AOIA1                                                Instrumentation and Control Automatic Process Control - 1

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Topic 1: Control Methods
     
1.1 State the function of a process control system. ____   ____
     
1.2 Describe the functions of the four basic elements of an automatic process control system. ____   ____
     
1.3 Select a process control system in your facility and describe how it responds to a process disturbance. ____   ____
     
1.4 Describe feedback control. ____   ____
     
1.5 Identify a process control system in your facility that uses feedback control and explain how it works. ____   ____
     
1.6 Describe feedforward control. ____   ____
     
1.7 Identify a process control system in your facility that uses feedforward control and explain how it works. ____   ____
     
     
Topic 2: Process Dynamics    
     
2.1 Define the following terms: resistance, capacitance, dead time, and lag time. ____   ____
     
2.2 Select a process control system in your facility and describe how each of the following affects it: resistance, capacitance, dead time, and lag time. ____   ____


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