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1.6 Control Textbooks

There are a large number of undergraduate control textbooks that focus on control-system design and theory. The following books include an introduction to process modeling and dynamics, in addition to control-system design.

Chau, P.C. (2002). Process Control: A First Course with Matlab. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Coughanowr, D.R., and S.E. LeBlanc. (2009). Process Systems Analysis and Control, 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Luyben, M.L., and W.L. Luyben. (1997). Essentials of Process Control. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Luyben, W.L. (1990). Process Modeling Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Marlin, T.E. (2000). Process Control: Designing Processes and Control Systems for Dynamic Performance, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. Available at http://www.pc-education.mcmaster.ca/Book_Links.htm.

Ogunnaike, B.A., and W.H. Ray. (1994). Process Dynamics, Modeling and Control. New York: Oxford University Press.

Riggs, J.B., and M.N. Karim. (2016). Chemical and Bio-Process Control, 4th ed. Lubbock, TX: Ferret Publishing.

Seames, W.S. (2017). Designing Controls for the Process Industries. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Seborg, D.E., T.F. Edgar, D.A. Mellichamp, and F.J. Doyle III. (2016). Process Dynamics and Control, 4th ed. New York: Wiley.

Smith, C.A., and A.B. Corripio. (2005). Principles and Practice of Automatic Process Control, 3rd ed. New York: Wiley.

Stephanopoulos, G. (1984). Chemical Process Control. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Pearson.

Svrcek, W.Y., D.P. Mahoney, and B.R. Young. (2014). A Real-Time Approach to Process Control, 3rd ed. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

The following books are generally more applied, with specific control applications detailed.

Levine, W.S. (ed.). (2010). The Control Handbook, 3rd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Liptak, B.G., and K. Venczel (eds.). (2005). Instrument Engineers Handbook, Vol. 2: Process Control Volume, 4th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Luyben, W.L. (2006). Chemical Reactor Design and Control. New York: Wiley.

Luyben, W.L. (2013). Distillation Design and Control Using Aspen Simulation, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley.

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

Schork, F.J., P.B. Deshpande, and K.W. Leffew. (1993). Control of Polymerization Reactors. New York: Marcel Dekker.

Shinskey, F.G. (1977). Distillation Control. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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

Shunta, J.P. (1995). Achieving World Class Manufacturing Through Process Control. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

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