Course Description
Covers instrumentation and control fundamentals and applications to facility systems including documentation. Both analog and digital control systems are covered. It is also an introduction to programmable logic controllers.
This course may be taken in lieu of EN‑3216 Operational Controls, and satisfies all STCW knowledge and practical elements of that course.
This course consists of three 1-hour classes a week for a semester and a comprehensive final exam.
STCW Objectives
Topics
- Dynamic System Modeling
- Introduction: Develop an understanding of PID Controls & System I/O
- Translational Mechanical Systems: Develop LODE Models for MBK Translation
- Standard Forms for System Models: Develop A,B,C,D Modern Control Formats
- Control System Analysis
- Block Diagrams and Computer Simulation: Apply Simulink to Part I LODEs
- Transform Solutions of Linear Models: Derive Laplace Transforms for LODEs
- Transfer Function Analysis: Develop 1°, 2°, & Nth° System Transform solutions
- PID Controller Design
- Block Diagrams for Dynamic Systems: Develop Closed Loop Control Systems
- Modeling, Analysis, and Design Tools: Develop PID Design Solutions
- Feedback Design with MATLAB: Examine practical PID Matlab Designs