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Lecture

Introduction to Process Dynamics and Control

Type Lecture (2 SWS) + Exercise (2 SWS)
Rhythm Winter Semester
Audience Bachelor BIW, CIW
Master CIW, PSE
Language English
LV number 061510
LSF number 061511

Please refer to the LFS for the most recent information.

Course content

This course also covers "Pro­zess­dy­na­mik und Re­ge­lung" in the B.Sc. program of Bio- und Chemieingenieurwesen.

The course which is taught in English provides the students with the foundations to model and analyse dynamic systems and to understand and design feedback controllers. It covers the following topics:

Modelling an analyzing dynamic systems

  • Setting up dynamic balance equations
  • Concept oft he state of a system
  • Properties of dynamic systems
  • Modelling of chemical and biochemical reactors
  • Representation of models by block diagrams
  • Stationary behavior of dynamic systems
  • Dynamic behavior around equilibrium points and their stability (linerarization around equilibrium points, analysis of eigenvalues and eigenvectors, phase portraits, global and local stability)
  • State feedback and state estimation
  • Numerical simulation of dynamic systems

Analysis and tuning of simple control loops

  • Laplace-transform and transfer functions
  • Poles and zeros of transfer functions and their importance
  • Input-output stability
  • Root locus method
  • Tuning of standard (P, PI, PID) controllers

Acquired competences

The course provides the ability to independently formulate and analyze dynamic models of medium complexity as well as a basic understanding of the behavior of control loops. Students understand the basic behavior and limitations of algorithms for numerical simulation and can select suitable methods for a given problem. They can represent and analyze control loops in the form of block diagrams and select suitable controllers for single-loop control loops after analyzing the process dynamics and set them up using the design procedures taught. They are able to identify the causes of unsatisfactory controller behavior and make suggestions for remedial action.

Details

Exam Written (90 min)
Preliminaries Höhere Mathematik 1, Höhere Mathematik 2
Literature The slides of the course and any additional materials such as literature lists and website recommendations will be published in the virtual workrooms in Moodle provided for this purpose. Details will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Only the information found in the LSF and the most recent edition of the Modulhandbuch der Fakultät
Bio – und Chemieingenieurwesen is binding. The content on this page may not reflect the most up-to-date information.

Location & approach

The campus of TU Dort­mund University is located close to interstate junction Dort­mund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dort­mund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is “Dort­mund-Eichlinghofen” (closer to South Campus), and from B 1 / A 40 “Dort­mund-Dorstfeld” (closer to North Campus). Signs for the uni­ver­si­ty are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dort­mund.

To get from North Campus to South Campus by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at North Campus and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.

The Laboratory of Process Automation Systems is located at Building G2 on the North Campus. Find more information here.

TU Dort­mund University has its own train station (“Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät”). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dort­mund main station (“Dort­mund Hauptbahnhof”) and Düsseldorf main station via the “Düsseldorf Airport Train Station” (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 15 or 30 minutes). The uni­ver­si­ty is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.

You can also take the bus or subway train from Dort­mund city to the uni­ver­si­ty: From Dort­mund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station “Stadtgarten”, usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At “Stadtgarten” you switch trains and get on line U42 towards “Hombruch”. Look out for the Station “An der Palmweide”. From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dort­mund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dort­mund main station to the stop “Dort­mund Kampstraße”. From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop “Dort­mund Wittener Straße”. Switch to bus line 447 and get off at “Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät S”.

The Laboratory of Process Automation Systems is located at Building G2 on the North Campus. Find more information here.

The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dort­mund University. There are two stations on North Campus. One (“Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät S”) is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the uni­ver­si­ty directly with the city of Dort­mund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the “Technologiepark” and (via South Campus) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at North Campus and offers a direct connection to South Campus every five minutes.

The Laboratory of Process Automation Systems is located at Building G2 on the North Campus. Find more information here. The building is within 5min walking distance of the H-Bahn Station "Dining Hall at North Campus".

The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent “Technologiepark”.

Site Map of TU Dortmund University (Second Page in English).

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The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent "Technologiepark".

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