Module 15. Flow Control
The objective of this module is to discuss some of the practical issues in flow control. After studying this module, the reader should be able to do the following:
Determine the process gains for typical pieces of instrumentation
Understand how to determine the proportional band of a controller
Discuss the flow characteristics of equal percentage, quick-opening, and linear control valves and understand when each should be used
Realize that control valves should be specified as fail-open or fail-closed
The sections of this module are as follows:
M15.1 Motivating Example
M15.2 Flowmeters
M15.3 Control Valves
M15.4 Pumping and Piping Systems
M15.5 Summary
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