Preface to the second edition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface to the second edition V
3. Contents IX
4. Part I: Advanced Process Control
5. Introduction 3
6. 1 Complex and nonconventional control systems 5
7. 2 Model predictive control 40
8. 3 Fuzzy control 81
9. 4 Optimal control systems 97
10. 5 Multivariable control 125
11. 6 Plantwide control 141
12. 7 Linear discrete systems and the Z transform 150
13. Part II: Applied Process Engineering Control
14. Introduction 183
15. 8 Reaction unit control 185
16. 9 Control of distillation processes 239
17. 10 Control of absorption processes 268
18. 11 Control of extraction processes 277
19. 12 Control of evaporation processes 286
20. 13 Control of drying processes 294
21. 14 Control of crystallization and filtration processes 311
22. 15 Case studies 334
23. 16 Problems and exercises 410
24. Index 419