Course: Fundamentals of Industrial Automation

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Course title Fundamentals of Industrial Automation
Course code MTI/TPR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hlava Jaroslav, doc. Dr. Ing.
  • Školník Petr, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Hubka Lukáš, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
This course builds on the theory learnt in the course Basics of Automatic Control and it covers more advanced topics with a particular emphasis on practical implementational and application aspects of control design. The topics covered in the course include: typical configurations of industrial analogue and digital PID controllers, variants and modifications of PID algorithm (practical PID versus textbook PID algorithm), experimental tuning of PID controllers, self-tuning and adaptive PID controllers, on/off and three-point controllers and the control performance achievable by these simple controllers. Further the more complex control structures are treated (cascade control, time delay compensation etc.) and the question of controller structure selection for typical control loops (temperature, pressure, flow etc. ) is discussed. An attention is also paid to actuators (in particular control valves and electrical drives) and to their influence on control loop performance. Finally the industrial HMI/SCADA software packages are treated and an introduction to communication in distributed control systems is given.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Lecture, Practicum
Learning outcomes
This course builds on the theory learnt in the course Basics of Automatic Control and its objective is to develop and extend the knowledge of the students towards implementation and application aspects of control and automation. The main emphasis is put on the following areas: industrial implementations and modifications of PID controllers; classical advanced control techniques; real time programming of control systems; hardware of industrial automation systems and actuators; industrial communication.
Students will understand the functionalities offered by modern industrial automation systems and other automation equipment. They will be able to make qualified selection and tuning of control algorithms and to design, program and commission control systems for standard industrial applications including embedded control systems.
Prerequisites
Condition of registration: none

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination

Recommended literature
  • Bolton W. Mechatronics: Electronic Control Systems in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (6e). Pearson Education UK, 2015. ISBN 9781292076683.


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