Course detail

Introduction to Process Control

FEKT-BPC-UPAAcad. year: 2024/2025

The subject provides basic knowledge of electrical engineering, an overview of automation devices and process instrumentation used in production with a focus on the chemical industry. Furthermore, the subject provides an overview of the theory of systems and their management. 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jakub Arm, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Control and Instrumentation (UAMT)

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The subject ends with a final exam (max. 100 b). A minimum of 50 b is required for successful graduation.
The final exam is written with the possibility of an oral examination. 

Aims

The aim of the subject is to provide students with an overview of the basics of electrical engineering and the basic range of automation devices used to control the production process. Students will also gain an overview of the function of individual industrial components, as well as their parameters and basic properties. The basics of systems theory and their management will also be presented.

The student is able to:
- orient yourself in the basics of electrical engineering.
- describe the automation means according to the function in the automation system.
- orient yourself in the types of industrial production and describe their characteristics.
- describe the basic parameters of common industrial sensors and actuators.
- describe the function of resources in the management structure of a production enterprise.
- define basic concepts from the theory of systems and management. 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Zezulka F.: Prostředky průmyslové automatizace. VUTIUM, 2004 (EN)
Zezulka F.: Prostředky průmyslové automatizace. VUTIUM, 2004 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPCP_CHTN Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jakub Arm, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Fundamentals of electrical engineering - quantities, basic principles and electrical safety.
2. Introduction to automation tools - overview of production control levels and their functions, types of processes.
3. Sensors - basic types and their properties, methods of connection to the control system
4. Actuators - electric, pneumatic, hydraulic
5. Industrial control systems - basic types and requirements.
6. Introduction to management theory
7. Signals
8. Systems
9. Feedback regulation 1
10. Feedback regulation 2
11. Industrial controllers, control demonstration (MATLAB/PLC, etc.)
12. Batch management - basics, MES systems, ERP systems
13. Summary, repetition of the curriculum