Industrial Control

INDUSTRIAL CONTROL (96h)
Responsible lecturer prof. dr hab.eng. Maciej Tondos*

Signal theory (lectures 8h, laboratories 6h – dr Krzysztof Duda)

  1. Discrete Time Signals and Systems
  2. Sampling of Continuous-Time signals
  3. The Discrete Fourier Transform
  4. Filter design techniques
  5. Adaptive filters

Signal processing algorithms (lectures 8h, laboratories 6h – dr Krzysztof Duda)

  1. Computation of the Discrete Fourier Transform
  2. Computation of convolution
  3. Analytic signal
  4. Fourier analysis of signals using the Discrete Fourier Transform
  5. Time-frequency analysis of discrete signals

Microcomputer systems in industry (lectures 6h, laboratories 4h – dr Grzegorz Wróbel)
Using microcomputer systems in industry. Basics of hardware and software standards. Basics of real-time operating systems.

  1. Microcomputer systems definitions
  2. Microcomputer systems architecture and components
  3. Microcontrollers – architecture, examples, applications.
  4. Embedded systems on base of PC/104 standard.
  5. Real-time operating systems definitions and features.
  6. Multitasking and multithreading in control processes.
  7. Distributed control and data processing in real-time systems.

Automation of Industrial Processes (lectures 6h, laboratories 4h – dr Zbigniew Mikoś)

  1. Centralised and distributed control. Hierarchical control systems – control layers tasks. Modes of control in automation systems.
  2. Structures of interconnections between control system and power supply system.
  3. Electrical equipment, sensors and actuators in automation system.
  4. Programmable controllers, industrial networks and local buses.
  5. Operational systems, SCADA systems.
  6. Examples of multilevel automation systems.

Building Automation Systems (lectures 8h, laboratories 6h -msc Paweł Kwasnowski, dr Grzegorz Hayduk, msc inż. Andrzej Ożadowicz)

  1. Building technical infrastructure systems: energy distribution, HVAC, security
  2. Automation tasks
  3. Application of distributed control systems
  4. Data transmission standards in building automation systems: BACnet, EIB, LonWorks
  5. Examples of control tasks and system integration in LonWorks technology
  6. Standardization of devices
  7. Functionality description standards
  8. Engineering methodology
  9. Examples of commercially available building automation systems.

Programmable industrial controllers (lectures 8h, laboratories 6h – msc Paweł Kwasnowski, dr Marcin Jachimski)
Introduction to programmable industrial controllers. Positioning of controller in plant installation. Classification of controllers. Programmable controllers – definitions, operation, application areas, memory organization and input/output mapping, digital and analog input/output characteristics, signal converters and conditioners, specialized modules, programming languages, ladder diagrams, instruction list, function blocks, sequential charts, IEC 1131 programming standard. Examples of controllers. Hardware configuration. Engineering methodology. Examples of applications.

Automation of Industrial Processes (lectures 6h, laboratories 4h – dr Zbigniew Mikoś)

  • Centralised and distributed control. Hierarchical control systems – control layers tasks. Modes of control in automation systems.
  • Structures of interconnections between control system and power supply system.
  • Electrical equipment, sensors and actuators in automation system.
  • Programmable controllers, industrial networks and local buses.
  • Operational systems, SCADA systems.
  • Examples of multilevel automation systems.

Advanced Power Electronics Converters and Controll (selected problems), (lectures 4h, laboratories 6h – dr Robert Stala, dr Adam Penczek, msc Tomasz Siostrzonek)

  1. MULTILEVEL MULTICELL CONVERTERS
    Lectures (2h)

    1. Idea of multilevel conversion,
    2. Multicell dc/dc, dc/ac, ac/ac and ac/dc topologies,
    3. DSP/FPGA control of multicell converters

    Exercises (2h)
    Topology and control of multicell converters analysis

  2. ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM WITH BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR
    Lectures (2h):

    1. Single and Three Phase rectifiers – topology and control
    2. Methods of Power Quality Improvement
    3. The electronic commutator. The control of the brushless DC motor.
    4. The motor and generator work of BLDC motor. The flywheel storage energy.
    5. DSP control of Brushless DC Motor Drive system.

    Exercises (4h)

    • Rectifiers with sinusoidal line current
      1. Thyrisor and Transistor Rectifiers – laboratory demonstration
      2. DSP/FPGA control of power electronic devices (PWM signals generation, speed measurement.
    • Brushless DC motor
      1. The Flywheel Storage Energy
    1. * prof. dr hab. eng. Maciej TONDOS, AGH-University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland. Faculty of Electrical Engineering ,Automatics , Informatics and Electronics. Head of Institute of Drive Automation and Industrial Equipments . Author of 80 publications, 15 patents, 50 significant scientific and research works. Member of IEEE and European Power Electronics Association.