Basic Process Engineering Control is based on the extensive experience of theauthors in the field of industry, teaching and writing. The textbook showcasesmethods, problems, and tools used in this well-established fi eld of chemical engineering and goes beyond traditional process engineering by applying the same principles to biomedical processes, energy production, and management of environmental issues. Starting from the behavior of processes, Basic Process Engineering Control explains all determinations in “chemical systems” or “process systems”, such as the intricate inter dependency of the process stages, analyzing the hardware components of a control system, and the design of an appropriate control system for a process parameter or a whole process. Although mainly aimed at students and graduates, the book is equally interesting to chemical or process engineers in all industries or research and development centers. Readers will notice the similarity in approach from the system and control point of view between different fields, which might otherwise seem far from each other but share the same control philosophy.

Paul Serban Agachiand Mircea Vasile Cristea, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

From the Contents: Introduction - History of Process Control - Theory of systems - Mathematical modeling - System dynamics Analysis of the Feedback Control Systems- The Controlled Process - Transducers and Measuring Systems - Controllers - Control Valves and Actuators - Alarming and Interlocking Synthesis of the Control Systems- Design and Tuning of the Controllers- Complex and Nonconventional Control Systems (Cascade and Feed-Forward Control Systems; Ratio Control; Inferential Control)