Measurement and Process Control

NAME OF THE COURSE

Code

KTA213

Year of study

Course teacher

Prof Jadranka Marasović

Credits (ECTS)

3.0

Associate teachers

Type of instruction (number of hours)

P	S	V	T
30	0	0	0

Status of the course

Mandatory

Percentage of application of e-learning

0 %

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course objectives

Enable students to understand the importance of automated systems, to comprehend that the autonomous operation of such systems is the result of carefully thought and physically realized control procedures, and to be able to grasp the role of measuring equipment in that work. Enable students to gain basic knowledge on the use of computers as a support for the process control.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the course Exercises in Measurement and Process Control

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After completing this course, students will be able to describe the different measuring transducers, as well as to analyze the importance and impact of individual measurements in process control. Students will be able to describe the basic concepts from the process management and control theory and to argue their choice of instrumentation. They will be able to describe the basic use of computers as a support for the control theory and to calculate the elementary data needed to control a simple system.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

Significance and importance of instrumentation in chemical engineering. General characteristics of transducers. Pressure measurements. Temperature measurements. Fluid flow measurements. Level measurements. Humidity and moisture measurements. Introduction to process control principles. Systems and control. Process control objectives. Behavior of control process: mathematical modeling. Control theory basics: Laplace transformation, transfer function, block diagram algebra. Analysis of first and second order processes. First and second order processes in control loop, stability analysis, and synthesis of P - controller. Design and characteristics of instrumentation in control loop.

Format of instruction:

Student responsibilities

Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course):

Class attendance	1.0	Research	Practical training	0.0
Experimental work	0.0	Report		1.0
Essay	0.0	Seminar essay
Tests	0.5	Oral exam
Written exam	0.5	Project

Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam

During the semester, there will be two mid-term exams. At the end of the semester, students will take a written exam. In order to get a positive grade from this course, students need to acquire minimum 50% of the total score on each of the mid-term exams or at the final exam.
The final grade is determined as follows:
Percentage Grade
50% to 61% sufficient (2)
62% to 74% good (3)
75% to 87% very good (4)
88% to 100% excellent (5)

Required literature (available in the library and via other media)

Title	Number of copies in the library	Availability via other media
J, Božičević, Temelji automatike 1, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1992.	0
R. Žanetić, Vođenje procesa u proizvodnji, Interna skripta, KTF, Split, 2006.	0	Web stranica KTF
R. Žanetič, R. Stipišić, Mjerni pretvornici u procesnoj industriji, Interna skripta, KTF, Split, 2005.	0	Web stranica KTF

Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal)

J. Božičević, Temelji automatike 1, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1992.
J. Marasović, Temeljni postupci u automatici, Interna skripta, FESB, Split, 2001.
D.E. Seborg, T.F. Edgar, D.A. Mallichamp, Process Dynamics and Control, J. Wiley, New York, 1989.
J.W. Dally, W.F. Riley, K.G. McConnell, Instrumentation for Engineering Measurements, J. Wiley, New York, 1994.

Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences

During the semester, there will be two mid-term exams. At the end of the semester, students will take a written exam. Each mid-term exam and the final exam will consist of several short questions intended to evaluate the students’ understanding of the theory and their ability to describe the fundamental concepts, as well as to test students’ ability to apply the theory onto simple, practical examples.
Quality and accomplishment assurance will be performed at three separate levels: (1) University level, (2) Faculty level, by the Teaching Quality Control Committee, (3) Professor’s Level.

Other (as the proposer wishes to add)