CHE 521

1. TO ANALYZE MODEL MORE COMPLETELY

2. WE CAN ESTIMATE GAINS AND TIME
CONSTANTS USING THE LINEARIZED MODEL
3. LINEAR MODELS GIVE US SUFFICIENT
INFORMATION TO IMPLEMENT FEEDBACK
CONTROL ON MOST PROCESSES
A deviation variable simply translates the total variable by a
constant value, and the total value of the variables is easily
recovered by adding the initial steady state value xs to its
deviation value x’.

The use of deviation variables is not necessary and provides

no advantage in analysis at this point. However, expressing a
model in deviation variables will be useful in future
discussions.

Deviation variable: (x-xs) = x’

DETERMINE THE LINEAR APPROXIMATION OF THE
FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS. LINEARIZE AROUND THE POINT
x=xs.