Chemical process control: An introduction to theory and practice/ George Stephanopoulos

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part I The control of a chemical process: its characteristics and associated problems -- 1.Incentives for chemical process control -- 2.Design aspects of a process control system -- 3.Hardware for a process control system -- part II Modeling the dynamic and static behavior of processes -- 4.development of a mathematical model -- 5.modeling considerations for control purposes -- part III Analysis of the dynamic behavior of chemical processes -- 6.computer simulation and the linearization of nonlinear systems -- 7.Laplace transforms -- 8.solution of linear differential equation using laplace transforms -- 9.transfer functions and the input-output models -- 10.Dynamic behavior of first-order systems -- 11.Dynamic behavior of second-order systems -- 12.Dynamic Behavior of higher-order systems -- part IV Analysis and design of feedback control Systems -- 13.Introduction to feedback control -- 14.Dynamic behavior of feedback-controlled processes -- 15.Stability analysis of feedback systems -- 16.Design of feedback controllers -- 17.Frequency response analysis of linear processes -- 18.Design of feedback control systems using frequency response techniques -- V Analysis and design of advanced control systems -- 19.Feedback control of systems with large dead time or inverse response -- 20.Control systems with multiple loops -- 21.Feedforward and ratio control -- 22. Adaptive and inferential control systems -- VI Designs of control systems for multivariable processes: Introduction to plant control -- 23.Synthesis of alternative control configurations for multiple-input. multiple-output -- 24.Interaction and decoupling of control loops -- 25.Design of control systems for complete plants -- VII Process control using digital computers -- 26.Digital computer control loops -- 27. From continuous to discrete-time systems -- 28.Z-transforms -- 29.Discrete-time response of dynamic systems -- 30.Design of digital feedback controllers -- 31.Process identification and adaptive control