5641 (v.5) WASM Process Control 561

Area:

WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area

Contact Hours:

4.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Workshop:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Fundamentals-Basics concepts of automatic process control. Dynamic process modelling. Laplace transforms and transfer functions. Characterisation of process response curves. PID control theory and tuning PID controllers using open loop/closed loop/trial and error methods. Cascade control and force-forward control systems. Practical aspects-control instruments. Understanding and sketching of control system diagrams. Flow/level/density/temperature/pressure control loops. Applications of process control in minerals industry.

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2003	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 1	Y	Y

- Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
- Central External refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area.

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