Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Process Control
  • Unit Code

    ENS5209
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit covers the dynamic behaviour of industrial processes. Process dynamics, controllers and instrumentation are covered at an advanced level with practical examples taken from the process industries. Process Control is demonstrated and optimised in the laboratory using equipment commonly found in industry. This unit is designed to show how the foundations learnt in other units such as Industrial Control, Instrumentation and Measurement, Control Systems and Signals and Systems are used in real life.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS5253

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse advanced industrial processes.
  2. Analyse process dynamics.
  3. Apply process control techniques in industrial processes.
  4. Create a control system for a complex industrial process using advanced process control techniques.
  5. Develop Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) for industrial processes.
  6. Research new developments in the field of process control and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.
  7. Select the instrumentation, control systems and final control elements used in industrial processes.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced control methodologies.
  2. Analysis and design of process control systems.
  3. Controllers specific to food, chemical, oil and gas and mining industries.
  4. Dynamics of heat exchangers and valve apparatus.
  5. Microcomputer-based process control and batch process control.
  6. Model predictive control and process monitoring.
  7. Process Control in complex process equipment.
  8. Process dynamics, controllers and automation.
  9. Safety issues relating to industrial instrumentation, automation and processes.
  10. Techniques of regulation of the time-varying changes in processes.
  11. Valve-position control and controller tuning.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndustrial control case study20%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports30%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Murrill, P (2011). Fundamentals of process control theory (3rd ed.). North Carolina: ISA.
  • Seborg, D.E. (2003). Process dynamics and control (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Johnson, C.D. (2006). Process control instrumentation technology (8th ed.). New York: Prentice Hall.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Process Control
  • Unit Code

    ENS5209
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit covers the dynamic behaviour of industrial processes. Process dynamics, controllers and instrumentation are covered at an advanced level with practical examples taken from the process industries. Process Control is demonstrated and optimised in the laboratory using equipment commonly found in industry. This unit is designed to show how the foundations learnt in other units such as Industrial Control, Instrumentation and Measurement, Control Systems and Signals and Systems are used in real life.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS5253

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse advanced industrial processes.
  2. Analyse process dynamics.
  3. Apply process control techniques in industrial processes.
  4. Create a control system for a complex industrial process using advanced process control techniques.
  5. Develop Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) for industrial processes.
  6. Research new developments in the field of process control and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.
  7. Select the instrumentation, control systems and final control elements used in industrial processes.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced control methodologies.
  2. Analysis and design of process control systems.
  3. Controllers specific to food, chemical, oil and gas and mining industries.
  4. Dynamics of heat exchangers and valve apparatus.
  5. Microcomputer-based process control and batch process control.
  6. Model predictive control and process monitoring.
  7. Process Control in complex process equipment.
  8. Process dynamics, controllers and automation.
  9. Safety issues relating to industrial instrumentation, automation and processes.
  10. Techniques of regulation of the time-varying changes in processes.
  11. Valve-position control and controller tuning.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndustrial control case study20%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports30%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Murrill, P (2011). Fundamentals of process control theory (3rd ed.). North Carolina: ISA.
  • Seborg, D.E. (2003). Process dynamics and control (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Johnson, C.D. (2006). Process control instrumentation technology (8th ed.). New York: Prentice Hall.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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