The focus of the e-book is on PID control and related architectures such as cascade, feed forward, Smith predictors, multivariable decoupling, and similar classical and advanced process control strategies.
 
Applications of interest are processes with streams composed of gases, liquids, powders, slurries and melts as found in broad range of manufacturing, production and development operations.

Chemical, bio-pharma, oil and gas, paints and coatings, food and beverages, cement, minerals and ore, polymers and plastics, metals, pulp and paper, materials, personal care products, and water processing are examples of industries that operate such plants.

Measured process variables common for these processes and industries include temperature, pressure, pressure drop, level, flow, density, concentration, viscosity, chemical composition, and more.

Final control elements tend to be valves, variable speed pumps and compressors, cooling and heating elements, and the like.

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Douglas J. Cooper
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Professor of Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut
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