ELT 291 Control, Robotics, and Power Systems

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 3
Credits: 4

Covers principles and concepts of electronic and electrical control and sensing devices used in industry. Introduces electric motors, three-phase electricity, control devices and circuits, process control systems and servos, measurement transducers, and programmable controllers (PLCs). Relates control systems to robotics and power generation systems. Promotes and supports sustainable and green technologies.

Prerequisite: ELT 142 and ELT 262, each with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Student Learning Outcomes:

Identify, classify, describe the principles of operation, calculate operating parameters of standard sensors and transducers used in industrial applications, and verify their operation.
Identify schematics, describe operating principles, predict, and verify performance of standard DC and AC motors and the power generation of generators.
Identify schematics and receptacles, calculate, and measure phase currents and voltages for three-phase delta and wye electrical systems.
Identify schematics, describe, predict, and measure the operation of industrial control devices used in industries including wind power, solar power, and biofuel generation and other batch processing systems.
Describe, and observe or measure, the characteristics and behavior of process control characteristics and behavior of process control systems, including open/closed-loop, on-off, proportional, integral, derivative, synchros, and servos.
Describe the structure and functions of the parts of programmable controllers (PLCs), read and draw ladder logic diagrams, and write and implement programs for PLCs.

Content Outline

Review of Linear ICs and Op Amps in Industrial Applications
- Instrumentation amplifier
- A/D, D/A and data acquisition
Sensors and Transducers
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Light
- Displacement, stress, strain
- Magnetism
- Pressure
- Fluid flow
- Liquid level
- Measurement with bridges
- pH
DC Machines
- Generator principles
- Wound field DC motors
- DC generators
- PM motors
- Brushless DC motors
- Stepper motors
AC Machines
- Three-phase AC
- AC generators
- AC motors
- Universal motor
- Induction motor
Industrial Control
- Manual and mechanical switches
- Solenoids and relays
- DC motor control
- AC motor control
Process Control
- Open-loop and closed-loop control
- On-off control
- Proportional control
- Integral control
- Derivative (differential) control
- PID controllers
- Synchros and servos
- HMI software
Sequential Process Control
- Device symbology
- Ladder logic diagrams
- Relay logic control
Programmable Controllers
- Hardware components
- PLC configuration basics
- PLC wiring diagrams and ladder logic
- Timers and counters
- Industrial, and personal computer systems
- Applications in CIM and robotics
Robotics
- Styles
- Uses
- Configuarations
Power Generation through Renewable Resources
- Wind power
- Solar power
- Hydroelectric power
- Sterling engines
- Geothermic power
- Nuclear power
Relation to Sustainable and Green Technologies