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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.E. - Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering SEIA1602 Process Control Instrumentation Technology Syllabus

SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS

SEIA1602
PROCESS CONTROL INSTRUMENTATION
TECHNOLOGY
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 0 0 3 100

UNIT 1 MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF PROCESSES 9 Hrs.
Introduction of Process control - Need for Process Control, Elements of process control system, Process variables, Degrees
of Freedom, Process Lag - Mathematical model of first order Liquid level, pressure and thermal processes - Higher order
process - Response of Interacting and Non-Interacting liquid level systems - Dynamic system with dead time and Inverse
response - Concept of servo and regulator operation.

UNIT 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF PROCESS CONTROLLERS 9 Hrs
Basic control modes - Characteristics and Response of On-Off, Proportional, Integral, Derivative control Modes- Composite
control modes - Characteristics and Response of P+I, P+D and P+I+D control modes -Pneumatic and Electronic
controllers to realize various control actions - Integral windup – Control Lag - Selection of Control modes for Different
processes.

UNIT 3 CONTROLLER TUNING & ADVANCED CONTROL LOOP SCHEMES 9 Hrs.
Evaluation criteria - IAE, ISE, ITAE and 1/4 Decay ratio - Types of Controller tuning - Process reaction curve method, Ziegler
Nichols I and II method ,Control loop Schemes - Feed forward control, Cascade control, Ratio control, Split-range control,
Adaptive control, Inferential control and Multivariable control - Interaction of control loops, Non interacting control loops,
Relative gain array, Concepts of De-coupler. Study of control schemes in Distillation column, Boilers.

UNIT 4 PROCESS CONTROL INSTRUMENTS AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS 9 Hrs.
I/P and P/I Converter - Final control element - Pneumatic, electric and hydraulic actuator - Valve positioner, Control valves -
Characteristics of control valve - Inherent and installed characteristics - Types of control valve Globe, Butterfly valves,
Diaphragm and Ball valve - Control valves sizing - Cavitations and flashing in control valves, Selection criteria, P& I
diagrams.

UNIT 5 DIGITAL CONTROL ALGORITHMS FOR PROCESS CONTROL 9 Hrs.
Design of Deadbeat Algorithm, Dahlin’s Algorithm, Kalman’s Estimation - Predictive Controller - MPC - Linear and
Nonlinear- Internet model control ,dynamic matrix control , Linear Quadratic Guassian control.
Max.45 Hrs.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student will be able to
CO1 - Understand the need for mathematical modeling and derive transfer function.
CO2 - Create, Select, learn and apply appropriate control techniques for control processes.
CO3 - Explain the importance and application of good instrumentation for the efficient design of process control loops
for process engineering plants.
CO4 - Understand fundamental concepts of process modeling relevant to the processing industries.
CO5 - Demonstrate knowledge of the latest research developments.
CO6 - Design and Tune Process Controllers.

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Stephanopoulos C, “Chemical Process Control”, Prentice Hall of India Pvt Ltd, 2005
2. Steven E LeBlanc, Donald R.Coughanowr, “Process Systems Analysis and Control”, Third Edition, Mc-Graw Hill
International Editions, 2009.
3. Curtis D Johnson, “Process Control Instrumentation Technology”, John Wilsey & Sons, 2004.
4. K. Krishnaswamy ,"Process Control", New Age International, 2007
5. S.K. Singh , "Process Control: Concepts Dynamics And Applications", PHI Learning, 2009
6. Dale R. Patrick, Stephen W. Fardo ,"Industrial Process Control Systems”, Second edition, Fairmount Press, 2009.
7. Janardan Prasad, M. N. Jayaswal, Vishnu Priye , "Instrumentation and Process Control", IK Publishing, 2013.
8. Terry L.M. Bartelt, “Instrumentation and Process Control”, Cencage Learning, 2006.
9. Deshpande P.B. & Ash R.H, “Elements of Computer Process Control”, Instrument Society of America 1981.
10. Shanthi Sasidharan, “Computer Control of Process”, CBA Publishers, 2011.

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs.
PART A: 10 Questions of 2 marks each – No choice 20 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice; each carrying16 marks 80 Marks