Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
PROCESS CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION	Second cycle	EEM 589		1	7.50	7.50	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Kenan DANIŞMAN
Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Kenan DANIŞMAN
Teaching assitant(s)	Research Ass. Selim SOYLU
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course objective	To learn process control techniques in the field of measurement and control systems.
Course description	Introduction to Process control, analog and digital signal conditioning, signal converters (thermal, mechanical and optical), control elements, controllers principles, digital and analog controllers, industrial applications.

Course contents

1	Introduction to process control
2	Analog signal conditioning
3	Digital signal conditioning
4	Transducer( thermal, mechanical, optic etc.)
5	Final control
6	Disctete -state control
7	Controller principles
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Understand how to control a process using open and closed loop systems and feedback.
2	to learn signal transducers and their use in the design of control systems
3	Understanding of controller types and structures and their use in process control
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	4	56
Homework	1	14	14
Presentation / seminar	1	4	4
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	3	3	9
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	1	4	4
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	4	3	12
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	14	3	42
Total work load			187
ECTS			7.50

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	1
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		1
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Kilian C., Moden Control Technology,3E, Thomson Delmar Learning, 2006.
Additional references	Jhonson, C. D., Process Control and Instrumentation Technology, 3E, Wiley, 1988

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