DIEGO CACCAVO | PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL

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PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL

	0612200040
	DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
	EQF6
	CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
	2024/2025

CURRICULUM FOOD ENGINEERING Cohort 2022/2023

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
ING-IND/26	4	40	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
ING-IND/26	2	20	EXERCISES	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

PROFESSORS

	GAETANO LAMBERTI T Curriculum
	DIEGO CACCAVO Curriculum

	Objectives
	THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE PRELIMINARY AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE TO DEAL WITH PLANT REGULATION AND AUTOMATIC PROCESS CONTROL. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMINOLOGY USED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF PROCESS QUANTITIES, THE INSTRUMENTATION OF PROCESS, INDUSTRIAL VALVES, REGULATION AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF PROCESS PLANTS. KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES FOR TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, FLOW, LEVEL MEASUREMENTS. TOOLS OF ANALYSIS OF LINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS WITH THE LAPLACE TRANSFORM. UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF CONTROL IN FEEDBACK (FEEDBACK). APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - ENGINEERING ANALYSIS KNOWING HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT SENSOR FOR MEASURING THE MAIN PROCESS VARIABLES IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT. DEVELOP SIMPLE MACROSCOPIC DYNAMIC MODELS OF SINGLE EQUIPMENT TYPICAL OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND FOOD. KNOWING HOW TO EVALUATE CHARACTERISTICS AND ADVANTAGES AMONG THE VARIOUS TYPES OF SENSORS AND VALVES FOR THE PROCESS INDUSTRY. DISTINGUISH DIFFERENCES IN THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF A CHEMICAL PROCESS O POWER IN THE OPEN LOOP (OPEN LOOP) OR CLOSED (CLOSED LOOP) CONFIGURATION. APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - ENGINEERING DESIGN CARRY OUT THE SELECTION AND THE MAXIMUM SIZING OF THE CONTROL VALVE. DEVELOP SIMPLE SCHEMES FEEDBACK CONTROL, CHOOSE THE CONTROLLER AS A SINGLE CONTROLLER AND SET ITS PARAMETERS (TUNING). ABILITY TO LEARN - ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE KNOWING HOW TO CARRY OUT A PRELIMINARY MARKET SURVEY TO CHOOSE AN INDUSTRIAL OR LABORATORY SENSOR. KNOWING HOW TO CARRY OUT A PRELIMINARY MARKET SURVEY TO CHOOSE A LABORATORY VALVE OR TAP. APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - ENGINEERING PRACTICE KNOWING HOW TO CARRY OUT A ROUGH READING OF A PIPING AND INSTRUMENTATION DIAGRAM (P&ID). RECOGNIZE PROCESS VARIABLES, PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION, INDUSTRIAL VALVES, REGULATION AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF PROCESS PLANTS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR TERMINOLOGY IN ENGLISH. TRANSVERSAL SKILLS - COMMUNICATION SKILLS COMMUNICATION AND WORK SKILLS IN STRUCTURED SYSTEMS: KNOWING HOW TO PREPARE A PRESENTATION (E.G. IN MS WORD® OR POWERPOINT® OR AS A PDF FILE) AND DISCUSS ORALLY A PROJECT (PROJECT WORK) RELATED TO THE DYNAMIC OR TO THE FEEDBACK CONTROL OF A SIMPLE PROCESS, DEVELOPED WITH THE S / W LOOP-PRO CONTROL STATION®. TRANSVERSAL SKILLS - ABILITY TO LEARN UNDERSTAND THE CONTENTS OF THE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION OF SENSORS AND VALVES FOR LABORATORY AND FOR THE INDUSTRY OF PROCESS. KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED TO CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE, AND DEEPEN THE TOPICS COVERED USING MATERIALS OTHER THAN THOSE PROPOSED.

THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE PRELIMINARY AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE TO DEAL WITH PLANT REGULATION AND AUTOMATIC PROCESS CONTROL.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMINOLOGY USED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF PROCESS QUANTITIES, THE INSTRUMENTATION OF PROCESS, INDUSTRIAL VALVES, REGULATION AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF PROCESS PLANTS.
KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES FOR TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, FLOW, LEVEL MEASUREMENTS. TOOLS OF ANALYSIS OF LINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS WITH THE LAPLACE TRANSFORM. UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF CONTROL IN
FEEDBACK (FEEDBACK).
APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
KNOWING HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT SENSOR FOR MEASURING THE MAIN PROCESS VARIABLES IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT.
DEVELOP SIMPLE MACROSCOPIC DYNAMIC MODELS OF SINGLE EQUIPMENT TYPICAL OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
AND FOOD. KNOWING HOW TO EVALUATE CHARACTERISTICS AND ADVANTAGES AMONG THE VARIOUS TYPES OF SENSORS AND VALVES FOR
THE PROCESS INDUSTRY. DISTINGUISH DIFFERENCES IN THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF A CHEMICAL PROCESS O
POWER IN THE OPEN LOOP (OPEN LOOP) OR CLOSED (CLOSED LOOP) CONFIGURATION.
APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - ENGINEERING DESIGN
CARRY OUT THE SELECTION AND THE MAXIMUM SIZING OF THE CONTROL VALVE. DEVELOP SIMPLE SCHEMES
FEEDBACK CONTROL, CHOOSE THE CONTROLLER AS A SINGLE CONTROLLER AND SET ITS PARAMETERS
(TUNING).
ABILITY TO LEARN - ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE
KNOWING HOW TO CARRY OUT A PRELIMINARY MARKET SURVEY TO CHOOSE AN INDUSTRIAL OR LABORATORY SENSOR.
KNOWING HOW TO CARRY OUT A PRELIMINARY MARKET SURVEY TO CHOOSE A LABORATORY VALVE OR TAP.
APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING - ENGINEERING PRACTICE
KNOWING HOW TO CARRY OUT A ROUGH READING OF A PIPING AND INSTRUMENTATION DIAGRAM (P&ID).
RECOGNIZE PROCESS VARIABLES, PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION, INDUSTRIAL VALVES, REGULATION AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF PROCESS PLANTS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR TERMINOLOGY IN ENGLISH.
TRANSVERSAL SKILLS - COMMUNICATION SKILLS
COMMUNICATION AND WORK SKILLS IN STRUCTURED SYSTEMS: KNOWING HOW TO PREPARE A PRESENTATION (E.G. IN
MS WORD® OR POWERPOINT® OR AS A PDF FILE) AND DISCUSS ORALLY A PROJECT (PROJECT WORK) RELATED TO THE
DYNAMIC OR TO THE FEEDBACK CONTROL OF A SIMPLE PROCESS, DEVELOPED WITH THE S / W LOOP-PRO CONTROL
STATION®.
TRANSVERSAL SKILLS - ABILITY TO LEARN
UNDERSTAND THE CONTENTS OF THE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION OF SENSORS AND VALVES FOR LABORATORY AND FOR THE INDUSTRY OF PROCESS. KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED TO CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE, AND DEEPEN THE TOPICS COVERED USING MATERIALS OTHER THAN THOSE PROPOSED.

	Prerequisites
	THE REQUIRED SKILLS ARE ONES USUALLY GAINED WITH THE COURSE OF “PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING”, I.E. THE TRANSPORT PHENOMENA COURSES OF B.SC. LEVEL. THIS MEANS BALANCE OF MASS, MOMENTUM, AND ENERGY, UNDER STATIONARY AND TRANSIENT CONDITIONS; BASIC THERMODYNAMICS AND BASIC CALCULUS (ODES SOLVING, ZEROES FINDING, TAYLOR EXPANSION).

	Contents
	1.INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF THE COURSE (2 HOURS OF THEORY) 2.SOFTWARE (23 HOURS, COMPOSED AS FOLLOWS: 13 HOURS OF THEORY, 10 HOURS OF EXERCISES) THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEM: STATE PARAMETERS, STEADY STATE, TRANSIENT, EQUILIBRIUM. LUMPED PARAMETER AND DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER ANALYSIS. PHYSICAL-MATHEMATICAL MODELS: BALANCE EQUATIONS AND TRANSPORT EQUATIONS. INPUT-OUTPUT MODELS: SISO AND MIMO. THE LAPLACE TRANSFORM. THE TRANSFER FUNCTION. REFERENCE LINEAR DYNAMIC SYSTEMS: 1ST ORDER, 2ND ORDER, WITH DEAD TIME. 3.HARDWARE (15 HOURS, COMPOSED AS FOLLOWS: 9 HOURS OF THEORY, 6 HOURS OF EXERCISES) SENSORS: MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, FLOW RATE, LEVEL; ACTUATORS: VALVES; CONTROLLERS. 4.FEEDBACK CONTROL (20 HOURS, COMPOSED AS FOLLOWS: 10 HOURS OF THEORY, 10 HOURS OF EXERCISES) BLOCK DIAGRAM OF FEEDBACK CONTROL. SET POINT, LOAD, DISTURBANCE, OPEN LOOP AND CLOSED LOOP RESPONSE. P, PI, PID CONTROL. NOTES ON THE STABILITY OF SYSTEMS. CONTROLLER TUNING.

