Chapter 1 Introduction to Process Control
Check Your Reading Study Questions Thought Questions
The questions will be categorized according to the the four key concepts in the chapter.
| Control | Feedback |
| Control Equipment | Control Schematics |
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Solidify the Concepts |
1.1 Feedback Control is always implemented using digital computers? |
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| 1.2 Control can be applied using several methods, including but not limited to feedback. |
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| 1.3 Feedback control can be implemented without the use of a sensor. |
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| 1.4 A chemical plant can be very large and involve many hundreds to thousands of sensors and valves. How do the plant personnel monitor process behavior and adjust valve openings? |
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| 1.5 Select the first letter of the sensor symbol used for each physical variable. |
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| 1. Liquid level in a drum | 5. Mass flow rate | ||
| 2. Pressure in a closed vessel | 6. Weight of a solid in a vessel | ||
| 3. Temperature of a packed bed | 7. Speed of rotation of a shaft | ||
| 4. Volume flow rate |
8. % of propane in a gas stream |
