Process control
H Okyar
4 points * 26 lecture hours, 26 tutorial/laboratory hours * First semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: MAC2912
System concept. Classification of engineering systems. Open and closed loop systems; advantages and disadvantages of different systems. Mathematical modelling of engineering components and systems. Mechanical systems - translational, rotational, thermal systems, hydraulic systems. Block diagramming method. Reduction of complex systems to canonical form. Review of mathematical techniques. Stability of engineering systems - Routh's stability criteria. Steady state and transient response of engineering systems. End effectors. Analysis of control valves. Introduction to root locus method. Computer-aided solution of system equations and stability problems; computer solution of time domain response of engineering systems to impulse, step and ramp inputs. Controller actions; proportional, derivative and integral actions; P, PI, PD, PID, lead, lag effects on engineering systems; mathematical formulation of controllers and compensators. Tuning of three-term (PID) controllers for process plant. Designing engineering control systems to meet a predefined criteria. Using root locus to meet control specifications. Deriving time domain response specifications from root locus plots. Frequency domain design of control systems - Bode plots. Computer-aided design of (SISO) engineering systems.
Assessment
Assignments: 40% * Examinaton (3 hours): 60%
Recommended texts
Kuo B C Automatic control systems 6th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1991
Ogata K Modern control engineering 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1990