Contents

1.INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF THE COURSE (2 HOURS OF THEORY)
2.SOFTWARE (23 HOURS, COMPOSED AS FOLLOWS: 13 HOURS OF THEORY, 10 HOURS OF EXERCISES) THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEM: STATE PARAMETERS, STEADY STATE, TRANSIENT, EQUILIBRIUM. LUMPED PARAMETER AND DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER ANALYSIS. PHYSICAL-MATHEMATICAL MODELS: BALANCE EQUATIONS AND TRANSPORT EQUATIONS. INPUT-OUTPUT MODELS: SISO AND MIMO. THE LAPLACE TRANSFORM. THE TRANSFER FUNCTION. REFERENCE LINEAR DYNAMIC SYSTEMS: 1ST ORDER, 2ND ORDER, WITH DEAD TIME.
3.HARDWARE (15 HOURS, COMPOSED AS FOLLOWS: 9 HOURS OF THEORY, 6 HOURS OF EXERCISES) SENSORS: MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, FLOW RATE, LEVEL; ACTUATORS: VALVES; CONTROLLERS.
4.FEEDBACK CONTROL (20 HOURS, COMPOSED AS FOLLOWS: 10 HOURS OF THEORY, 10 HOURS OF EXERCISES) BLOCK DIAGRAM OF FEEDBACK CONTROL. SET POINT, LOAD, DISTURBANCE, OPEN LOOP AND CLOSED LOOP RESPONSE. P, PI, PID CONTROL. NOTES ON THE STABILITY OF SYSTEMS. CONTROLLER TUNING.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE CONSISTS IN FRONT LESSONS (34H) AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES (26H) FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 60 HOURS WHICH ARE WORTH 6 CREDITS. FOR SOME EXERCISES WE WILL USE SPREADSHEETS AND SOFTWARE TO SOLVE ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (ODES) AND FOR THE SIMULATIONS OF PROCESSES. ATTENDANCE AT THE LECTURES IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. THE COURSE IS GIVEN IN ENGLISH. ALL COURSE SLIDES ARE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE LECTURERS ON THE MS TEAMS® PLATFORM OF UNIVERSITY. IN ADDITION, OTHER NOTES, TEXTS OF PREVIOUS WRITTEN EXAMS AND SOLVED PROBLEMS ARE AVAILABLE. TEACHING INCLUDES THEORETICAL LECTURES CONDUCTED BY THE LECTURER WITH EXTENSIVE USE OF COMPUTERIZED SLIDES AND ANIMATIONS, LECTURE EXERCISES DONE BY THE LECTURER ON THE BLACKBOARD OR SLIDE-BASED, INTERACTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IN COMPUTER CLASSROOM WITH THE USE OF THE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE LOOP-PRO CONTROL STATION® OR SIMCET/PITOPS PICONTROL, AND OF THE WHEELED FESTO EDUCATION MPS® PA WORKSTATION FOR MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF LEVEL, FLOW, TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE. A STUDENT SOFTWARE LICENSE IS MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERY STUDENT WHO REQUESTS IT, PURCHASED ANNUALLY ON THE DIDACTIC LABORATORIES OPERATION FUND OF THE DIDACTIC COUNCIL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, EACH STUDENT WHO OPTIONALLY WANTS TO CARRY OUT AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT WORK TO STUDY THE DYNAMICS OR CONTROL OF A PROCESS, IS ASSIGNED AN ESSAY TO BE DEVELOPED WITH BY MEANS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE AND TO BE DELIVERED TO THE LECTURER AT THE EXAM.

Teaching Methods

THE COURSE CONSISTS IN FRONT LESSONS (34H) AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES (26H) FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 60 HOURS WHICH ARE WORTH 6 CREDITS.
FOR SOME EXERCISES WE WILL USE SPREADSHEETS AND SOFTWARE TO SOLVE ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (ODES) AND FOR THE SIMULATIONS OF PROCESSES.
ATTENDANCE AT THE LECTURES IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
THE COURSE IS GIVEN IN ENGLISH.

