Control Systems Instrumentation

The course treats measurement systems, controllers, and actuators used in the following problem areas: process industry, manufacturing industry, and robotics. It will also deal with some special cases of measurement systems for substance analysis, analytical measurements, microsensors, biosensors, and virtual sensors. The following chapters will be covered:

Basic principles of control systems.

Safety standards in the area of automation systems (Ingress Protection – IP, IK rating, equipment in hazardous areas)

Standard signals of control systems.

Measurement systems:

     sensors (position, path, speed, acceleration, force, torque, level, flow, temperature, pressure, proximity, distance, humidity, thermal conductivity, viscosity, density, analytical measurements, special measurements),

     vision-based measurement systems,

     transmitters.

Actuator systems:

     actuators (electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic motors, control and on/off valves, pumps)

     power converters (frequency converter, relay, electro-pneumatic valve, electro-hydraulic valve etc.)

Process Controllers and Programmable Logic Controllers.

Main stress will be given to parameterisation of instrumentation and its implementation in the control and supervisory systems.

Get to know fundamental instrumentation in control systems practice and their implementation from engineer's (user/maintainer/control system designer) point of view.

Lectures, seminar, laboratory exercises, excursions to industiral and semi-industrial plants.