Renovating the undergraduate process control course

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 10-12, 2006, Pages 1749-1762

  Edgar, Thomas F ^a   Ogunnaike, Babatunde A ^b   Downs, James J ^c   Muske, Kenneth R ^d   Bequette, B Wayne ^e  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

^c EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^d Villanova University   (United States)

^e RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Control laboratories; Frequency response; Simulation; Undergraduate process control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CONTROL LABORATORIES; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33747888077     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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