Study Guide

Objective

The goal of the course is that the student should be acquainted with the basic principles of control engineering, is able to analyse a control system, and can use and tune a PID controller.

Content

- control engineering and its applications
- components and block schemes
- process characteristics
- process types and step responses
- feedback loop systems
- different control methods
- PID controllers
- tuning PID controllers

Location and time

Spring 2023, Vaasa

Teaching methods

- lectures
- excercises
- laboratory work
- individual studies

Exam schedules

will be informed via Moodle and lessons

Completion alternatives

Pass in exercises, laboratory work and examination

Student workload

80 working hours

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is acquainted with the basic terminology of control engineering, knows the most important analysis principles of control engineering, and is able to tune a PID controller for common control objects.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is well acquainted with the basic terminology of control engineering, knows well methods to analyse control objects, and is able to implement PID controllers by means of different tools.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to utilize the basic terminology for structuring control engineering problems, is able to use system analysis to solve control engineering problems, is able to recognize the limitations of PID control, and knows alternative control methods.

Assessment methods and criteria

- Competence in the basic concept of control engineering
- Competence in control engineering system analysis
- Competence in PID control

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

- the basic concept of control technology is unknown a
- lacks knowledge of regulatory technical system analysis
- do not know the principles of PID regulation

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

- know the basic concept of control technology
- know the basic principles of control system analysis
- know the principles of PID regulation

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

- is well acquainted with the basic concept of control technology
- is well versed in methods for analyzing control objects, controllers and control systems
- able to implement PID controllers in different environments

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- can structure regulatory technical problems on the basis of the basic concept of control technology
- can use system analysis to solve regulatory technical problems
- can see PID regulation restrictions and is familiar with methods for stretching its boundaries

Qualifications

No requirements in advance