evaluating Controller Performance
- Derivative Action, Derivative Filtering and PID Control
- First Principles Modeling of Process Dynamics
- Linearization of Nonlinear Equations and Deviation Variables
- Time Domain ODEs and System Behavior
- Laplace Transforms
- Transfer Functions
- Block Diagrams
- Deriving PID Controller Tuning Correlations
- Cascade Control
- Feed Forward Control
- Multivariable Controller Interaction and Loop Decoupling
- Modeling, Analysis and Control of Multivariable Processes
- Model Based Smith Predictor For Processes with Large Dead Time
- DMC - Single Loop Dynamic Matrix Control
Appendix A: Derivation of IMC Tuning Correlations Appendix B: Table of Laplace Transforms Appendix C: DMC Controller Tuning Guides Appendix D: PID Controller Tuning Guides