EE/MFS 599 ­ Industrial Control

Spring Semester 2008

Course Description:

A study of industrial control analysis and design methods including system identification methods PID control, Kalman Filters, and fuzzy control. The second half of the course covers the development and implementation of discrete control programs for non-sequential control as well as a basic understanding of Pneumatic/Hydraulic control.

COORDINATORS:Dr. Larry Holloway and Dr. Bruce L. Walcott

PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC:

1. Signals and Systems Analysis.

2. Signal representation and Frequency Response Methods

3. Z and Laplace transform analysis.

GOALS: Students completing this course will have an understanding of control methods that are very appropriate for application in industry for control of processes and systems. The class will include lectures, projects, and demonstrations. Through the projects, the students will gain experience in implementing and evaluating control methods. Topics that will be covered include process identification methods, continuous control methods (including PID, LQR/Kalman Filter, Digital Control, and Fuzzy Control), as well as discrete control methods (primarily as implemented using Programmable Logic Controllers/PLCs).

Material in the class is motivated in part by the professional Control Systems Engineer (CSE) Licensing Exam (information available at www.isa.org ). (This course will cover only a portion of the material expected by the licensing exam.) .

ABET OUTCOMES: The following competencies should be imparted to the students:

1. 1. Use system identification methods to develop models of unknown processes
2. Understand issues with deadband, sampling, and time-lag.
3. Develop and implement a PID control to achieve design objectives. .
4. Understand the basic operation of LQR (Kalman Filter) control for processes with stochastic noise.
5. Design a control system using fuzzy control.
6. Develop and implement discrete control programs for non-sequential control.
7. Develop and implement discrete control programs for sequential control.
8. Understand IEC1131-3 and IEC61131-3 standards for programming industrial automation systems
9. Understand basic Pneumatic/Hydraulic control.