Process Control - Design Analysis and Assessment

By Prof. Ragunathan Rengasamy | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 719

The course will include as the first-third, material on transfer function, controller concepts, tuning and stability that are usually taught in a control class. The second-third of the course deals with MIMO control concepts at a basic level. The final-third of the course deals with performance assessment of SISO controllers.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Interested Learners

PRE-REQUISITES : Nil

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : ABB, Honeywell, GE, Reliance, Aditya Birla, FL Schmidt, DRL

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	27 Jan 2020
End Date :	17 Apr 2020
Enrollment Ends :	03 Feb 2020
Exam Date :	26 Apr 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1   : Introduction
Week 2   : Models for Control
Week 3   : Analysis of Transfer Function Models
Week 4   : Controllers and Closed Loop Transfer Functions
Week 5   : Stability Analysis
Week 6   : Controller Tuning – Stability Based Methods
Week 7   : Controller Tuning – Direct Synthesis
Week 8   : Traditional Multivariable Control
Week 9   : Model Predictive Control Fundamentals
Week 10  : Model Predictive Control Implementation
Week 11  : Controller Performance Assessment and Diagnosis Fundamentals
Week 12  : Controller Performance Assessment and Diagnosis Implementation

Books and references

Process Dynamics, Modeling, and Control, Babatunde Ogunnaike and W. Harmon Ray ISBN-13: 978-0195091199 ISBN-10: 0195091191.

Instructor bio

Prof. Ragunathan Rengasamy

IIT Madras

Prior to joining IIT Madras as a professor, Prof.Rengaswamy was a professor of Chemical Engineering and Co-Director of the Process Control and Optimization Consortium at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA. He was also a professor and associate professor at Clarkson University, USA and an assistant professor at IIT Bombay. His major research interests are in the areas of fault detection and diagnosis and development of data science algorithms for manufacturing industries.

Course certificate

• The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
• The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
• Date and Time of Exams: 26th April 2020, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
• Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
• The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
• Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE:
• Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
• Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
• Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.
• If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
• Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
• Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

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