This course gives students the basic understanding of process control and elements of feedback control loop. Control valves, their selection, calibration, installation, and repair will be explored. Various control strategies including on-off, proportional (P), proportional-integral (PI), and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) will be covered. Different methods of controller tuning will be practiced. Advanced control strategies such as cascade, ratio and feedforward will also be covered. Methods of signal transmission in process control loops will be taught. Students will set up and operate various process control loops and analyze their performance. All laboratory experiments including control loops configuration, controllers tuning, process graphics (HMI) design, and loops operation, will be conducted using Rockwell PlantPAx Process Automation System and CompactLogix controllers.
ELTR 2454 - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Define a control loop and identify types of control loops.
- Design the HMI operator interface
- Identify methods of signal transmission used in control loops.
- Select, calibrate, install and operate control valves with actuators and/or positioners.
- Define control strategies and compare common control strategies such as on-off control, proportional (P), proportional-integral (PI), and proportional-integral-derivative (PID).
- Identify different controller tuning performance standards and methods of tuning controllers.
- Define advanced control strategies such as cascade, ratio and feedforward.
- Troubleshoot basic process control loops.
- Set up the control system with PACs and liquid trainers.
- Configure the control strategy using Function Block (FB) and Sequential Function Chart (SFC) programming.