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IPC - Lecture_1
Control
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Course Objectives
1. To familiarize with basic concepts of process control and
instrumentation
2. Various control strategies, controlling equipment
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Approved Course Contents
1. Importance of process sensors and incentives for process control
2. Instrumentation: Principles of measurement of temperature. Pressure level,
flow, concentration. Description of sensors for process variables
3. Characteristics and calibration of sensors
4. Transmitters and transmission lines
5. Instrumentation and Control systems documentation; Process Flow
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Objective of process control
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The foundation of process control is process
understanding
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Control Terminology
controlled variables - these are the variables which
quantify the performance or quality of the final
product, which are also called output variables.
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Application of Instrumentation and
Process Control
•Food processing
•Water treatment plants
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Suggested Books
1.Smith, C. A, Corripio, A. B, Principles and Practice of Automatic
Process Control, 3rd Edition, John Wiley, 2006.
2.Marlin, T.E., Process Control, 2nd Ed., McGraw Hill Book Co., 2000.
3.T.A.Hughes, Measurement and Control Basics, ISA Publication, 2002.
4.Coughanown, D.R. and S.E. LeBlanc, Process system Analysis &
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Class Assessments
• Assignments 5%
• Quizzes 15%
• OHTs 30%
• End Semester Exam 50%
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OHT-1: 29 Mar 2021 to 2 April 2021