Air University

BEE 09 A & B

EE 403 INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

INSTRUCTOR: AIR CDRE WAJIH H HASHMI

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Time : 07
Weeks
Marks : 10
Date: 04.09.12

SEMESTER INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PROJECT

You are an automation engineer who has been assigned the task of designing (only paper
work) and instrumenting a process control system. Your evaluation will be based on your
individual semester project report. In the semester project report you need to describe the
steps of establishing the design/performance specifications for the system, selecting and sizing
sensors, transducers, actuators, drive systems, controllers, signal conditioning and interface
hardware, and software for the instrumentation and component integration of this system.
Keeping this in mind, write a project proposal giving the following information:
1 1. Select a plant (process) that you are familiar with as the system to be developed. Using
sketches describe the plant indicating the purpose of the plant, how it operates, and its
important inputs and outputs (responses). This plant may be a physically existing or a
conceptual plant as long as the plant is described in sufficient detail.
2 2. Indicate the operating requirements (performance specifications) for the plant (i.e., how
the plant should behave in carrying out its task) under proper control. You may use any
available information on such requirements as accuracy, resolution, speed, linearity,
stability, and operating bandwidth.
3 3. Give any constraints related to cost, size, weight, environment (e.g., operating
temperature, humidity, dust-free or clean room conditions, lighting, wash-down needs), etc.
4 4. Indicate the type and the nature of the sensors/transducers, actuators, signal
conditioning circuitry (including interfacing hardware) necessary for the operation and
control of the plant.
5 5. Describe the overall control architecture of the system and explain the operation of
individual controllers in the system giving their, type, objectives and characteristics.
Note:
The report is to be type written on A 4 size paper according to the template provided. All
drawings, schematic diagrams pictures are to be neatly done.