SOLUTION: Further Control Systems Engineering | My Assignment Tutor

Unit 54 Further ControlSystems EngineeringIntroductionDr Hind ChebboLearning Outcomes1. Discuss the basic concepts of control systems and theircontemporary applications.2. Analyse the elements of a typical, high-level control system and itsmodel development.3. Analyse the structure and behaviour of typical control systems.4. Explain the application of control parameters to produce optimumperformance of a control system.LO1 Examine the basic concepts of controlsystems and their contemporary applications• Background, terminology, underpinning principles and system basics:• Brief history of control systems and their industrial relevance, controlsystem terminology and identification, including plant, process, system,disturbances, inputs and outputs, initial time, additivity, homogeneity,linearity and stability• Basic control systems properties and configurations, classification andperformance criteria of control systems• Block diagram representation of simple control systems and their relevancein industrial application• Principles of Transfer Function (TF) for open and closed loop systems, useof current computational tools for use in control systems (e.g. Matlab,Simulink, Labview)LO2 Explore the elements of a typical, high-levelcontrol system and its model development :Developing system applications:• Simple mathematical models of electrical, mechanical and electromechanical systems• Block diagram representation of simple control systems• Introduction of Laplace transform and its properties,• simple first and second order systems and their dynamic responses• Modelling and simulation of simple first and second order controlsystem using current computational tool (e.g. Matlab/Simulink)LO3 Analyse the structure and behaviour oftypical control systems• System behaviour: Transient and steady behaviour of simple open loopand closed loop control systems in response to a unit step input• Practical closed loop control systems and the effect of externaldisturbances• Poles and zeros and their role in the stability of control systems, steadystate error. Applicability of Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion• Use of current computational tools (e.g. Matlab, Simulink) to model,simulate and analyse the dynamic behaviour of simple open and closedloop control systemsLO4 Explain the application of control parametersto produce optimum performance of a controlsystemControl parameters and optimum performance:• Introduction to the three-term PID controller, the role of a Proportionalcontroller (P), Integral controller (I) and the Derivative controller (D)• General block diagram representation and analysis, effects of each term,P-I-D, on first and second order systems• Simple closed loop analysis of the different combinations of the terms inPID controllers, effect of the three terms on disturbance signals and anintroduction to simple PID controller tuning methods• Modelling and simulation using current computational tools (e.g. Matlab,Simuliunk, Labview) to analyse the effects of each P-I-D term, individuallyand in combination on a control systemLearning Outcome Criteria ReferencePearson BTEC Levels 4 and 5 Higher Nationals in EngineeringSpecification – Issue 7 – October 2020 © Pearson Education Limited2020