COURSE CODE: ELE 501
COURSE TITLE: Control Engineering I
NUMBER OF UNITS: 3 Units
COURSE DURATION: Three hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Engr. OYAGBINRIN, Sunday Gbenga B.Eng., M.Sc.
E-mail: oyagbinrinsg@yahoo.com
Office Location: Elect/Elect. Engineering Building
Other Lecturers: Nil
COURSE SYNOPSIS:
Linear control systems. Stability: Nyquist stability criterion. Bode diagram approach; the root locus and root contour method. Design of linear servo systems, Compensation designs using the Body and root locus methods. Multiple loop feedback systems; Minimization of unwanted disturbances. Single and multi term electronic process controllers. Hydraulic and pneumatic controller; Introduction to analogue and hybrid computation, sensitivity of control systems.
A.C. control system. Synchros; suppressed carrier modulation, hybrid AC/DC control systems; practical considerations in a.c control design.