Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The module is based on knowledge achieved in the modules Fundamental control theory and Process Control, Instrumentation and Safety or similar.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Have knowledge about digital state-space modelling and formulation of systems in state-space form
• Have knowledge about canonical forms and consistency with transfer functions
• Have knowledge about a system's behavior and stability in relation to the system's eigenvalues
• Have knowledge about controllability and observability
• Have knowledge about pole placement and observer design
• Have knowledge about discretization (sampling) and reconstruction of continuous time digital signals
• Have knowledge about methods for analysing discrete time signals and systems (Z transformation)
• Have knowledge about methods for design of digital controllers
• Have knowledge about methods for discretisation of continuous time controllers

Skills

• Be able to model continuous time linear dynamic systems in state-space form with digital measuring tools
• Be able to solve state-space equation and be able to analyse system's response and stability based on a state-space model
• Be able to design both state-space controller and state-space observer for continuous time systems
• Be able to model and analyse discrete-time systems in both open and closed-loop
• Be able to choose sampling time via digital control
• Be able to set performance requirements for a closed-loop system and be able to select the controller structure
• Be able to design digital controller directly in the z-domain
• Be able to use methods for discretizing digital continuous time regulators and be able to assess the usefulness of the results
• Have an understanding of the practical implementation of digital controllers

Competences

• Be able to handle developments in connection with digital state-space and digital control
• Participate independently in professional and interdisciplinary collaboration with a professional approach for digital state-space and digital control
• Identify own learning needs and structure own learning within digital state-space and digital control

Type of instruction

Lectures with subsequent assignment calculations and laboratory work; possibly supplemented with self-study/study groups and e-learning activities.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 5 ECTS course, the work load is expected to be 150 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams