BCT4111 Process Automation and Control

This course covers the principles of process control elements, measurement systems, programmable logic controllers and commonly applied industrial control systems.  

Course Objectives
The objectives of this course are to:

• Introduce the fundamental concepts of applied industrial process control, including dynamic modelling, real-time optimization and PLCs
• Provide an overview of the sensor, actuator and control hardware systems used in industrial process control systems.
• Familiarize students with the process control elements and their control characteristics

Learning Outcomes
On completion students will be able to:

• Understand the tools and methods used in industrial process control
• Design various process controllers, including single-loop PID, cascade, feedforward, de-couplers and model predictive control
• Identify suitable process control hardware to solve specific problems.
• Tune a PID controller using various tuning rules
• Design simple programmes for use in Programmable Logic Controllers