Chemical Process Design Wiki

Welcome to the Northwestern University Chemical Engineering Process Design Open Textbook. This electronic textbook is a student-contributed open-source text covering the materials used in our senior capstone design courses at Northwestern University.

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Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Text Book Chemical Process Design Theory and Method Sensors and Actuators Control Systems: Measurement devices Temperature sensors Pressure sensors Level sensors Flow sensors Composition sensors pH and viscosity sensors Miscellaneous sensors Valves: types, kinds, and selection Valves: modeling dynamics More information on sensors and actuators at ECOSSE Modeling Case Studies Surge tank model Heated surge tank see also ECOSSE Bacterial chemostat ODE & Excel CSTR model w/ heat exchange ODE & Excel model of a simple distillation column ODE & Excel model of a heat exchanger ODE & Excel model of an adiabatic PFR Cruise control for an electric vehicle Blood Glucose Control in Diabetic Patients More information on chemical process modeling in general at ECOSSE example 1 and ECOSSE example 2 Chemical Process Design Projects Mathematics for Control Systems Dirac delta (impulse) function (10/09) First-order differential equations (12/14/09) Second-order differential equations (10/13) Taylor Series Laplace Transforms MIMO Control Determining if a system can be decoupled MIMO control using RGA see also ECOSSE MIMO using model predictive control Neural Networks for automatic model construction Understanding MIMO Control Through Two Tanks Interaction Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software. Getting started Configuration settings list MediaWiki FAQ MediaWiki release mailing list Localise MediaWiki for your language