ALL COURSE SLIDES ARE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE LECTURERS ON THE MS TEAMS® PLATFORM OF UNIVERSITY. IN ADDITION, OTHER NOTES, TEXTS OF PREVIOUS WRITTEN EXAMS AND SOLVED PROBLEMS ARE AVAILABLE.
TEACHING INCLUDES THEORETICAL LECTURES CONDUCTED BY THE LECTURER WITH EXTENSIVE USE OF COMPUTERIZED SLIDES AND ANIMATIONS, LECTURE EXERCISES DONE BY THE LECTURER ON THE BLACKBOARD OR SLIDE-BASED, INTERACTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IN COMPUTER CLASSROOM WITH THE USE OF THE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE LOOP-PRO CONTROL STATION® OR SIMCET/PITOPS PICONTROL, AND OF THE WHEELED FESTO EDUCATION MPS® PA WORKSTATION FOR MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF LEVEL, FLOW, TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE.
A STUDENT SOFTWARE LICENSE IS MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERY STUDENT WHO REQUESTS IT, PURCHASED ANNUALLY ON THE DIDACTIC LABORATORIES OPERATION FUND OF THE DIDACTIC COUNCIL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, EACH STUDENT WHO OPTIONALLY WANTS TO CARRY OUT AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT WORK TO STUDY THE DYNAMICS OR CONTROL OF A PROCESS, IS ASSIGNED AN ESSAY TO BE DEVELOPED WITH BY MEANS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE AND TO BE DELIVERED TO THE LECTURER AT THE EXAM.

	Verification of learning
	THE LEARNING ASSESSMENT PROCESS INVOLVES A WRITTEN TEST. THE WRITTEN TEST LASTS TWO HOURS, IT IS AN "OPEN BOOK" TEST: THE CANDIDATE CAN USE WHATEVER HE/SHE WANTS (NO INTERNET), AND THE TEST REQUIRES THE SOLUTION OF TWO PROBLEMS. THE LEVEL OF SUFFICIENCY CORRESPONDS TO THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS TO USE, TO CORRECTLY ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS AND TO INDICATE VIABLE RESOLUTION SOLUTIONS. THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE IS ACHIEVED BY PROVIDING THE CORRECT ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS POSED BY THE TEST.

Verification of learning

THE LEARNING ASSESSMENT PROCESS INVOLVES A WRITTEN TEST. THE WRITTEN TEST LASTS TWO HOURS, IT IS AN "OPEN BOOK" TEST: THE CANDIDATE CAN USE WHATEVER HE/SHE WANTS (NO INTERNET), AND THE TEST REQUIRES THE SOLUTION OF TWO PROBLEMS.
THE LEVEL OF SUFFICIENCY CORRESPONDS TO THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS TO USE, TO CORRECTLY ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS AND TO INDICATE VIABLE RESOLUTION SOLUTIONS.
THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE IS ACHIEVED BY PROVIDING THE CORRECT ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS POSED BY THE TEST.

	Texts
	REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS 1.GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, CHEMICAL PROCESS CONTROL: AN INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND PRACTICE, PTR PRENTICE HALL (1983), ISBN-13: 978-0131286290 2.DALE E. SEBORG, THOMAS F. EDGAR, DUNCAN A. MELLICHAMP, FRANCIS J. DOYLE III, PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL, WILEY (2019), ISBN-13: 978-1119587491 AUXILIARY TEXTBOOKS 3.SOHRAB ROHANI, COULSON AND RICHARDSON'S CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: VOLUME 3B: PROCESS CONTROL, BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN (2017), ISBN-13: 978-0081010952 4.GIANANTONIO MAGNANI, GIANNI FERRETTI, PAOLO ROCCO, TECNOLOGIE DEI SISTEMI DI CONTROLLO, MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION (2011), ISBN-13: 978-8838672750

Texts

REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS
1.GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, CHEMICAL PROCESS CONTROL: AN INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND PRACTICE, PTR PRENTICE HALL (1983), ISBN-13: 978-0131286290
2.DALE E. SEBORG, THOMAS F. EDGAR, DUNCAN A. MELLICHAMP, FRANCIS J. DOYLE III, PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL, WILEY (2019), ISBN-13: 978-1119587491
AUXILIARY TEXTBOOKS
3.SOHRAB ROHANI, COULSON AND RICHARDSON'S CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: VOLUME 3B: PROCESS CONTROL, BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN (2017), ISBN-13: 978-0081010952
4.GIANANTONIO MAGNANI, GIANNI FERRETTI, PAOLO ROCCO, TECNOLOGIE DEI SISTEMI DI CONTROLLO, MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION (2011), ISBN-13: 978-8838672750

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