Simulation of a heat treatment furnace introduces industrial reality into an EET undergraduate control course

Author

Oxtoby, Anthony J A

Author_Institution

Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

21-24 Sep 1991

Firstpage

491

Lastpage

494

Abstract

Control system simulation software for use in the classroom and for student assignments is described. The simulation, written in Microsoft QuickBASIC, permits the open- and closed-loop behavior of a heat treatment furnace to be displayed as an aid to teaching response testing and controller selection and tuning. Typical response plots are given along with details of the model of the furnace and the structure of the software

Keywords

closed loop systems; computer aided instruction; control system analysis computing; controllers; digital simulation; educational courses; furnaces; teaching; Microsoft QuickBASIC; closed-loop systems; control system analysis computing; controller selection; educational courses; heat treatment furnace; open-loop systems; response plots; simulation software; teaching response testing; tuning; undergraduate control course; Control system synthesis; Electrical equipment industry; Furnaces; Heat treatment; Industrial control; Laboratories; Mathematical model; Open loop systems; Temperature control; Three-term control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1991. Twenty-First Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education in a New World Order.' Proceedings.

Conference_Location

West Lafayette, IN

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0222-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1991.187531

Filename

187531