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General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Critical Thinking
Faculty Contact Information
4:00pm - 5:30pm Mon-Thur
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Define a control loop and identify types of control loops.
- Design the HMI operator interface
- Identify methods of signal transmission used in control loops.
- Select, calibrate, install and operate control valves with actuators and/or positioners.
- Define control strategies and compare common control strategies such as on-off control, proportional (P), proportional-integral (PI), and proportional-integral-derivative (PID).
- Identify different controller tuning performance standards and methods of tuning controllers.
- Define advanced control strategies such as cascade, ratio and feedforward.
- Troubleshoot basic process control loops.
- Set up the control system with PACs and liquid trainers.
- Configure the control strategy using Function Block (FB) and Sequential Function Chart (SFC) programming.
Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control: Selected Chapters from Industrial Automation Systems: Instrumentation and Motion Control by Terry L.M.Bartelt, Cengage Learning, 2011.
ISBN-13: 978-1-337-03961-1 [REDSHELF E-TEXT]
Student achievement in the classroom phase of the course will be evaluated on the basis of homework, quizzes, and final exam. Achievement in the laboratory will be evaluated on the basis of the accuracy and completeness of laboratory activities reports; additionally, laboratory aptitude will be measured by skills developed in the performance of manipulative tasks as evidenced by the workmanship demonstrated in the laboratory assignments. Laboratory quizzes and a laboratory final examination may also be administered.
NOTE: The following evaluation method may be modified by the instructor as required. Letter grades are determined by the following percentage:
93 - 100 A 85 – 92.9 B 78 – 84.9 C 71 – 77.9 D BELOW 71 F
Grading for this class will be based on the following:
| Homework Assignments | 20% |
| Lab Experiments | 30% |
| Quizzes | 20% |
Final Grade (Written Exam Lab Exam) | 30% (15% 15%) |
| Total | 100% |
Assignments will NOT be accepted past the date due without prior approval. Missed quizzes may NOT be made up.
Remember: The instructor doesn’t “GIVE” grades! YOU earn your grade!
Business, Technology & Human Services
Dean, Paul Carlson; 815-802-8858; V105; pcarlson@kcc.edu; Division Office – W102; 815-802-8650
Attendance:
If a student has missed more class hours than the number of credit hours to be earned in the class, the instructor may record the grade of "F" for the course. Missed classes may not be made up without prior permission from the instructor. Failure of the student to attend class does not constitute withdrawal. A formal written withdrawal must be made by the student to the Office of Admissions and Records. Some important information provided during the lecture/discussions does not appear in your textbook, but you will find it useful for completing your assignments or exams. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain handouts and information presented for any class for which he/she is absent from fellow students or the instructor.
CELL PHONES: Use of cell phones is NOT permitted during class or lab. If there is an emergency, please leave the classroom prior to taking the call as a courtesy to other students. Cell phones/tablets/computers must be stowed out of sight during quizzes and exams.
Homework Policy:
Homework assignments are due at the assigned time on the day due. They can be accepted up to one week past the due date/time with a 10% penalty. Most homework assignments will be completed in Canvas.
Lab Policy:
Labs are due at the end of each lab period. They can be made up if the student notified the instructor prior to an absence. The instructor can be notified by phone, email, or in-person. The lab will not be counted for credit if the student leaves lab early without approval of the instructor or an unexcused absence. No students will be allowed to work in lab areas outside of class time without instructor permission and appropriate supervision.
Quiz Policy:
If a student cannot attend class to take a quiz, he/she must notify the instructor prior to the start time of the class. The instructor can be notified by phone, email, or in-person. A student must make advance arrangements to make up the quiz. The date and time of the makeup quiz must be mutually agreed to by the instructor and student. Any student missing a quiz without notifying the instructor in advance will receive a zero for the quiz.
All makeup quizzes must be completed within seven days after the scheduled quiz; otherwise, the student will receive a zero for the quiz.
The instructor reserves the right to provide a different make-up quiz.
Safety Policy:
School code requires that safety glasses or some other APPROVED form of eye protection be worn in the laboratory at all times. There will be NO exceptions!
Course Calendar
NOTE: This sheet gives the order in which the course material will be covered. It may be modified as needed. Labs are due at the end of each lab period. Written homework is due at the beginning of the class session for which it is assigned. Expect a quiz over the previous week’s reading assignment at the start of each lecture/discussion session.
| Week # – Date– Unit # | Reading Assignment | Topical Outline |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1, 01/13 -Unit 1 | Chapter 15: Parts 15-1 through15-7 (pp. 315-334) | Industrial Process Techniques and Instrumentation: Batch Processes; Continuous Processes; Instrumentation; Measurement Devices (Sensors); Feedback Loop Interface Instruments; Controllers; and Monitoring Instruments |
Week 2, 01/20- Unit 2 Week 3, 01/27 | Chapter 15: Part 15-8 (pp.334-348) | Industrial Process Techniques and Instrumentation: Manipulation Devices (The Final Control Element) |
| Week 4, 02/03- Unit 3 | Chapter 17: Parts 17-1 through17-6 (pp. 363-384) | Process-Control Methods: Open-Loop Control; Closed-Loop Control; Single-Variable ControlLoop; Selecting a Controller; On-OffControl; and Continuous Control |
| Week 5, 02/10- Unit 4 | Chapter 18: Parts 18-6 through18-10 (pp. 402-416) | Instrument Calibration and Controller Tuning: Process Calibrators; Tuning the Controller; Trial-and-Error Tuning Method; Ziegler-Nichols Continuous-Cycling Method; Ziegler-Nichols Reaction-Curve Tuning Method; and Controller Autotuning |
| Week 6, 02/17- Unit 5 | Chapter 17: Part 17-7(pp. 384-391) | Process-Control Methods: Advanced Control Techniques |
| Week 7, 02/24- Unit 6 | Handout | Introduction to PLC Ladder Logic Programming: Setting Up and Communicating with a PAC; Checking Firmware and Software Version; Creating a New Project and Organizing Documentation; Hardware Configuration; Creating a MainTask, Main Program, and Main Routine; and Creating Tags and Defining Tags |
| Week 8, 03/03- Unit 7 | Handout | Introduction to Function BlockProgramming: Creating and Verifying the Function Block Diagram |
| Week 9, 03/10 |
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| Week 10, 03/17- Unit 8 | Handout | PLC Controller Communications: Connecting the Controller Through Ethernet; Downloading and Uploading a Project; and Running the Program |
| Week 11, 03/24- Unit 9 | Handout | Modifying PLC Projects: Monitoring and Modifying the Project while Online; and Modifying the Function Block Subroutine |
Week 12, 03/31- Unit 10 Week 13, 04/07 | Handout | Introduction to PlantPAx Integration: Using PlantPAx Library Add-on Instructions; and Creating the HMI Application using PlantPAx Library |
| Week 14, 04/14- Unit 11 | Handout | HMI Operator Interface Development and Deployment: UsingAnalog Input HART Add-on Instructions; Using PIDE Add-on Instructions |
Week 15, 04/21 Week 16, 04/28 | Work on FinalLab Projects | |
| Week 17, 05/05 | Final Project Presentations and Grading | |
| Week 18, 05/12 | Final Written Exam | |
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|Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.