17.3 Suggested Further Reading

A number of literature sources were suggested in Chapter 1. Now that you have a good basic background in process control, you may wish to obtain a deeper or more applied knowledge by studying the following sources.

For books with many practical tips and present numerous application examples, read the following:

Shinskey, F. G. Feedback Controllers for the Process Industries, McGraw Hill, New York (1994).

Shinskey, F. G., Process Control Systems. Application, Design and Tuning, 4th ed., McGraw Hill, New York (1996).

The plantwide process control book by Luyben et al. provides numerous unit operation and entire flow-sheet examples.

Luyben, W. L., B. D. Tyréus, and M. L. Luyben, Plantwide Process Control, McGraw Hill, New York (1999).

For a more detailed coverage of linear systems analysis and an introduction to nonlinear systems behavior and analysis, read the following textbook:

Bequette, B. W., Process Dynamics: Modeling, Analysis and Simulation, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ (1998).

For a nice introduction to robust control system design for multivariable systems, read the following:

Skogestad, S., and I. Postlethwaite, Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design, Wiley, New York (1996).

This textbook focuses on chemical process control. For a discussion of the differences between process control and other control fields (both practice and education), see the following article:

Bequette, B. W., and B. A. Ogunnaike, "Chemical Process Control Education and Practice," IEEE Control Syst. Mag., 21(2), 10–17 (2001).