ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.25 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Electronics and Computing
Areas: Electronics
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
This course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to implement electronic equipment for industrial control and automation. Thus, sub-objectives of the course include:
a) Understand the fundamentals of the systems that enable industrial automation (microcontrollers, programmable logic controllers)
b) Know the basics of electronic measurement systems needed for process control.
c) Knowledge of a wide range of sensors to measure different physical variables.
d) Identify the most suitable sensor for measuring a particular variable in a given context.
e) Understand and design the signal conditioning circuitry needed to use the chosen sensor.
f) Understand the concepts of representation of the information provided by the sensor in the analog and digital domain, and the processes to move from one domain to another (analogue / digital and digital / analog)
g) Knowledge of a set of actuators that perform actions on a process.
Another training objective pursued is the acquisition by the student of the ability to present results through the development of written documents describing the results obtained in the laboratory, analyzing and drawing conclusions.
THEORY PROGRAM:
Topic 1: Introduction to industrial automation.
Instrumentation for measurement, control and industrial automation. Structure of instrumentation systems. Static characteristics. Calibration. Dynamic characteristics.
Topic 2: Sensors and signal amplification.
Sensor concept. Types of sensors. Criteria for the selection of sensors. The amplification function. The operational amplifier. Amplifier circuits for use in instrumentation.
Topic 3: Data conversion circuits and data acquisition systems.
Sampled variables. Sampling theorem. Sample and hold circuits. Data Conversion: Conversion Digital / Analog and Analog / Digital. Data acquisition systems.
Topic 4: Introduction to digital control
Basic Definitions. Introduction to digital control. Boolean logic. Combinational and sequential systems. Truth tables. Karnaugh maps.
Topic 5: PLC programming (I)
Logic controlers with operative unit (PLC). PLC programming systems. Types of programming languages. KOP language. Design of control systems with PLCs.
Topic 6: PLC programming (II)
Process control using PLCs. Intermittent non-linear controllers, Continuous and linear controllers. Implementation of continuous control using PLCs.
The approximate distribution of the contents in the various sessions reflected in the following table. It is to be noted that the actual distribution vary depending academic year both times as the development of the subject.
Session Content:
S1. Topic 1: Introduction to industrial automation
S2. Topic 2: Sensors and signal amplification
S3. Topic 2: Sensors and signal amplification
S4. Topic 2: Sensors and signal amplification
S5. Topic 3: Data conversion circuits and data acquisition systems
S6. Topic 4: Introduction to digital control
S7. Topic 4: Introduction to digital control
S8. Topic 4: Introduction to digital control
S9. Topic 5: PLC programming (I)
S10. Topic 5: PLC programming (I)
S11. Topic 5: PLC programming (I)
S12. Topic 5: PLC programming (I)
S13. Topic 5: PLC programming (I)
S14. Topic 5: PLC programming (I)
S15. Topic 6: PLC programming (II)
S16. Topic 6: PLC programming (II)
S17. Topic 6: PLC programming (II)
S18. Topic 6: PLC programming (II)
LAB PROGRAM:
- Programming of PLCs.
- Design of measurement equipment and systems for the treatment of physical variables: temperature, pressure, humidity, ...
The approximate distribution of the lab sessions is reflected in the following table. It is to be noted that the actual distribution vary depending academic year both times as the development of the subject.
Session Duration Content
L1. Introduction to Labview. RTD (5 hours)
L2. PLC Programming I(3 hours)
L3. PLC Programming II (4 hours)
L4. PLC Programming III (4 hours)
L5. PLC Programming IV (4 hours)
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- MANDADO, E., ACEVEDO, J.M., FERNÁNDEZ, C., QUIROGA, J.I., 2009. Autómatas programables y sistemas de automatización. 2ª edición, Barcelona: Marcombo. ISBN: 978-84-267-1575-3
- PÉREZ-GARCÍA, M.A., ÁLVAREZ, J.C., CAMPO, J.C., FERRERO, J.F., GRILLO, G.J., 2006. Instrumentación Electrónica. 2ª edición, Madrid: Thomson. ISBN: 84-9732-166-9
- PÉREZ-GARCÍA, Miguel Ángel, 2014. Instrumentación Electrónica. 1ª Edición, Madrid: Paraninfo. ISBN: 978-84-283-3702-1.
COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- PALLÁS, R, 2003. Sensores y acondicionadores de señal. 4ª edición, Barcelona: Marcombo. ISBN: 84-267-1344-0
- PALLÁS, R., CASAS, O., BRAGÓS, R., 2008. Sensores y acondicionadores de señal, Problemas resueltos. 1ª edición. Barcelona, Marcombo. ISBN: 978-84-267-1494-7
- DUNN, W.C., 2005. Introduction to Instrumentation, Sensors and Process Control. 1ª Edición, Boston: Artech House. ISBN: 1580530117
After studying the course, students should know the basics of industrial processes automation. They should be familiar with the management of PLCs and the processes required to provide information of the process to be controlled (electronic systems of measurement).
Thus, the development of the subject will contribute to achieving the competences contained in the memory of the degree of Bachelor in Chemical Engineering and identified as CI.5, CI.6, CG.3, CG.6, CT.4, CT.8, CT.11, CT.13 and CT.19, with a special emphasis on the first two.
The subject is developed through expositive and interactive hours, which will take place mainly in the instrumentation laboratory. In the lectures the teacher will present the theoretical content of the course, with the aid of multimedia support. These classes are supplemented with the discussion of problems that the students must have previously worked, individually and / or in group.
In this way, the acquisition of the different competences will be reached in the following manner:
• Expositive classes: CI.5, CI6, CG3
• Interactive classes (instrumentation lab): CI6, CG6, CT4, CT8,CT11, CT13, CT19
For the implementation of practices students will have scripts that reflect their objectives, material and methods for their realization. The designs will be made in advance by students and subsequently characterized in the laboratory. For the development of practices, the students will use the TIA programming environment for the programming of programmable automata of the SIEMENS S7-1200 family. LabView will also be used for signal acquisition in the laboratory. Students will complete reports on practical work.
To study the course the student will have the basic literature of the subject, available in the library, as well as the support material used by the teacher, which is accessible through the USC Learning Management System.
The assessment of the course is done through a final written test, which will represent 60% of the final grade.
The assessment of lab work will be a 30% of the final grade. This assessment will be based on work developed in the laboratory as well as through a test related to the acquired data analysis. The completion of the lab work is mandatory.
The students must have at least 4 out of 10 points in both the written exam and the lab work in order to pass the course. To pass the subject it is necessary to achieve a 5 out of 10.
The scores of the proposed work and activities will be communicated to students before the final test.
10% of the final grade is obtained from the evaluation of the work done in solving the problems proposed throughout the course.
A student who fails to appear at the final written exam will achieve a score of “no show”.
In case of failing the course, the evaluation obtained on the practical activities and the resolution of exercises can be maintained for the second examination opportunity if and only if the score is above the 50% of the total mark they award. Otherwise, the student must perform a written exam, which will mean 70% of the note, and a practical exam, which will provide the remaining 30%.
The grading system described applies to both new students and those who had failed the course before.
The evaluation of the competences will be done in the following manner:
Competence Exercises Lab Exam
CI.5 X X X
CI.6 X X
CG.3 X
CG.6 X X
CT.4 X
CT.8 X
CT.11 X
CT.13 X
CT.19 X X
In case of fraudulent execution of the exercises or tests, the ‘Normativa de evaluación del rendimiento académico de los estudiantes y de revisión de calificaciones’ will be applied.
According to the contents of the memory of the degree of Bachelor in Chemical Engineering of the USC, this course includes a total of 44 classroom hours (18 expositive hours, 19 lab hours, 2 tutorial hours and 5 hours for doing and reviewing the exam). Also, 68.5 hours of personal work by the student are contemplated.
Due to the high correlation between the concepts developed in the lectures and the contents of the lab work, students are encouraged to show perseverance in the study of the subject, going to practice sessions and working with the concepts and circuits designed. With the implementation of practices, these will become clear and settled, thus facilitating the study and understanding of the subject.
To take this course it is recommended to have previously studied the subject in their third year, second semester, "Process Control" as well as matters of Electrical and Computer Science.
Teaching will be conducted in Spanish.
The admission and stay of the students in the lab requires their prior knowledge of the rules included in the ‘Protocolo de formación básica en materia de seguridad para espacios experimentales de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería’ which is available in the Security section of the web page:
• Go to your intranet
• Entre the Documentation/Security/Training section
• Press on “Basic training protocol in security measures for experimental labs”
Fernando Rafael Pardo Seco
- Department
- Electronics and Computing
- Area
- Electronics
- Phone
- 982823212
- fernando.pardo [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Paula López Martínez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Electronics and Computing
- Area
- Electronics
- Phone
- 881816435
- p.lopez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Laura Vicente Garcia
- Department
- Electronics and Computing
- Area
- Electronics
- lauravicente.garcia [at] usc.es
- Category
- USC Pre-doctoral Contract
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