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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Sensors and technological process control

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 638-2023/02
Abbreviation SRTP
Course title Sensors and technological process control
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Automation and Computing in Industry
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Milan Heger, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic concepts and content of the course
2. Sensors for temperature measurement (principles, applications, accuracy, reliability, price)
3. Sensors for measuring pressure (principles, applications, accuracy, reliability, price)
4. Sensors for flow and level (principles, applications, accuracy, reliability, price).
5. Sensors for measuring pH and conductivity (principles, applications, accuracy, reliability, price).
6. Sensors for measuring the concentration and moisture and oxygen activity (principles, applications, accuracy, reliability, price).
7. Methods of capture, transmission, and processing of data DAQ.
8. Controlled system, control system, control and feedback control, basic control circuits.
9. Function of control circuit block diagrams.
10. Controllers, their properties and performance.
11. Accuracy, stability and optimal setting of the control circuits.
12. The use of computers and PLC control in automated control systems.
13. The issue of optimal control, the role of computer models in the design, implementation and operation of automated control systems for technological processes.

Literature

WEBSTER, J. G. a H. EREN, ed. Measurement, instrumentation, and sensors handbook: spatial, mechanical, thermal, and radiation measurement. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4398-4888-3.

Advised literature

O´Dwyer, A. Handbook of PI and PID Controllers Tuning Rules. Imperial College Press. World Scientific. New Jersey. London, Singapure, Hong Kong. 2003. ISBN I-86094-350-0.
FRADEN, J. Handbook of modern sensors: physics, designs, and applications. 4th ed. New York: Springer, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4419-6465-6 .