System Automation and Control

EC 424

SYSTEM AUTOMATION AND CONTROL

(Elective - II)

Instruction 4Periods per week

DurationofUniversityExamination 3 Hours

UniversityExamination 75 Marks

Sessional 25 Marks

Course objectives:

1.  To appreciate the role of automation in industries.

2.  To learn the various automation techniques and the different ways it can be applied.

3.  To have a basic idea of robotic process automation

UNIT-I

Introduction to automation. Role of automation in industries. Process/machine pyramid. Sensors and actuators. Sensor characteristics. Levels of industrial automation. Functions of each level. Hierarchical structure of industrial automation systems. Automatic control and supervisory control and their differences.

UNIT-II

Data acquisition and Signal conditioning, ADC architecture and performance parameters , various signal conditioning modules. Use of data acquisition Criteria to choose suitable data acquisition equipment. Measurement systems structure. Temperature, torque, low and high pressure guages, force and flow measurements. Applications- heat exchanger, reactor, flow control in temperature, composition, level and pressure.

UNIT-III

Introduction to systems: Measurement and control. Basic system models. Mathematical models. Mechanical system building blocks, Electrical system building blocks, Fluid system building blocks and Thermal system building blocks. Engineering systems: Rotational – translational, Electromechanical, hydraulic-mechanical.

UNIT-IV

Dynamic responses of systems, system transfer functions, frequency response, closed loop controllers. Microcontroller basics, architecture, hardware interfacing,programming a microcontroller. Programmable logic controllers: basic structure, input/output processing, programming, selection of a PLC.

UNIT-V

Motion control and robotics: concepts of motion control system and real world applications. Components of a motion control system. Motion controller, Motors and mechanical elements, move types, Motor amplifiers and drives. Feedback devices and motion input/output.

Suggested Readings:

1.  W. Bolton,“Mechatronics: Electronic control systems inmechanical and electrical Engineering,”3/e, Pearson Education,2008.

2.  S. Mukhopadhyay,S.Sen and A.K. Deb, “Industrial Instrumentation, Control and Automation, Jaico Publishing House, 2013

3.  Robert A. Witte,“Electronic Test Instruments: Analog and DigitalMeasurements,”2/e, Pearson Education, 2002.

4.  Dan Necsulescu,“Mechatronics,”1/e, Pearson Education, 2002.

5.  De Silva,“Mechatronics,”First Indian Reprint 2013, Sesi (Taylor & Francis), Yesdee Publications.