Study Guide

Objective

The goal is that the completed course provides an understanding of the principle of feedback control and use of the PID controller and the ability to implement a regulator in practice.

Content

Process models
Control structures
Regulatory
Proportional
Integral
Derivative
Use of regulators
Calculation of control constants
Implementation of a PID controller

Location and time

Autumn 2022, Vaasa

Materials

Course material, literature and laboratory descriptions.

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises and laboratory exercises.

Exam schedules

Within 3 weeks after course completion.

Completion alternatives

-

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Understand the principle of feedback.
Have the knowledge to set PID controllers for common control objects.
Master the most common control structures.
Understand the principles for identifying process models.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Know the most common analysis tools for analyzing feedback systems.
Have the knowledge to implement PID controllers with various tools.
Have the knowledge to implement regulatory structures in practice.
Have the knowledge to perform simpler identification experiments.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Be well versed in systematic analysis of feedback systems.
Master autotuning of PID controllers.
Being able to design and implement advanced control structures.
Have the knowledge to perform more advanced identification.

Assessment methods and criteria

The course assessment is based on:
- the documentation of compulsory laboratory exercises
- assignments to be handed in
- course exam

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Less than 40% of the course credits.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

40% - 63% of the course credits.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

64% - 87% of the course credits.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

At least 88% of the course credits.

Qualifications

Modellering och simulering (Modeling and simulation)