PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS CONTROL
1. Introduction to Process Control
2. Theoretical Models of Chemical Processes
PART TWO: DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF PROCESSES
3. Transfer Function Models
4. Dynamic Behavior of First-Order and Second-Order Processes
5. Dynamic Response Characteristics of More Complicated Processes
6. Development of Empirical Models from Process Data
PART THREE: FEEDBACK AND FEEDFORWARD CONTROL
7. Feedback Controllers
8. Control System Instrumentation
9. Process Safety and Process Control
10. Dynamic Behavior and Stability of Closed-Loop Control Systems
11. PID Controller Design, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
12. Control Strategies at the Process Unit Level
13. Frequency Response Analysis and Control System Design
14. Feedforward and Ratio Control
PART FOUR: ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL
15. Enhanced Single-Loop Control Strategies
16. Multiloop and Multivariable Control
17. Digital Sampling, Filtering, and Control
18. Batch Process Control
(Chapters 19 through 23 are online)
19. Real-Time Optimization
20. Model Predictive Control
21. Process Monitoring
PART FIVE: APPLICATIONS TO BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
22. Biosystems Control Design
23. Dynamics and Control of Biological Systems
Appendix A: Laplace Transforms
Appendix B: Digital Process Control Systems: Hardware and Software
Appendix C: Review of Thermodynamic Concepts for Conservation Equations
Appendix D: Control Simulation Software
Appendix E: Process Control Modules
(Appendices F through K are online)
Appendix F: Introduction to Plantwide Control
Appendix G: Plantwide Control System Design
Appendix H: Dynamic Models and Parameters Used for Plantwide Control Chapters
Appendix I: Instrumentation Symbols
Appendix J: Review of Basic Concepts from Probability and Statistics
Appendix K: Contour Mapping and the Principle of the Argument
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