Publisher's Synopsis
Key features:
- Industrially relevant approach to chemical and bio-process control
- Fully revised edition with substantial enhancements to the theoretical coverage of the subject
- Increased number and variety of examples
- Extensively revised homework problems with degree-of-diffi culty rating added
- Expanded and enhanced chapter on model predictive control
- Self-assessment questions and problems at the end of most sections with answers listed in the appendix
- Bio-process control coverage:
- Background and history of bio-processing and bio-process control added to the introductory chapter
- Discussion and analysis of the primary bio-sensors used in bio-tech industries added to the chapter on control loop hardware
- Signifi cant proportion of examples and homework problems in the text deal with bio-processes
- Section on troubleshooting bio-process control systems included
- Bio-related process models added to the modeling chapter
- Supplemental material:
- Visual basic simulator of process models developed in text
- Solutions manual
- Set of PowerPoint lecture slides
- Collection of process control exams
All supplemental material can be found at www.che.ttu.edu/pcoc/software
