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Chemical/Biological Process Design

CHNG3803

Aims and Objectives: All industrial processes require some process monitoring and control for satisfactory operation. The efficient use and recovery of energy is vital for industrial processes. The performance of a process may be improved via the implementation of some level of optimisation. This unit of study commences with a component on process data management before moving on to empirical modelling and data reconciliation techniques. The second component will concentrate on the role of process control covering: the development of linear models, control system analysis, the design and performance of feedback control systems, advanced control systems and the use of control related software. In parallel, this unit of study also focuses on the efficient use of energy in process plants. The final component will focus on process optimisation of batch and continuous processes. This unit of study demonstrates that: process control and optimisation are integral concepts for any modern plant; a unified approach allows a diversity of application fields to be readily handled via a consistent approach from data analysis, though process control to process optimisation. The unit of study will allow each student to achieve and demonstrate competency through a range of individual and group-based activities. By the end of this unit of study a student should achieve competence in the following: process data management skills relevant to engineering (statistical analysis, data-based modelling and data reconciliation techniques); appreciation of the role of process control in modern manufacturing; designing an appropriate feedback control system and analysing its performance for a range of process applications using both traditional and software-based techniques; appreciation of the limitations of feedback control and be able to design a range of common enhancements; appreciation of the role of process optimisation in modern manufacturing; use of both traditional and software-based techniques to design optimisation schemes for a range of process applications and analyse the performance of such schemes; appreciate the limitations that exist whenever mathematical models are used as the basis for process control and/or optimisation; appreciate the "vertical integration" that exists from modelling, through control, to optimisation.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Senior

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 1

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: CHNG3803

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes

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