Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Module Offerings
5305CIT-SEP-PAR
Aims
To develop an understanding of components and the principles of control systems, basic design and analysis techniques, and practice some control applications to
industrial systems.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of the automatic control system, the feedback control system and the control mode.
2.
Demonstrate the ability to establish the transfer functions of the control system with typical links and develop a mathematical model and analyse the system dynamic performance index.
3.
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic concept of frequency characteristics, and the relationship between frequency characteristics and system stabilities.
4.
Demonstrate the use the simulation software to analyse the control system and adjust the system performance according to the analysis results.
5.
Simulate control systems with appropriate software and assess system performance.
6.
Demonstrate understanding of system components and controller realisation.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Introduction: control system structure including sensors, controllers, actuators and plants.
Matlab/Simulink
Modelling & Simulation: introduce transfer function models for different plants, how to use Matlab/Simulink to model a dynamic system, how to simulate a control system with Matlab/Simulink for system analysis and performance assessment.
Integration algorithms, State Space representation Time response analysis: characteristics for first order and second order systems, response to step and ramp input.
Controller design: design specification in time domain, functions of P, I and D control, empirical controller parameter setting method.
Industrial control: implementation of PID controllers, proportional and derivative kicks, integral controller wind-up and anti-wind-up method.
Control system hardware design.
Block diagram analysis.
Stability: concept of absolute and relative stability, stability analysis.
Computer packages will be used to gain experience in applying and simulating techniques.
Additional Information:The modules develops an understanding of the modelling, application, design and analysis of control systems with Matlab/Simulink.
Reports are 2500 maximum word count.
Examinations are 2 hour duration.