ELE4231

Computer control 1

F Crusca

4 points
* 26 lecture hours and 26 laboratory hours
* First semester
* Caulfield
* Prerequisites: ELE3232

Objectives Process dynamics, modelling and control. The relationship between continuous time systems and discrete time systems, and the structure of computer controllers used in commercial applications.

Synopsis Process concepts: basic process elements, plant, measurements, controller. Control loop topologies. Control hierarchies: direct digital control, supervisory control, distributed control configurations, batch sequencing, process interface. Modeling and identification: development of first and second-order models. Sampled data theory: z plane, stability, transforms, closed loop sampled systems, selection of sampling interval. PID controllers - tuning, initialisation. Multiloop control schemes, feedforward, cascade, interacting loops and decoupling. Introduction to robust, fuzzy and model predictive control.

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 60%
* Laboratory work: 40%

Recommended texts

Ogunnaike B A and Ray W H Process dynamics, modelling and control OUP, 1994