- Docente: Giulio Cazzoli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Energy Engineering (cod. 0935)
Course contents
Control systems introduction. Laplace transform. Inverse Laplace transform.
Stability analysis for a system. Routh stability criterion.
Frequency response of linear systems: Bode diagrams, Nyquist plot
Open and closed-loop systems: Definition and evaluation of permanent errors. Definition of margin of phase and amplitude.
Nyquist stability criterion. Root Locus. Feedback control design.
Mechanical and Hydraulic components of a control system: Watt's governor. Hydraulic motor. Proportional control valves.
Power plant control: steam turbine control, boiler control, turbogas, vapor-based co-generative power plant, Internal combustion engine
Readings/Bibliography
AA.VV., “Dinamica e controllo delle macchine a fluido”, Edizioni Pitagora.
Penati M.E., Bertoni G., Simonini S., “Automazione e Sistemi di Controllo”, Progetto Leonardo-Esculapio
Marro Giovanni, “Controlli Automatici”, Zanichelli
Teaching methods
Standard lecture
Assessment methods
Written examination with open question and numerical exercise
Teaching tools
Classical chalk and blackboard. PC and LCD projector
Links to further information
http://diem1.ing.unibo.it/personale/cazzoli
Office hours
See the website of Giulio Cazzoli