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Process control 410


 
Module code CPB 410
Qualification Undergraduate
Faculty Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Module content

Dynamic properties of equipment, instruments and processes. Mathematical modelling and computer simulation of processes in the time, Laplace and frequency domains. Linearisation and non-linear processes. Stability of control systems. Controller tuning. Methods for process identification. Digital process control. Z-transforms. Use of computers and microprocessors. Introduction to modern control theory: state-space approach. Applied process control. Choice of control instrumentation. Plantwide control strategy. Development of P and IDs.

Module credits 16.00
NQF Level 08
Prerequisites CPN 321 GS
Contact time 3 tutorials per week, 4 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Chemical Engineering
Period of presentation Semester 1

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