Key features:

• Industrially relevant approach to chemical and bio-process control
• Fully revised edition with substantial enhancements to the theoretical coverage of the subject
• Increased number and variety of examples
• Extensively revised homework problems with degree-of-diffi culty rating added
• Expanded and enhanced chapter on model predictive control
• Self-assessment questions and problems at the end of most sections with answers listed in the appendix
• Bio-process control coverage:
  • Background and history of bio-processing and bio-process control added to the introductory chapter
  • Discussion and analysis of the primary bio-sensors used in bio-tech industries added to the chapter on control loop hardware
  • Signifi cant proportion of examples and homework problems in the text deal with bio-processes
  • Section on troubleshooting bio-process control systems included
  • Bio-related process models added to the modeling chapter
• Supplemental material:
  • Visual basic simulator of process models developed in text
  • Solutions manual
  • Set of PowerPoint lecture slides
  • Collection of process control exams

All supplemental material can be found at www.che.ttu.edu/pcoc/software