Use this schedule to plan your reading and studying. The topic sequence is good, but the actual dates will change based on our progress.
In the Fall 2011 semester, we will be chaning textbooks. This will likely result in reordering some of the topics. I'll try to keep this list updated at least a couple weeks ahead.
| August 22 | Administrivia | |
| Introduction: Process Control | Riggs pp. 3-4 | |
| August 24 | Introduction: Process Control | Riggs pp. 3-4 |
| August 26 | Introduction: Process Control | Riggs pp. 3-4 |
| Feedback Control Loops | Riggs pp. 5-9, 12-13, 23-30 | |
| August 29 | Modeling for Process Control | Riggs pp. 97-98 |
| Basic Modeling Equations | Riggs pp. 98-99 | |
| Aug 31 | Basic Modeling Equations | Riggs pp. 98-99 |
| September 2 | Basic Modeling Equations | Riggs pp. 98-99 |
| September 7 | Basic Modeling Equations | Riggs pp. 98-99 |
| Modeling Example | ||
| September 9 | Modeling Example | |
| September 12 | Modeling Example | |
| September 14 | Laplace Transforms | Riggs pp. 137-51 |
| September 16 | Laplace Transforms | Riggs pp. 137-51 |
| September 19 | Standard Inputs | |
| Dead Time | Riggs pp. 192-93 | |
| September 21 | Modeling Example | |
| September 23 | Modeling Test | |
| September 26 | Transfer Functions | |
| September 28 | Deviation Variables | Riggs pp. 151-53 |
| September 30 | Linearization | Riggs pp. 166-72 |
| October 3 | Response of First Order Systems | Riggs pp. 182-185 |
| October 5 | Response of First Order Systems | Riggs pp. 182-185 |
| Dynamics of 2nd Order Systems | Text pp. 185-86 | |
| October 7 | Dynamics of 2nd Order Systems | Text pp. 185-86 |
| October 10 | Dynamics of 2nd Order Systems | Text pp. 185-86 |
| October 12 | Poles & Zeros | Text pp. 156-62 |
| October 14 | Poles & Zeros | Text pp. 156-62 |
| Evaluating Response Performance | Text pp. ?? | |
| October 24 | Evaluating Response Performance | Text pp. ?? |
| Inverse Response | Text pp. 196-97 | |
| October 26 | Poles & Zeros | Text pp. 156-62 |
| October 28 | Controller Algorithms | Text pp. 217-20, 230-38 |
| October 31 | Controller Algorithms | Text pp. 217-20, 230-38 |
| November 2 | Block Diagrams | |
| November 4 | Test 2 | |
| November 7 | Block Diagrams | |
| Controller Algorithms | Text pp. 217-20, 230-38 | |
| Instrumentation Quiz | ||
| November 9 | Controller Algorithms | Text pp. 217-20, 230-38 |
| November 11 | Controller Algorithms | Text pp. 217-20, 230-38 |
| Controller Transfer Functions | ||
| November 14 | Control Loop Hardware | Text pp. 35-38 |
| Sensors & Transmitters | Text pp. 65-67, 77-78 | |
| November 16 | Control Valves | Text pp. 43-64 |
| November 18 | Control Valves | Text pp. 43-64 |
| November 21 | Control Valves | Text pp. 43-64 |
| November 23 | Dynamic Effects of P-only Control | Text pp. 257-63 |
| Stability | ||
| November 28 | Stability | |
| Open Loop Unstable Systems | ||
| November 30 | Initial Controller Settings | Text pp. 277-82 |
| December 2 | Root Locus Methods | |
| December 5 | Root Locus Methods | |
| December 7 | Root Locus Methods | |
| December 9 | General Review | |
| December 15 | Final Exam |
Revised: 7 July 2011 by RMP