Automaatiotekniikka ja elektroniikka (B0088), 3 op

Basic information

Prerequisites

Physics and the laboratory works

Course contents (core content level)

? the basics, the structure and the functions of the automation with a special interest in the processes of the biotechnical and food industry
? process dynamics and it?s effect on the control
? the basics of measurement technology, measuring scales, basic industrial measurements, the functions and the structures of the basic measuring sensors, the handling of the measurement signal, the data acquisition systems, the uncertainty of the measurement,
? PI diagrams and the drawing marks of the instrumentation
? industrial actuators, valves, pumps and blowers
? industrial controllers, PID control algorithms, open and closed loop systems, the analysis and the tuning of the control loop, the stability, the response analysis, the performance indices,
? the control system design and the simulation of the industrial unit processes

Course contents (additional)

Special emphasis
? on the control of the processes of the biotechnical and food industry,
? on the structure, the component and the method of the control system,
? on tuning the control loop by using simulations.

Core content level learning outcomes (knowledge and understanding)

After completion of this course the student is able to understand
? the functions and tasks of the automation,
? the data acquisition and the handling of the measurement,
? the structure and the operational function and the tuning of the PID control algorithm.

Core content level learning outcomes (skills)

After completion of this course the student is able
? to undertand the basics, the structure and the meaning of the automation, the measurement and the control, and the transfer and the handling of the measurement signal,
? to tune a simple PID controller
? to operate and to configure a simple automation system
? to program a simple application by the programmable logic
? to define experimentally the dynamic of the process.

Recommended reading

Harju, Marttinen; Säätöpiirin virityksen perusteet
Smith; Take control, Process Engineer

Teaching and learning strategies

Class room teaching: 35 h
Laboratory excercises: 15 h
Calculating excercises:
Project:
Exams: 2 pcs, a? 2 h
Student individual workload (student workload analysis carried out 1/06): 46 h
Total: 100 h
Follow-up of the student workload analysis performed: -

Teaching methods and student workload

Assessment weighting and grading

The learning results tested in individual tests:
1 A4 referat about the article Take Control
Assessment of the compulsory homework assignments
Computer excercises with reports
Laboratory works with reports
personal report and a group report
factory excursion
intermediate exam, final exam

Related competences of the degree programme

Technological and economical skills in bio and food processes and in production systems
Economical Skills
Ethical and Ecological Skills
Theoretical basis and mathematical and science skills
Interdisciplinary
Communication and interpersonal skills