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PROCESS DYNAMICS & CONTROL

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(a) Adaptive control. (b) Override control for steam distribution system.

9. Draw the instrumentation diagram for Heat Exchanger control system and discuss the plant wide 16
control in detail.
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10. Write short notes on : 16

(i) DCS. (ii) PLC & SCADA system. (iii) Digital approximation of classical controllers.

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(i) PLC & DCS (ii) Role of digital computers in process control

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7. (a) Explain the processes with large dead time. 8

(b) Explain control of system with inverse response. 8

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(b) Use the Routh Test to determine if the system is stable for Kc = 4.
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(c) Determine the ultimate value of Kc above which the system is unstable.
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