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TTK4111

Control Systems

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Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Autumn 2024
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

Linear differential equations. State space representation. Transition matrix, decoupling, canonical forms. Linear approximations of nonlinear processes; linearisation. Block diagrams. Laplace transformation. Root loci. Responses for some typical processes--time- and frequency response. Stability of feedback systems, stability criteria. Frequency domain based synthesis of feedback systems: Servo control, process control with rejection of disturbances. P, PI, PID controllers, other serial controllers. Cascade control. Feedforward control. Discrete (digital) control of continuous systems, and basics of analog filters.

Learning outcome

Knowledge: Basic knowledge about mathematical models of dynamic systems described by time differential equations. Know important terms like state-space, linearization, eigenvalues, Laplace transform, time response, frequency response, transfer function, block diagram, bode diagram, feedback systems. Know what characterize stability in linear systems, and methods to analyze stability in feedback systems with controllers. Be able to design/synthesize simple controllers for use on processes with known models. Be familiar with the most common controllers in industrial use. Skills: Be able to carry out small development projects independently and contribute actively in larger projects. Know how to analyze control issues and dynamic process properties. Design simple controllers and tune controller parameters. Have sufficient basic knowledge for more advanced control courses. General competence: Communicate about control-relevant issues both with specialists and the general public. Have conscious attitudes about how control systems interact with other both technical and non-technical systems.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and exercises. Five out of seven exercises must be approved. The course home page will be updated with summary of the lecture content. In addition, references to optional literature and some models and simple Matlab programs.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Further on evaluation

Written exam. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may change from written to oral.

Support material code C.

Course materials

Balchen, Andresen, Foss: Reguleringsteknikk, 2016 edition.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TTK4105 7.5 sp Autumn 2023
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning - Multiphase Flow
  • Industrial Process Technology
  • Marine Cybernetics
  • Manufacturing Systems
  • Electronics
  • Energy and Process Engineering
  • Refrigeration Engineering
  • Reactor Technology
  • Electrical Power Engineering
  • Industrial Economics
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning - Refrigeration Plants and Heat Pumps
  • Production and Quality Engineering - Information Technology
  • Reservoir Simulation
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Process Automation
  • Hydro and Gas Dynamics
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Process Control
  • Chemical Engineering/Process Control
  • Petroleum Production
  • Thermal Energy and Hydropower
  • Industrial Chemistry
  • Engineering Cybernetics
  • Applied Mechanics, Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics - Heat and Combustion Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Electrical Power Engineering
  • Physics
  • Marine Topics
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Engineering Cybernetics