Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Automatic control in thermal engineering (17.AUN52)

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Energy and Process Engineering (Year: 3, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Geoinformatika Geoinformatika
ECTS	5

Introduction to basic terms and methods of designing in the area of automation in thermal process.

Acquiring basic and application knowledge in the area of automation of industrial processes.

Basic terms and principles of automatic control. Types of systems response. ON/OFF and PID control. Selection and tuning of parameters on industrial control devices. Characteristics, purpose and groups of sensors. Characteristics, purpose and groups of actuators. Basic structure of PLC hardware. A/D and D/A conversion. Standard PLC programming languages and concepts. Examples of programs. Basic tasks and data processing in SCADA systems. Integration of communication and geo-information technologies in automation.

Forms of teaching: lectures, exercises on computers and in laboratory, consultations. Knowledge evaluation: practical part – mentored and individual work on 4 obligatory tasks; theoretical part – oral exam, according to the list of questions.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Roger Haines, Douglas Hittle	Control systems for heating, ventilating and air conditioning, 6th edition	2006	Springer	English
Matt Duckham	Decentralized Spatial Computing - Foundations of geosensor networks	2013	Springer, Germany	English
Dale Patrick, Stephen Fardo	Industrial Process Control Systems, 2nd edition	2009	CRC Press	English
Dorf, R.C., Bishop, R.H.	Modern Control Systems	2017	Pearson, Harlow	English
Jonathan Love	Process automation handbook: A guide to theory and practice	2007	Springer	English