ET 460 - Automation

Class Hours: 3, Units: 3
STCW Requirement: ♦
Prerequisite(s): ET 400, ET 400L
Co-requisite(s): ET 460L
A study of automation in power plants, engineering processes, and manufacturing processes leading to an understanding of modern control systems. Principles of analog and digital control systems are studied, as well as measurement methods and final control valves and actuators. PID (proportional plus integral plus derivative) control applications and programmable logic controllers are also studied. Modeling, measurement and control of mechanical, thermal, fluid, and electrical systems are investigated.
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