ECE5305

Industrial control and automation ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: F Crusca

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: Characteristics of process control actuators and sensors. Control instrumentation. Industrial PID controllers. Control of electrical drives. Data communications for industrial control. PLC networks. DCS (Distributed Control Systems). SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition). Chemical process control. Electro-hydraulic control.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 70% + Laboratory and assignment work: 30%

Contact Hours: 26 lectures, 26 hours of practice classes and laboratory classes

Prohibitions: ECE4305