Title: Practical plantwide process control   

Description: This practically oriented course shows how to control your plant for improved stability and economics. 
The approach is systematic  and based on the latest methods, but uses a limited amount of mathematics.
You will learn what to control,  how to structure the loops and how to tune your PID controllers.

Here is a suggestion for a course  outline. 

Part 1 (3h). Introduction to plantwide control (what should we really control?)
Part 1.1 Introduction. 
- Objective: Put controllers on flow sheet (make P&ID)
- Two main objectives for control: Longer-term economics (CV1) and shorter-term stability (CV2)
- Regulatory (basic) and supervisory (advanced) control layer
Part 1.2 Optimal operation (economics)
- Active constraints
- Selection of economic controlled variables (CV1). Self-optimizing variables.
Part 1.3 -Inventory (level) control structure 
- Location of thrughput manipulator
- Consistency and radiating rule
Part 1.4  Structure of regulatory control layer (PID)
	- Selection of controlled variables (CV2) and pairing with manipulated variables (MV2) 
	- Main rule: Control drifting variables and "pair close" 

Part 2 (4h).  PID controller tuning: It pays off to be systematic!

- Derivation SIMC PID tuning rules
	- Controller gain, Integral time, derivative time 

- Obtaining first-order plus delay models
	- Open-loop step response
	- From detailed model (half rule)
	- From closed-loop setpoint response
- Integrating processes (level control) 
- Othet special processes and examples
- When do we need derivative action?
- Near-optimality of SIMC PID tuning rules
- Non PID-control: Is there an advantage in using Smith Predictor? (No)
- Examples

Part 3 (1h). Advanced control layer 
Design based on simple elements:
- Ratio control
- Cascade control
- Selectors
- Input resetting (valve position control) 
- Split range control
- Decouplers (including phsically based)
When should these elements be used?
When use MPC instead? 

Part 5 (3h). Case studies
Example: Distillation column control
Example: Plantwide control of complete plant
Recycle processes: How to avoid snowballing