Course

Industrial Automation and Control

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Course topics:

  1. Introduction to Industrial Automation and Control
  2. Architecture of Industrial Automation Systems
  3. Introduction to sensors and measurement systems
  4. Temperature measurement
  5. Pressure and Force measurements
  6. Displacement and speed measurement
  7. Flow measurement techniques
  8. Measurement of level, humidity, pH etc
  9. Signal Conditioning and Processing
  10. Estimation of errors and Calibration
  11. Introduction to Process Control.
  12. P-- I -- D Control
  13. Controller Tuning.
  14. Implementation of PID Controllers
  15. Special Control Structures : Feedforward and Ratio Control.
  16. Special Control Structures : Predictive Control, Control of Systems with Inverse Response
  17. Special Control Structures : Cascade Control, Overriding Control, Selective Control, Split Range Control
  18. Introduction to Sequence Control, PLCs and Relay Ladder Logic
  19. Sequence Control : Scan Cycle, RLL Syntax
  20. Sequence Control : Structured Design Approach
  21. Sequence Control : Advanced RLL Programming
  22. Sequence Control : The Hardware environment
  23. Control of Machine tools : Introduction to CNC Machines
  24. Control of Machine tools : Analysis of a control loop
  25. Introduction to Actuators : Flow Control Valves
  26. Hydraulic Actuator Systems : Principles, Components and Symbols
  27. Hydraulic Actuator Systems : Pumps and Motors,
  28. Proportional and Servo Valves
  29. Pneumatic Control Systems : System Components
  30. Pneumatic Control Systems : Controllers and Integrated Control Systems
  31. Electric Drives : Introduction, Energy Saving with Adjustible Speed Drives
  32. Step motors : Principles, Construction and Drives
  33. DC Motor Drives : Introduction, DC--DC Converters, Adjustible Speed Drives
  34. Induction Motor Drives: Introduction, Characteristics, Adjustible Speed Drives
  35. Synchronous Motor Drives : Motor Principles, Adjustible Speed and Servo Drives
  36. Networking of Sensors, Actuators and Controllers : The Fieldbus
  37. The Fieldbus Communication Protocol
  38. Introduction to Production Control Systems
  39. Concluding Lecture
Course Lectures