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Every aspect of modern day lives are dependent on the end products of a number of processing activities. The clothes we wear, the cars we drive, the fuel used to power our vehicles, the materials used to build our homes, the food we eat; are all the end products of processes that convert raw material to the finished products. We achieve this transformation by numerous methods utilising a variety of processes each designed to perform a specific function within the overall transformation process.

Ensuring that a product maintains its competitive edge requires optimisation of the processes which transforms raw material to the final product. The effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability in obtaining raw materials, using machinery, and applying production technologies to processing activities require understanding of the fundamental principles of a number of multi-disciplinary fields.

This introductory course enables the student to achieve a basic understanding of the control systems used in a number of different industrial processes. This is further developed in the next course `Process Control Systems', where process controllers are designed and implemented by applying the fundamental principles covered in this course, together with the theory and application of Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Electrical and Electronic Circuits, Sensors and Actuators, Programmable Logic Controllers and Human-Machine Interface Systems.

The aim of this course is to enable the student to develop a basic understanding of the operation of controllers used in a wide range of industrial processes, including food processing, petro-chemical processing, mining and ore processing, and manufacturing. The course is structured so that for each process there is discussion on the equipment used, safety considerations, sustainability, by-products, and control requirements and control strategies.

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. explain the energy balance principle and the material balance principle and how those principles apply in the basic operation of:
   • Mining processes
   • Ore processing
   • Petro-chemical processing
   • Food processing
   • Manufacturing processes
2. explain the functions and important specifications of the main and safety equipment used by industry and the safety mechanisms used in the above processes;
3. state the basic principles of safe process design and operation; and justify the range of safety requirements for each of the above processes;
4. identify the basic control requirements for each of the above processes;
5. analyse the environmental impact and sustainability issues for each of the above processes, from raw material to end product including any by-products.