In this chapter, we have introduced the basic con- cepts of process dynamics and process control. The process dynamics determine how a process responds duringtransientconditions,suchasplantstart-upsand shutdowns, grade changes, and unusual disturbances.
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Process Dynamics Control, 4th edition provides full topical coverage for process control courses in the chemical engineering curriculum, emphasizing how process control and its related fields of process modeling and optimization are essential to the development of high-value products.
The new 4th edition of Seborg's Process Dynamics and Control provides full topical coverage for process control courses in the chemical engineering curriculum, emphasizing how process control and its related fields of process modeling and optimization are essential to the development of high-value products.
He is editor of an early book on data acquisition and control computing and has published more than one hundred papers on process modeling, large scale/plantwide systems analysis, and computer control.
A principal objective of this new edition is to describe modern techniques for control processes, with an emphasis on complex systems necessary to the development, design, and operation of modern processing plants.
Seborg has published over 200 articles and co-edited three books on process control and related topics. He has received the American Statistical Association's Statistics in Chemistry Award, the American Automatic Control Council's Education Award, and the ASEE Meriam-Wiley Award. He was elected to the Process Automation Hall of Fame in 2008. Dr.