Dynamic Analysis of Automatic Process Control

From the Back Cover: "Dynamics is the science of forces, both static and kinetic. Analyzing the dynamics of processes and instruments mathematically is safer and less costly than experimental testing. Early sections of this text emphasize mathematical modeling of processes and process equipment. Frequency response techniques, which give greater insight into automatic process control than do computer simulations, are presented, as are self-regulating systems; control valves, signal flow diagrams, and flow control; sinusoidal analysis; controller mode selection; mass balance, temperature, cascade, and feedforward control; and state space techniques. Mathematics up to calculus and a knowledge of the basics of chemistry and physics are prerequisite to this study."