8 Years of Experience in Teaching Process Dynamics and Control with Control Station® Software

Q3 Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering transactions Pub Date : 2021-06-15 DOI:10.3303/CET2186229

M. Miccio, G. Cascone, B. Cosenza, Michela Fraganza, P. Brachi, A. Čelan

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The paper describes all the steps of a teaching activity dealing with Process Dynamics and Control and focused on the students’ use of the Control Station® simulation software. After a short software description, the paper discusses the methodology developed for coupling theoretical lecturing and practical PC-lab class, the way of involving students and the use of an interactive software environment to present automatic control of illustrative process plants. These latter comprise unit operations and simple equipment from chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical and food industries as actual examples of abstract systems and mathematical formalisms introduced for studying processes in the context of dynamics and control. Two Project Works, which were developed by students using Control Station® and discussed by them, are presented as examples. The outcome of this 8-year teaching experience is analyzed on the basis of the number of Project Works annually delivered, the auto-evaluation tests, the final exam scores as well as the relevant answers yearly provided by the students through the Course Evaluation Forms. The final statistical results are positive.

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8年使用Control Station®软件教授过程动力学和控制的经验

本文描述了过程动力学与控制教学活动的所有步骤，并重点介绍了学生对Control Station®仿真软件的使用。在简短的软件描述之后，本文讨论了将理论讲座与实际pc实验室课程相结合的方法，学生参与的方式以及使用交互式软件环境来展示说导性过程工厂的自动控制。后者包括来自化学、生物化学、制药和食品工业的单元操作和简单设备，作为在动力学和控制背景下研究过程引入的抽象系统和数学形式的实际例子。本文以学生使用Control Station®开发并讨论的两个专题作品为例。8年的教学成果是根据学生每年通过课程评估表提供的项目作品数量、自动评估测试、期末考试成绩以及相关答案来分析的。最后的统计结果是肯定的。

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1.40

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期刊介绍： Chemical Engineering Transactions (CET) aims to be a leading international journal for publication of original research and review articles in chemical, process, and environmental engineering. CET begin in 2002 as a vehicle for publication of high-quality papers in chemical engineering, connected with leading international conferences. In 2014, CET opened a new era as an internationally-recognised journal. Articles containing original research results, covering any aspect from molecular phenomena through to industrial case studies and design, with a strong influence of chemical engineering methodologies and ethos are particularly welcome. We encourage state-of-the-art contributions relating to the future of industrial processing, sustainable design, as well as transdisciplinary research that goes beyond the conventional bounds of chemical engineering. Short reviews on hot topics, emerging technologies, and other areas of high interest should highlight unsolved challenges and provide clear directions for future research. The journal publishes periodically with approximately 6 volumes per year. Core topic areas: -Batch processing- Biotechnology- Circular economy and integration- Environmental engineering- Fluid flow and fluid mechanics- Green materials and processing- Heat and mass transfer- Innovation engineering- Life cycle analysis and optimisation- Modelling and simulation- Operations and supply chain management- Particle technology- Process dynamics, flexibility, and control- Process integration and design- Process intensification and optimisation- Process safety- Product development- Reaction engineering- Renewable energy- Separation processes- Smart industry, city, and agriculture- Sustainability- Systems engineering- Thermodynamic- Waste minimisation, processing and management- Water and wastewater engineering