Courses Syllabus ---Fall 2015 ChE (462/401) - Chemical Process Dynamics and Control (Total Credits: 3)

(EECE Department, Washington University)

Topics: steady and unsteady-state behavior of chemical processes; fundamental feedback and

feedfoward control strategies; modern control theory and applications; process modeling and

problem solving with Excel, MATLAB and Simulink.

Objectives: after taking this course, students should be able to: 1) understand and apply process

control theory; 2) develop and resolve models for chemical processes; 3) analyze and regulate the

process dynamics; 4) learn MATLAB programming skills.

Class Day/Time 910 MWF Classroom Simon Hall 023 M-W-F

Help session Whitaker / 216 (7 8 pm, Tuesdays) Computer Lab Urbauer 222

Professor Name Yinjie Tang

Office Brauer Hall, Room 1025

E-mail yinjie.tang@seas.wustl.edu

Office Hours 10:0011:00 Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Teaching Assistant Charles Johnson; Email: cbjohnson@wustl.edu; Brauer Hall 3044

Tolutola Oyetunde; Email: toyetunde@wustl.edu ; Brauer Hall 1042

TA Office hours: 11:002:00 pm (Charles, Wednesday); 1:004:00 pm (Tola, Thursday)

Grading: Midterm 1 10 %

Midterm 2 15 %

Midterm 3 20 %

Final 30 %

Homework (7+2) 10 %

Lab project (1) 15 %

Total 100%

Homework You need to turn in your HW during the class on due date.

Exams You will have four exams (~1 hr). All exams will be open book and open notes. You can also use your calculator in the exam.

Projects You will have one computer project on process dynamics, optimization and

Simulink. You may receive up to 5% bonus points for your outstanding

project answers.

Letter grades: Score 90 A(A-, A, A+); 80 B(B-, B, B+); 70 C(C-, C,C+); 60 D Integrity Policies: All students must adhere to high standards of academic integrity.

Textbooks: Seborg/Edgar/Mellichamp/Doyle. Process Dynamics and Control (John

Wiley & Sons) (3rd Edition) Web site: http://users.seas.wustl.edu/tang/

Course Schedule (2015)

Class Date Topics Reading Assignments

Part 1: Simon Hall 023 Aug 24 Introduction Chapter 1

Aug 26 Instrumentation and Safety 9&10

Aug 28 Process Modeling Chapter 2

Aug 31 Process Modeling Chapter 2

Sept 1 Evening session starts (Whitaker 216)

Sept 2 Laplace Transform Chapter 3 HW1 due on Sept 4

Sept 4 Laplace Transform Chapter 3

Sept 7 No Class (Labor Day)

Sept 9 Laplace Transform Chapter 3/4

Sept 11&14 Transfer Functions and Linearization Chapter 4 HW2 due on Sept 14

Sept 16 Midterm Exam 1 Chapter 1,2,3,4,9,10

Sept 18, 21 Process Dynamics Chapters 5

Sept 23 & 25 Process Dynamics Chapter 6,7 HW3 due on Sept 25

Sept 28 & 30 Empirical Models Chapter 6,7

Oct 2 PID Control Chapter 8

Oct 5&7 Block Diagram Chapter 8/11 HW4 due on Oct 2

Oct 9 Block Diagram/Stability Chapter 11

Oct 12 Midterm Exam 2 Chapter 5,6,7,8,11 HW5 due on Oct 9

Oct 14 Guest speaker (Bob Heider): Process Instrument

Oct 16 Fall Break

Oct 19&21 Stability of Systems/Tuning Chapter 11&12

Oct 23 & 26 Controller Strategies/ Frequency response

Chapter 13&14 HW6 due on Oct 23

Oct 28 & 30 Advanced Control Chapter 14&15

Nov 2 Advanced Control Chapter 15&16 HW7 due on Nov 2

Nov 3 Last Evening session

Nov 4 Midterm Exam 3 Chapter 11~16

Nov 10~ Dec 1 No help sessions in classroom. We will help you in the computer room.

Part 2: Computer Laboratory (Nov 6 ~ Nov 30, Urbauer 222)

Nov 6 and 9 MATLAB review and ODE solver Class website

Nov 11,13&16 Simulink

Nov 18, 20 Optimization/Parameter Estimation HW 8 Due on Nov 13

Nov 23 PDE solver and Network Modeling

Nov 30 Synthetic Biology Modeling Chapter 24 HW 9 Due on Nov 30

Nov 24~29 Thanksgiving Holiday No classes

Final Week (Simon Hall 023)

Dec 2 Review

Dec 4 Final Exam

Dec 7 Final Project Due Turn your project to TAs

Dec 10 I will assign your final grades.

* If you cannot take an exam, please talk to your teacher in advance for rescheduling.