The Process Dynamics facility is equipped with 4 copies of the TDC Operator training software. They are used to train students on how several processing units (such as Fluid Flow through pipes and vessels, Flash Distillation, Single and Multi-stage Compressors, Centrifugal and Reciprocating Pumps) respond to variations in operating conditions and/or different control schemes.
 Process Engineering students also receive training in the Instrumentation and Control lab, which is operated jointly with the Utilities Engineering programme. Students receive hands on training in the following:

• Fundamentals of process control, process dynamic characteristics, process control strategies e.g. feedback, feed-forward control, ratio control and split range control systems.
• PID control of common process variables (flow rate, level, temperature, pressure and pH)
• Single and multiple loop Process Control Trainers
• Model based control systems (Delta V workstations)

A 32 user site license of the SIMTRONICS's DSS 100 Dynamic Simulator is presently used for training students in a real time environment. This software has the capability to simulate start-up, shut-and upset conditions of common processes. Distillation units can be simulated and the results compared with experimentally-determined results obtained in a control room environment.
Simtronics' Standard Process Modules available are

1. Tank System
2. Pump and Tank System
3. Pumping System
4. Mix Tank
5. Heat Exchanger
6. Flash Tank
7. Unit Operations of Chemical Processing
8. Distillation
9. Centrifugal Pump
10. Condenser
11. Reboiler
12. Air Cooler
13. Instrumentation 1: Process Characteristics
14. Natural Draft Fired Heater
15. Reciprocating Compressor
16. Centrifugal Compressor
17. Steam Turbine
18. Superheated Steam Boiler
19. Instrumentation 2: Basic Control Concepts
20. Instrumentation 3: Multi-Element Control
21. Instrumentation 4: pH Control
22. Instrumentation 5: 3-Element BFW Control
23. Batch Reactor
24. Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor
25. Tubular Reactor
26. Fixed Bed Reactor
27. Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU)
28. Atmospheric Distillation Unit (ADU)
29. Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU)
30. Crude Units (ADU and VDU combined)
31. Delayed Coking Unit (DCU)
32. Gas Oil Separation Process (GOSP)
33. Amine Treating Unit (ATU)
34. Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU)
35. Sulfur Plant (ATU and SRU)
36. LNG MODULE

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