Technical Committee on Control Education: A First Course in Systems and Control Engineering [Technical Activities]

Rossiter, J.A.; Hedengren, John D.; Serbezov, Atanas

doi:10.1109/mcs.2020.3033106

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“…The previous section has focussed largely on L&T resources and accessibility, but sitting alongside this is the core content and delivery of a first course in control. It has become apparent from recent work (Murray et al, 2004;Rossiter et al, 2021;Rossiter et al, 2023) that two fundamental changes are timely:…”

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Future Trends for a First Course in Control Engineering

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2022

Front. Control Eng.

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On the Role of Material Balances in the Synthesis of Overall Process Control Systems

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2022

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The synthesis of control systems for overall processes remains a challenge. Whilst a number of automated approaches have been explored academically, in practice systems are mainly synthesised using experience and intuition in conjunction with dynamic simulation software. An approach is presented in this paper for the systematic synthesis of overall process control systems which is simple, practical and appropriate for use at the undergraduate teaching level. Many potential problems can be identified and avoided in the synthesis of process control systems by ensuring that the control system can maintain a steady-state control of the overall mass, the mass of the individual components and, where necessary, multiple phases. Processes with recycles are vulnerable to process control problems when the overall mass balance of the system containing the recycle is not correctly managed. This can be overcome by self-regulation (perhaps involving process design changes) or by changing the structure of the control system. Achieving and maintaining the material balance are the main purposes of the majority of controllers in most chemical processes. Without robust delivery of material balance control, higher level control objectives (such as quality controls) are unlikely to be met reliably. This paper presents a step-wise approach to the synthesis of overall process control systems that avoids many potential problems by identifying which process parameters can be manipulated to achieve the intended process mass balance and designing the control structure accordingly.

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