Advanced Chemical Process Control

From Theory into Practice

By (author) Morten Hovd

Book cover: Advanced Chemical Process Control

Extent: 368 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Subjects: Technical Sciences: Computer Science, Engineering, IT, & Math

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2023)

ISBN: 9783527352234

6.69 x 9.65 inches

Price: $157.00

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Provides a well-balanced approach between theory and practical insights to provide engineers with the knowledge and tools to use and incorporate advanced process control more effectively into their processes.

1. Mathematical and control theory background
2. Control configuration and controller tuning
3. Control structure selection and plantwide control
4. Limitations on achievable performance
5. Model-based predictive control
6. Some practical issues in controller implementation
7. Controller performance monitoring and diagnosis
8. Economic control benefit assessment

Morten Hovd is Professor of process control at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics of the Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU). After obtaining his doctorate in process control in 1992, he spent six years working with industry before returning to academia. Prof. Hovd has authored more than 150 scientific publications and is a member of both the IEEE Technical Committee on Process Control and the International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Mining, Minerals and Metals processing.

  • By (author) Morten Hovd