TEL 421
Control Engineering
2
Course Description
At the end of the course the student should be able to:
1. have working knowledge of process control;
2. model engineering processes from first principles and use step response data;
3. design controllers for different process applications;
4. use the techniques, tools and skills related to process control, computer science and
modern process control engineering in modern engineering practice; and
5. communicate system related concepts effectively.
Course Outline
Feedback concept, advantages, system classification, structures; Control system components
- mechanical, electronic hydraulic, thermal, position control; Transient analysis of servo-
mechanism, signal regulators compensation techniques; Series/parallel feedback controllers.
System transfer functions, signal flow graphs, stability, Routh-Hurwitz criteria.