• DocumentCode
    148396
  • Title

    Teaching basic control concepts with a home-made thermal system

  • Author

    Ovalle M, Diana Marcela ; Combita A, Luis Francisco

  • Author_Institution
    Eng. Fac., Univ. Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas, Bogota, Colombia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    3-5 April 2014
  • Firstpage
    739
  • Lastpage
    744
  • Abstract
    In this work we show how to build a home-made thermal system, and how we can use it in order to reinforce some basic concepts in control systems. Some of the concepts explored using the system are: identification based on step and frequency responses, the effect of basic control actions and the design, and implementation of analog controllers using operational amplifiers. In addition, we expose a set of advantages and disadvantages related with the laboratory experience documented here.
  • Keywords
    control engineering education; control systems; teaching; analog controllers; basic control concept teaching; control systems; frequency responses; home-made thermal system; laboratory experience; operational amplifiers; Frequency response; Laboratories; Temperature control; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Transfer functions; closed loop analysis; control system education; laboratory experience; open loop analysis; thermal systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Istanbul
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826176
  • Filename
    6826176