ChE 451 / 651

Homework assignment #14 due Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Your solution should be neat and easily read.
Include a title page, with your name, this class, the date, and the assignment number. (No need to
put the instructors name on your work.) This assignment sheet might be used for the title page.
Each problem should be clearly labeled, and should begin on a new page.
I should have no trouble following your solution. Your final answer should be clearly marked
(when appropriate.)
Staple your assignment. Write on only one side of each page.
If your initials follow a problem, then it's your job to walk the class through the solution. If it's a simple
problem, your discussion might be quite brief; if it's a complicated problem, it might be long. The point is
that you need to identify and focus on the important parts. Try to keep your discussion to less than 5
minutes. I will grade your presentation, so please be prepared.

1. Consider a PBR like the one shown in figure 15.10 on page 495 of the text. As shown in equation
A1 -0.1 e-44 s mol/m3
15.13, Gp = v = 54 s + 1 % valve. The time units are in minutes. For this case, consider that

the key disturbance is inlet temperature T1. (a) Sketch a viable cascade control design. (b) Sketch
a viable feedforward control design. (BCB)
A1 0.02 e-50 mol/m3 MV
2. Consider the PBR described above. (a) If Gd = = , find Gff = in the
T1 50 s + 1 C T1
Laplace domain. (b) If T1 suddenly increases by 5 C and then holds constant, give the next 10
values of MVff. Use t = 1 min. (LPC)
3. Please see the powerpoint from Tom Marlin titled Safety_Hierarchy.ppt. This gives a process
control perspective on industrial process safety, and describes 4 levels of hierarchy in safety.
Write a paragraph about each (4 paragraphs). In the paragraph, give the name of the level, and
describe how it should be implemented for a particular process. For the process, consider the fired
heater depicted on slide 41. Please see appendix K of the text for a detailed description. (BCL)