PICENG433

 

Course Code: PICENG 433               Course Title: Digital Process Control

Digital control schemes: direct digital control, distributed control systems and supervisory control. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Data acquisition systems. Sampling, filtering and reconstruction of signals. Development of discrete-time models. The Z-transforms. Transient response of discrete-time models. Analysis and stability of digital control systems. Digital PID controller. Design of digital controllers using direct synthesis methods. Minimum variance control and pole placement control. Batch process control and PLCs. *(One tutorial hour)