Principles and Practices of Automatic Process Control

CARLOS A. SMITH is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Dean of Academics in the College of Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa. He not only teaches students but also teaches numerous short courses on process control to professionals. He is the coauthor of the bestselling textbook Principles of Automatic Process Control (Wiley).

• 1. Introduction. 2. Mathematical Tools for Control Systems Analysis.3. First-Order Dynamic Systems.4. Higher-Order Dynamic Systems.5. Basic Components of Control Systems.6. Design of Single Loop Feedback Control Systems.7. Tuning of Feedback Controllers.8. Root Locus and Frequency Response Techniques.9. Cascade Control.10. Ratio, Override and Selective Control.11. Feedforward Control.12. Multivariable Process Control.13. Dynamic Simulation of Control Systems.Appendix A: Instrumentation Symbols and Labels.Appendix B: Design Case Studies.Appendix C: Sensors, Transmitters, and Control Valves.Appendix D: Tuning Case Studies.Appendxi E: Operating Case Studies.Index.