REVIEW OF SYSTEMS:
Review of first and higher order systems, closed and open loop response. Response to step, impulse and sinusoidal disturbances. Control valve types- linear, equal percentage and quick opening valves. Transient response. Block diagrams.
STABILITY ANALYSIS:
Routh Hurwitz method, Root locus method, Frequency response, design of control system, controller tuning and process identification. Zigler-Nichols and Cohen-Coon tuning methods, Bode-Nyquist Plots-Process modeling
SPECIAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES:
Advanced control techniques, cascade, ratio, feed forward, adaptive control, selective controls, computing relays, simple alarms, Smith predictor, internal model control, theoretical analysis of complex processes.
MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL:
Analysis of multivariable systems, Interaction, examples of storage tanks. Review of matrix algebra, Bristol arrays, Niederlinski index – Tuning of multivariable controllers.
SAMPLE DATA CONTROLLERS:
Basic review of Z transforms, Response of discrete systems to various inputs. Open and closed loop response to step, impulse and sinusoidal inputs, closed loop response of discrete systems.