- 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
Links to further information
http://diem1.ing.unibo.it/personale/cazzoli
Office hours
See the website of Giulio Cazzoli