Course code ETeh4015
Credit points 3.75
Basics of Automatics
Total Hours in Course100
Number of hours for lectures24
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes8
Number of hours for laboratory classes8
Independent study hours60
Date of course confirmation16.03.2011
Responsible UnitInstitute of Engineering and Energetics
Course developer
Andris Šnīders
Dr. habil. sc. ing.
Course abstract
Study course discusses automatic control principles and systems in power engineering, agriculture and woodworking, computerized process control, composition of operation algorithms for automatic control systems (ACS) components, typical links of ACS, their algorithms, transient characteristics and simulation in SIMULINK environment, composition of transfer functions and characteristic equations of the linear ACS, models of ACS stability, algebraic and frequency criteria of ACS stability and operation quality, as well as transient process simulation and optimization in MATLAB-SIMULINK.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
• Knowledge - in the field of automatic control systems to solve the theoretical and practical tasks of process automation in power engineering, agriculture and woodworking technologies and to improve their operation quality;
• skills- to choose ACS components, to compile their algorithms in static and dynamic modes, to compose ACS algorithmic block diagrams, to perform ACS transient process simulation in MATLAB-SIMULINK environment, to evaluate ACS stability and operation quality;
• competence - to select an appropriate control principle and control device for conformable technological object, to interpret ACS operation data and to perfect its operation quality.
Compulsory reading
1. Šnīders A. Automātiskās vadības pamati: Mācību grāmata. Jelgava: LLU, 2008. 159 lpp.
2. Šnīders A., Leščevics P., Galiņš A. Tehnoloģisko iekārtu automatizācija: Mācību-metodiskais līdzeklis. Jelgava: LLU, 2008. 60 lpp.
3. Dzelzītis E. Siltuma, gāzes un ūdens inženiersistēmu automatizācijas pamati. Rīga: RTU, 2005. 414 lpp.
Further reading
1. Šnīders A. Automātisko sistēmu modelēšana: Mācību grāmata. Jelgava: LLU, 2008. 136 lpp.
2. Klimavičius V. Automātiskā vadība. Rīga: RTU, 2002. 231 lpp.
3. Smith C., Corripio A. Principles and Practice of Automatic Process Control. New York: John Willey& Sons Inc., 1997. 768p.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Enerģētika un automatizācija. ISSN 1407- 8580. Profesionāls žurnāls par enerģētiku un automatizācijas risinājumiem/ www.baltenergy.com