Note that the dates above are off due to the ice storm. Correct dates are
below.

01/12/09
Textbook Website (includes errata)
Course Syllabus (PDF,
146k)
Lab1 (PDF, 67k)
Deanarchizing
Chemical Processes (PDF, 135k)
Dynamic
Process Modeling (PDF, 246k)

01/19/09
Open-loop 2 tank simulation
(MCD, 12k)
Closed-loop 2 tank simulation
(MCD, 32k)
Alternate
Closed-loop 2 tank simulation (MCD, 11k)
Polymath
Closed-loop 2 tank simulation (POL, 1k)
A
New Dimension in Dynamic Modeling (PDF, 159k)

01/26/09
Lab2 (PDF, 114k)
Project 1 Assignment (PDF,
81k)
Comparing
Conical Tank Responses (MCD, 35k)
Mega-Conversion
Factors (PDF, 177k)
Got
A Problem with That? (PDF, 93k)
Purchase Loop-Pro (R) Trainer (link)

02/09/09
Study Guide Exam 1
(PDF, 66k)
Using the
IF function with dead time (xls, 135k)
Paint a Picture
(PDF, 252k)

02/16/09
Simulink Tutorial (PDF,
293k)
Simulink Model for 6.9a (mdl,
10k)
When 2nd Just Isn't Good Enough(PDF, 2.3MB)

02/23/09
Laboratory Exercise 3 (PDF, 61k)
PCT23 Process Plant Trainer Manual Excerpts (PDF, 3.5M)
Genesis Data Acquisition Software (PDF, 841k)
Honeywell Industrial PID Controller (PDF, 2.7M)
Process
ID by MOLS (xls, 24k)
Creating
A Black Box: Process Identification (PDF, 154k)

03/02/09
Quarter
Turn vs. Rising Stem: Who Is In Control? (PDF, 192k)
Ease Control Valve
Selection (PDF, 77k)
Cut
The Cost and Raise The Reliability of Your Instrumentation (PDF, 131k)
Vortex Meter (PDF, 276k)
Radar
technology for level control (PDF, 65k)
Exposing Mass Flowmeters Dirty Little
Secret (PDF, 343k)
Time to Consider Human Factors in Alarm
Management (PDF, 155k)
Starting
to Get It Under Control (PDF, 176k)
Instrumentation
(PDF, 179k)

03/09/09
SPRING BREAK!

03/16/09
Study Guide for Exam 2
(PDF, 36k)
Process
Control Principles (PDF, 71k)
Going Loopy
(PDF, 91k)

03/23/09
Laplace
Transforms in Mathcad (MCD, 217k)
Modeling a
PID Controller in Mathcad (MCD, 319k)
Pictures
Are Worth A Thousand Calculations (PDF, 134k)
Exam 2

03/30/09
Laboratory Exercise
4 (PDF, 220k)
Simulating
Closed-Loop Systems (mdl,16k)
Cascade Control Case A (mdl,
17k)
Cascade Control Case B (mdl,
17k)
Exam 3 Study Guide
(PDF, 72k)
Tuning Fork
(PDF, 145k)
Turn It
Around (FF Control) (PDF, 181k)
Onward and
Upward (Advanced Ctrl) (PDF, 187k)

04/06/09
And
Then Reality Happened (multiloop control) (PDF, 356k)

04/13/09
Wood and Berry Column
(PDF, 857k)
Laboratory Exercise
5 (PDF, 55k)
Bode plots in Excel (XLS, 34k)
Bode plots in Matlab (m, 389k)
Bode plots with deadtime (m, 1k)
Bode Plot paper (PDF, 21k)
Kenneth,
What's The Frequency (frequency response) (PDF, 256k)

04/20/09
Statistical Process Control from Marlin (PDF,
727k)
Stability
Matters (FR controller design) (PDF, 221k)
Statistical Process Control (PDF, 111k)

04/27/09
Final Exam Study Guide
(PDF, 71k)

04/24/07

05/01/07

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