Automation engineering (5 cr)

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
- explain the main phases and outputs of an automation project
- specify automation loop by loop
- analyze and design field instrumentation
- program, test and commission measurement and control applications and control room graphics of power plants
- use CAD programs and shared database and documentation programs for automation engineering
- work out a budget for an automation project.

Content

What should you do in the specification, design, implementation, installation, functional testing, validation, production and removal phases of an automation project?
How do you work out an instrumentation or motor loop description, and how is it utilized by an operator or maintenance engineer?
How do you present cabling and connections in instrumentation and electrical loop diagrams?
In which way is the design of automation applications supported by block programming?
How do you manage the engineering and maintenance of instrumentation and motor control?
Which elements make the price of an automation project?

Evaluation

Students can
-use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
-choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.

Course material

Modelling and simulation of process systems

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Prerequisite courses are
Measurement and control technology
Process control systems and communication networks.