MCET 46200 - Application Of Computers In Process Control

Prerequisite(s): MCET 21700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ECET 36200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ECET 21700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

Credit Hours: 3.00. This course studies industrial process control systems. Topics include: continuous and discrete-state process control; analyzing process characteristics and controller tuning; closed loop control system characteristics, system stability, open loop and closed loop transient response; single, multivariable and cascade control systems; supervisory, direct computer control, and distributed control systems; virtual instrumentation and graphical software tools; analogies between electrical and mechanical systems; mathematical modeling of electromechanical systems; concepts of cam motion and inertia ratio; statistical process control (SPC); introduction to computer aided control software and hardware applied to process control. (Not open to students with credit in ECET 46200.) Typically offered Fall.

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