Chapter 1

Introduction and
Overview
Welcome to the Strategy of Distillation Control, Optimizing
Quality Performance, and Tuning Control Loops. This first
chapter is a short summary of the topics covered in this course.
Learning Objectives
When you have completed this chapter, you should be able to
1. Understand the general organization of the content in the
course
2. Know the course objectives
3. Know how to proceed through the course
1.1 Course Coverage
This book focuses on the fundamentals of process control of
distillation columns. It covers the following topics:
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