BCH552

PDC Lab

L-T-P0-0-2 Credits1 Session2024-25 TypeLab / Practical
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Chemical Engineering · Sem 5 (Lab)

List of Experiments / Activities

  1. 1Transient response to single tank system with storage & Flow to (a) step change (b) Impulse change input.
  2. 2Transient response of non-interacting system in series.
  3. 3Transient response of interacting system in series.
  4. 4Study the operation of ON-OFF electronic temperature controller & determination of its performance to control the temperature of a system having capacity to store thermal energy.
  5. 5Study the principle of operation & working of pneumatic servo system with various input functions.
  6. 6Transient response of a CSTR System to step change.
  7. 7Controlling a batch reactor using digital PID controller.
  8. 8Study the dynamics of parallel & counter flow shell & tube heat exchanger.
  9. 9Controlling of Parallel Flow & counter flow STHE using digital PI controller to have desired output. Dynamics characteristics of mercury & water manometers. 11 Study of control value characteristics
Course Objectives3 points
  • To provide knowledge to apply fundamental principles of chemical process dynamics and control.
  • To teach dynamics of typical chemical engineering processes and experiments involving control loop design.
  • To inculcate the hands on practice attitude in students to operate different types of controllers and valves when they work in these fields.
Course Outcomes (COs)6 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1On completion of this course, the students will be able to:
  2. CO2Demonstrate fundamental understanding of process control.
  3. CO3Develop transfer function (input-output) and models for linear dynamic processes.
  4. CO4Characterize the dynamics and stability of processes based on mathematical analysis.
  5. CO5Develop the mathematical model of various chemical processes.
  6. CO6Understand different control modes and their application in controlling various processes and the working of different controllers and valves.

Reference Book

  1. Coughnaowr, D. R., “Process Systems Analysis and Control”, McGraw- Hill, Inc 2017.
  2. Stephanopolous, G., “Chemical Process Control”, Prentice-Hall, 2008.
  3. Seborg, D. E., Edgar, T., and Mellichamp, D. A., “Process Dynamics and Control”, John Wiley and Sons, 2016.
  4. Bequette, B. W., “Process Control: Modeling, Design, and Simulation”, Prentice-Hall, Inc, 2003.
  5. Chidambaram, M., “Computer Control of Processes” Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., Ind, 1994.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 13, 14 of the original AKTU PDF.

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