CHBE 356 - Process Dynamics and Control

Introduction to modeling of chemical processes; transient response analysis; design of feedback control systems; stability analysis; frequency response analysis; process control applications; instrumentation; advanced control techniques; distributed control systems.

Work in Progress: This repository contains a collection of notebooks and resources for process control based on the UBC curriculum.

0. Getting Started

• 1. Welcome to CHBE 356
• 2. Using the Python Control Systems Library
• 3. Introduction to LaTeX
• 4. Drawing Control Block Diagrams with LaTeX

1. Modelling Chemical Processes

• 1. Introduction to Pandas
• 2. Laplace Transforms
• 3. Linearization Examples

2. Transfer Functions

• Integrating Processes
• Lead-Lag Behaviour
• Pade Approximation
• Properties of Linear Time Invariant (LTI) Processes
• Transfer Functions - Step Response

3. Feedback Control

• Control Actions and Plant Response Animation
• Plant Simulator with Interactive Control Actions
• Using Python Generators and Yield

4. Stability Analysis

• Creating Animations
• Creating Interactive Sliders - Part II
• Creating Interactive Sliders - Part I
• Nyquist Stability

5. Advanced Process Control

• Building MIMO systems
• Distributed Control Sytems (DCS)
• MIMO Distillation Model - Open Loop Response