Module Title Module Code

INTRODUCTION TO INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL 4EJ512 Pre-requisite (where appropriate)

Date of Approval Module Level Credit value Total Number of Learning Hours Key Words (10 words maximum) Module Delivery Mode (Please tick as appropriate) Module Description (200 words max)

March 2012 Level 4 20 200 Accuracy, error, Sensors, amplifiers, noise, transfer function, PID, PLC Online/Distance Blended/Face to face Work-based learning

Control and electronic instrumentation systems play an important role in most areas of Science and Technology. This module introduces the principle of operation of the basic components of modern electronic instrumentation and control systems and presents a structured approach to evaluate the operation and performance of commonly used systems. The module also aims to give the student a clear understanding of properties behaviour and simple control strategies for linear dynamic systems with the emphasis on electrical, mechanical and electromechanical systems. This module aims also to help the student to develop a good general working knowledge of programmable controllers with concentration on relay ladder logic techniques and how a PLC is connected to external components in an operating control system. On successful completion of the module, students will be able to: 1. Describe the key theoretical and practical issues relevant to the operation of electronic instrumentation systems and apply appropriate methods to understand the operations and evaluate the performance of simple electronic measurements systems. 2. Demonstrate the ways of developing a transfer function for a system and identify its main dynamic properties and Illustrate the principles of open and closed loop control and appreciate that a controller can alter system response.

Module Learning Outcomes

3. Use appropriate techniques to analyse control system performance. Module Content Units Associated with Basic Electrical Quantities SI units, charge, force, work, electrical potential and e.m.f. resistance and conductance, electrical power and energy, introduction to international standards and calibration. Basic Measurement Theory Accuracy, measurement errors, hysteresis, linearity, resolution, measurement in the presence of noise. Sensors Sensor types. Measurement of temperature, force, displacement, velocity, strain, and other common variables. Instrumentation Circuits Diode and transistor circuits, bridge circuit, operational amplifiers, instrumentation amplifier, digital circuits. Interface to sensors. Measurement Systems Noise measurements and noise reduction techniques, data acquisition, recording, and control, automatic test equipment, video test methods, medical instrumentation. PC-based data acquisition. Current Issues and Trends in Measurement Systems Wireless, Intelligent systems, distributed measurement systems, virtual instruments Engineering System Modelling and Analysis Physical laws governing the behaviour of electrical, mechanical and electromechanical systems. Differential equations used to model dynamic system behaviour. System analysis based on system equations. System response to test inputs such are step, impulse or ramp. Performance specifications for second order systems (using CAD tools). Transfer Function Basics Laplace transform. Conversion of system equation into transfer function. Block diagrams. Transfer function analysis. Transfer function poles and zeros. Transient response of first and second order systems from transfer function. Feedback configuration and closed loop transfer function. Proportional control. System stability and stability criteria. Steady State Errors. Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCS) Overview of programmable logic controllers, ladder diagram fundamentals, fundamental PLC programming, wiring techniques, analogue I/O, encoders, transducers, and sensors,

closed loop and PID control, motor controls, system integrity and safety. Module Learning and Teaching Methods Learning & Teaching Methods (as defined in the QAA indicative list See Guidance Notes): The module will be presented through lectures designed to give an understanding of both the theoretical basis and practical application of the subject matter. Half of the scheduled hours will be devoted to lectures. The remaining scheduled time will be divided between seminar and practical. Seminars will be used to underpin the lectures and give students further theoretical and practical appreciation of the subject content. Laboratory-based projects will be used to give students experience of the application of the subject material covered in the lectures. Seminars and practical sessions will be designed to give the students ample opportunities for formative feedback.

Scheduled learning and teaching activities: Guided independent study: 75% Placement/study abroad: 0% Module Assessment Method

25%

Formative Formative assessment will be communicated to the students during practical and seminar sessions. They will be given feedback on their performance in analytical and practical skills. Summative CW1: 50% weighting: Learning Outcomes 1 & 2 A portfolio of written evidence based on laboratory work, containing a number of individual items of experimental work designed to extend the knowledge, understanding and practical skills to design and performance evaluation of measurement systems. Summative CW2: 50% weighting: Learning Outcome 3 Derivation of transfer function for given system and system analysis using numerical analysis and computer based tools. This analysis will form the basis of a written report. And programming and evaluating a practical control systems based on a PLC module to provide a written report (1,200 words maximum) . Link to ASPIRE Johnson C.,.2005, Process Control Instrumentation Technology, 8th Edn.. Prentice Hall. Dunn W. C., 2005, Fundamentals of Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control, McGraw-Hill.

Reading list

Qiu L., Zhou K., 2010, Introduction to Feedback Control, Prentice Hall CAPT(Center for the Advancement of Process Tech)l, 2010, Instrumentation, Prentice Hall