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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

313763 (v.1) Advanced Modelling and Control 401

Area: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Cascade, Ratio and Feedforward control. PID Enhancements: inferential, over-ride and selective control; scheduling controller tuning; implementation Other Advanced Control Techniques: deadtime compensation; adaptive control (programmed adaptation; self-tuning control; online parameter estimation). Multi-input Multi-output Systems: process and control loop interactions; control loop pairings; decoupling control systems; multivariable control. Digital Control Systems: Z transforms; discrete time models; dynamic response; discrete time control algorithms; closed loop analysis; digital control system implementation. Review of process modelling and simulation techniques. Modelling for Fault Diagnosis: prediction-based and identification-based diagnosis. Empirical Modelling: linear and non-linear models; artificial neural networks; ARMAX models. Modelling Hybrid (Discrete-Continuous) Systems: representation and solution. Case Studies and Applications in Process Engineering.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 030301 Chemical Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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