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CME 405 Quiz 1 – Lecture 1–9 Q&A Guide on Process Control, Valves, and Automation Systems

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This document contains a comprehensive collection of questions with verified answers from Quiz 1 of CME 405, covering Lectures 1 through 9. Key concepts include process control systems, automation types, control loops, valve types and characteristics, feedback and feedforward control, ISA instrumentation symbols, and fluid dynamics phenomena like cavitation and choked flow. Ideal for chemical and mechanical engineering students preparing for midterm evaluations.

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CME 405 Quiz 1 (Lecture 1-9) questions with accurate
answers
Aims of Industrial Plants Ans✓✓✓ - produce standard & high-quality
products
- market products & profit
- can be achieved through successful designs and control processes


air to close (fo) Ans✓✓✓ no flow, increased pressure closes


air to open (fc) Ans✓✓✓ full flow, increased pressure opens


Automation Ans✓✓✓ the use of largely automatic equipment without
much significant human intervention in a system of manufacturing or
other production process.


Ball Valve Ans✓✓✓ quick opening, linear


Batch process Ans✓✓✓ A type of process used to produce a small
quantity of products in groups or batches based on customer orders or
specifications.


Butterfly valve Ans✓✓✓ linear & equal percentage


Capitance Ans✓✓✓ the ability of a system to store energy/mass

, Cascade Control Ans✓✓✓ Combination of Feedforward Control and
Feedback Control


Cavitation Ans✓✓✓ Pressure recovers above vapor pressure of liquid
(break it away)


Choked flow occurs when Ans✓✓✓ An increase in pressure drop
across the valve no longer creates an increase in flow


Closed Control Loop Ans✓✓✓ Feedback control loop that measures
actual changes in the
controlled variable and manipulates the controlled device to bring about
change.


continous process Ans✓✓✓ a process that is highly automated and has
a continuous production flow


Control Ans✓✓✓ Set of technologies achieving desired patterns of
operational parameters by providing necessary input signals


Control Valve Ans✓✓✓ - valve connected to an actuator mechanism
capable of changing position of closure member in valve in response to a
signal
- considered most important FCE

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