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the distillation unit operation and process control loop concepts. The only mathematics skills required are basic arithmetic and algebra.
1.4 Study Materials
This textbook is the only study material required. Additional
references are provided in each chapter.
1.5 Organization and Sequence
This book is divided into 10 separate study chapters.
Chapters 2, 3, and 4 deal with the distillation variables,
and Chapter 5 covers distillation process control strategies.
Chapter 6 describes some of the constraints on distillation
variables and separation capabilities. Chapter 7 introduces the
concepts that are critical to product quality and the measurements that evaluate performance criteria such as frequency
of failure. Chapter 8 describes the concepts and nomenclature that are fundamental to PID control loops. Chapter 9
covers the concepts of tuning process controllers when they
are operating in automatic output mode. Chapter 10 is about
measuring the response of process variables when the controller is in manual output mode, that is, with no feedback
from the process variable.
There are example problems and exercises for each chapter
to test your understanding of the material. The solutions to all
of the exercises are given in the appendix.
1.6 Course Objectives
When you have completed this entire book, you should be
able to