Course unit code:

N422T0_4I

Course unit title:

Automatic Control Theory III

Mode of delivery, planned learning activities and teaching methods:

lecture – 2 hours weekly (on-site method)
laboratory practice – 2 hours weekly (on-site method)

Credits allocated:

5

Recommended semester:

Automation and Information Engineering in Chemistry and Food Industry – master (full-time, attendance method), 3. semester

Level of study:

2.

Prerequisites for registration:

none

Assesment methods:

The course is evaluated as follows: 30% work during the semester, 30% written examination, and 40% oral examination (theory). Evaluation scale follows the standard scale of the faculty.

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students know advanced theory of automatic control and process control, are able to work with multi-variable systems. Students can design control of heat exchangers, distillation columns, chemical reactors and other processes of chemical technology.

Course contents:

Adaptive control
Multivariable control (RGA analysis, decoupling control, MPC)
Process control (heat exchangers, distillation columns, chemical reactors, combustion, waste-water treatment plants)

Recommended or required reading:

Basic:

• MIKLEŠ, J. – FIKAR, M. Process Modelling, Identification, and Control. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York, 2007. 480 s. ISBN 978-3-540-71969-4.
• SKOGESTAD, S. – POSTLETHWAITE, I. Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design. Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2005. 574 s. ISBN 0-470-01168-8.

Language of instruction:

Slovak, English

Assessed students in total:

32

A 50 %

B 21.9 %

C 15.6 %

D 12.5 %

E 0 %

FX 0 %

Name of lecturer(s):

M. Fikar, L. Galčíková, M. Horváthová, J. Oravec (2020/2021 – Winter)
M. Fikar, P. Valiauga (2019/2020 – Winter)
M. Fikar, J. Oravec (2018/2019 – Winter)
M. Fikar, J. Oravec (2017/2018 – Winter)
M. Fikar, J. Oravec (2016/2017 – Winter)
M. Fikar, J. Oravec (2015/2016 – Winter)

Course supervisor:

prof. Ing. Miroslav Fikar, DrSc.

Last modification:

19. 9. 2019

AIS: 2019/2020   2018/2019   2017/2018