Computer Control of Real-Time Processes (Control, Robotics and Sensors) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863412203 ISBN 13: 9780863412202

Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology, 1990

Synopsis

This book provides an introduction to many aspects of computer control. It covers techniques or control algorithm design and tuning of controllers; computer communications; parallel processing; and software design and implementation. The theoretical material is supported by case studies covering power systems control, robot manipulators, liquid natural as vaporisers, batch control of chemical processes; and active control of aircraft.

The book is suitable for practising engineers, postgraduate students and third year undergraduates specialising in control systems. It assumes some knowledge of control systems theory and computer hardware.

About this title

Synopsis

This book is based on the lectures given at a Vacation School for postgraduate students in the areas of Control and Instrumentation held at the University of Sheffield in March 1990. The course had four major themes, design and tuning of controllers, the hardware technology, software design and examples of applications. The first of the themes, design and tuning of controllers, is covered in chapters 1-4. In chapter 1, Leigh covers discrete controller design for single-loop systems and in chapter 2 Virk deals with the design of controllers for multivariable systems. Methods of automatic tuning for commercial PID controllers are surveyed by Gawthrop in chapter 3 and in chapter 4 practical aspects of implementing and tuning PID controllers are discussed by Smith.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863412203
• ISBN 13: 9780863412202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Bennett S., Virk G. S.