ME 341 – Control and Safety of Thermal Systems
Course lecturer :
- Dr. Bassem Nashaat Zakher
Course assistant :
- Eng. Mahmoud Amin
Course objectives :
The aim of this course is to inform the students with the importance of control of thermal system from economical and safe operation points of view.
Course description :
Introduction to control system Process Control Fundamentals Activity (1), Activity (2) Time Response Process Control Fundamentals Activity (3) , Activity (4) Sensors Process Control Loops Time elements, Sensor time response, first order lag, modeling of systems PID control-Ziegler Methods Process Control Loops Dead time lag, Tuning Control loops LAB-FLOW RATE &LEVEL CONTROL Digital System and Control Binary Numbering, Data codes, logic functions, ladder logic diagrams, ladder for pump control Temperature and feed water control Mid Term Exam Feed Forward Control & Ratio Control Boiler efficiency and energy losses Steam turbine controls Modeling of steam turbine and its governing system Presentations.
Course assessment :
Class works including so problems solving assignment 10% Practical Works 5% Reports and Presentations 10% Drop quizzes 5% Mid Term Written Exam 20% Final Written Exam 50%
Recommended text books :
– “Process control systems Design and Tuning\” . 6nd ,New York MC Grawhill 2000
Recommended refrences :
Gilbert Lyman F., Precise Combustion Control Saves Fuel And Power, Chemical Eng .,