SCPC - Process Instrumentation and Control 
                   
(Strumentazione e Controllo dei Processi Chimici)

    

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Course Contents and Description     on ESSE3
2. Current lecture slides   for registered UniSA students on MS TEAMS® and MS SharePoint  
3. Lecture Slides (OLD)   http://www.adic.unisa.it/dida/bacheca/strum_contr/index_en
4. Reference Tables to be used at the written test    http://www.adic.unisa.it/dida/bacheca/strum_contr/index_en
5. Additional Study Materials in English    ↓  
6. Past Examination Texts      Written test - Part 1     ↓

Written test - Part 2             ↓

7. Software-based Project Works     ↓  

 

Additional Study Materials in English

On-line courses on the WEB
 

 

Source

          mainly devoted to Process Instrumentation

University of Michigan Chemical Engineering Process Dynamics and Controls Open Textbook

ControlsWiki

Instrumentation for Process Control

McMaster University, California
The Process Control Education Web Site

Instrumentation and Control Volume 1

US Department of Energy
Fundamentals Handbook

          mainly devoted to Process Dynamics and Control

Instrumentation and Control Module 7

US Department of Energy
Fundamentals Handbook

Practical process control e-textbook

ControlGuru
Control Station Inc.

Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers

California Institute of Technology
Richard M. Murray's page

The ECOSSE Control HyperCourse

University of Edinburgh, UK

Introduction to Process Control

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Control Systems

Wikibooks

PDF textbooks
 

 

Source

Fundamentals-Instrumentation Control Textbook

Control Station Inc.

Practical process control PDF book

Control Station Inc.

The Thermocouple

http://www.omega.com/temperature/

Teaching aids
 

download  file

Other resources

Manual valves:

Types and animated figures

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TLV steam company

Control valve sizing:

guidelines and rules (slides)

Enggcyclopedia

Control valve cavitation:

calculate, check and plot cavitation conditions (see → pag. 628-631 of the Emerson® document)

Emerson Control Valves

Workstation Festo Education

 

Past Examination Texts

Written tests - PART 1

Description

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Solutions

Written Test No.1 of 07-Feb-2008

 

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Written Test No.1 of 07-July-2011

 

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Written Test No.1 of 22-July-2011

 

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Written Test No.1 of 12-June-2012

 

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Written Test No.1 of 11-June-2013

 

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Written Test No.1 of 08-Nov-2019

 

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Written Test No.1 of 25-June-2020

 

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Written Test No.1 of 31-July-2020

 

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Written Test No.1 of 18-Sept-2020

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2020-11-06

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2020-11-27

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2021-01-11

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2021-02-18

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2021-03-10

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2021-04-09

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2021-06-29

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2021-11-25

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2022-01-10

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2022-02-17

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2022-04-12

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2022-09-16

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2023-03-24

 

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Written Test No.1 of 2023-06-30

 

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New Written Test No.1 of 2024-07-25

 

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🧪🌡Sensors

Description download  file Solutions

Temperature calculation from a J-type TC measurement

Written Test 2012-06-12

 

Temperature calculation from a PT100 RTD measurement

 

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Mathcad Calculation Server interactive solution

Pressure (hydrostatic) calculation from a liquid level measurement

Written Test 2021-04-09

 

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HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENT for either PRESSURE or LEVEL sensors

 

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Mathcad Calculation Server interactive solution

Contraction-based flow meters: Volumetric flow rate calculation from input data

 

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Mathcad Calculation Server interactive solution

Control valve sizing for liquids

Description download  file Solutions

Interactive web page

  • Introductory exercises

  • Worked examples and solved sizing problems for reference cases

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Mathcad Calculation Server interactive solutions

 

Written tests - PART 2

Description

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Partial solutions

Written Test No.2 of 08-Feb-2008

Section 6 - math modeling:
enthalpy balance on a oven for food baking with ideal mixing

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Written Test No.2 of 08-May-2008

Section 6 - math modeling:
enthalpy balance on a mixer with ice

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Written Test No.2 of 13-June-2012

Section 6 - math modeling:
enthalpy balance on two tanks in series 

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Written Test No.2 of 11-June-2013

Section 6 - math modeling:
mass balance on a "non-linear" tank 

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Written Test No.1 of 08-Nov-2019

Section 6 - math modeling:
mass balance on a tank with multiple exit ports

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Written Test No.2 of 25-June-2020

Section 6 - math modeling:
enthalpy balance on a well-mixed non-cylindrical tank 

New   by Giovanni Cascone

Written Test No.2 of 31-July-2020

Section 6 - math modeling:
obtaining the TF of 2 interacting tanks

New   by Giovanni Cascone

Written Test No.2 of 18-Sept-2020

Section 6 - math modeling:
obtaining the TF of 2 interacting tanks

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Written Test No.2 of 2021-06-29

Section 6 - math modeling:
obtaining the TF of 2 non-interacting well-mixed vessels

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Written Test No.2 of 2021-11-25

Section 6 - math modeling:
enthalpy balance with fusion and condensation in a well-mixed non-cylindrical tank 

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Written Test No.2 of 2022-01-10

Section 6 - math modeling:
enthalpy balance on a calandria evaporator

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Written Test No.2 of 2022-02-17

Section 6 - math modeling:
enthalpy balance on a two-stage system: well-mixed non-cylindrical tank and delay pipe

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Written Test No.2 of 2022-04-12

Section 6 - math modeling:
enthalpy balance on a two-stage system; addition of a coil introducing dead time

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Written Test No.2 of 2022-09-16

Section 6 - math modeling:

mass balance on a CSTR with a "non-linear" kinetics

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Written Test No.2 of 2022-11-03

Section 6 - math modeling:

mass balance on 2 tanks

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Written Test No.2 of 2023-01-09

Section 6 - math modeling:

mass balance and enthalpy balance on a simple CSTR 

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Written Test No.2 of 2023-02-16

Section 6 - math modeling:

enthalpy balance on a mixer 

  by D. Caccavo

Written Test No.2 of 2023-03-24

Section 6 - math modeling:

mass balance on a tank mixer with constant volume

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Written Test No.2 of 2023-06-30

Section 6 - math modeling:

mass balance on a CSTR with constant volume in a neutralization process with ionic species

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Written Test No.2 of 2023-10-17

Section 6 - math modeling:

enthalpy balance on a constant-volume🖥 mixer, without the occurrence of dead time and then with its occurrence

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New Written Test No.2 of 2024-07-25

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L  Worked examples or solved exercises of Section 3
(Reference models & Laplace application)

Description download  file Solutions

New Written Test No.2 of 2022-09-16

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New Written Test No.2 of 2023-02-16

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🔄   Worked examples or solved exercises of Section 4
(Feedback control)

Description download  file Solutions

Written Test No.2 of 2008-02-08

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Written Test No.2 of 2012-04-20

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Written Test No.2 of 2021-11-25

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Written Test No.2 of 2023-02-16

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   Worked examples or solved problems of Section 6
(Mathematical modeling of a lumped-parameter dynamical system)

Description download  file Solutions

Written Test No.2 of 11.04.2001

mass balance with a overflow-pipe

Prof. Kostic’s Webpage

Written Test No.2 of 10.06.2015

mass balance with a overflow-pipe

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Written Test No.2 of 17.11.2000 compito B

enthalpy balance on a heated and stirred mixer with two liquid inputs

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Written Test No.2 of 31.01.2003

enthalpy balance on a heated, non-insulated and agitated mixer of water and ice

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Written Test No.2 of 02.03.2005

non-linear model

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Written Test No.2 of 27.07.2005

dynamic mass balance on a conical CSTR

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Written Test No.2 of 2023-02-16

enthalpy balance on a well-stirred mixer with two liquid inputs

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Software-based Project Works

Software 🖥

web site 👩‍💻

Project Work subject

PDF file (in English)

PiControlSolutions https://www.picontrolsolutions.com/

 Case study of a Jacketed Reactor: FOPDT and closed loop control of the reactor Temperature

Case study of a Shell&Tube Heat Exchanger:  Open loop simulation, closed loop Flow Control and practice on PID Tuning

Loop Pro® Control Station®

Case study of Distillation column: analysis of “open loop” responses to disturbances and manipulated variables

Project_Work_by Caggiano Massimiliano

Festo Didactic https://www.festo-didactic.com/int-en/

Continuous system recirculating water between two tanks placed at different heights, with level monitoring and control for the tank located at a higher elevation.