Themed Project Case Study: Quadruple Tanks Control with PLCs

Carrasco, Joaquín; Heath, William P.; Liñan, M. C. Rodriguez; Alli-Oke, Razak; Kerim, O. A. R. Abdel; Gutierrez, S. Rodriguez

doi:10.7227/ijeee.50.3.8

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“…Each year, around 14 themed projects are run and two examples are given here. The project on Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits consists of the following: The technical details of a further themed project have been published by Carrasco et al 5 As the above projects and certain others provide experience of working with industrial software, the students' employment prospects are enhanced.…”

Section: The Themed Project Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Themed dissertation projects for taught MSc courses

Renfrew

Sloan

et al. 2016

International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education

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The School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester runs six taught MSc courses with a total cohort of over 200 students. The relatively short dissertation period requires rapid learning in the early stages. Themed projects were developed as a structure to facilitate these projects and enhance the student experience by separation of the expertise required for assistance in dealing with day-to-day technical problems from that of overseeing project strategy and progress. For the former process, doctoral and post-doctoral members of the school were selected and trained for the role of 'Mentor'. Their activity freed supervisors' time to concentrate on the critical aspects of student progress and project strategy. The themed project system has just completed its fourth year of operation and caters for approximately half of all the dissertation students in the school. The school also offers 'conventional' 1:1 supervised projects, principally for the smaller MSc courses, providing the MSc student with a choice of project system. However, all dissertations are individual and are assessed according to the same criteria. Evaluation has shown an improved level of student satisfaction with regard to the assistance habitually provided by members of the research group in which the projects take place.

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Section: The Themed Project Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The technical details of a further themed project have been published by Carrasco et al. 5 As the above projects and certain others provide experience of working with industrial software, the students’ employment prospects are enhanced.…”

Section: The Themed Project Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

Themed dissertation projects for taught MSc courses

Renfrew

Sloan

et al. 2016

International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education

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“…The most important element of the control system is a controller. Personal computers (PCs) connected to data acquisition (DAQ) cards [8]- [11], compact proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control devices [12], programmable logic controllers (PLCs) [13], [14], microcontrollers (μCs) [6], [15], [16] and digital signal processors (DSPs) [17] are the most commonly used controllers in practically all industrial control applications. These controllers interconnect all parts of the physical and non-physical of a system.…”

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A Level Training Set with both a Computer-Based Control and a Compact Controller

Mamur¹,

Atacak²,

Korkmaz³

et al. 2017

IJESA

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In engineering education, the combination with theoretical education and practical education is an essential problem. The taught knowledge can be quickly forgotten without an experimental application. In addition, the theoretical knowledge's cannot be easily associated applications by students when they start working in industry. To eliminate these problems, a number of education tools have been developed in engineering education. This article presents a modelling, simulation and practice study of a newly designed liquid level training set developed for the control engineering students to simulate, examine and analyze theoretically and experimentally the controllers widely used in the control of many industrial processes. The newly designed training set combines two control structures, which are a computer-based control and a digital signal processing-based control. The set displays the results related to experiments in real time as well as. These features have made it a suitable laboratory component on which the students can both simulate and test the performance of liquid level control systems by using theoretical different control structures.

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“…Some of these studies are as follows: A web-based e-learning system was presented for verifying the students' symbolic equations directly using the circuit's schematic; 4 An approach model of web-based mixed learning was investigated with different perception methods; 5 A web-based remote access laboratory was performed by using programmable logic controller (PLC)-SCADA system to contribute for improving knowledge and skills on an industrial application; 6 Training electric circuit analysis by using web-based education system was presented in Weyten et al; 7 An experimental setup of three-tank system was developed by using a web-based control laboratory; 8 MATLAB environment had been used for modeling chaos-based digital modulation techniques by using graphical user interface; 9 The state of the art about remote laboratories paradigms is reviewed for the next generation of the remote laboratories; 10 An overview of state-of-the-art technologies in the development of remote laboratories is identified and discussed; 11 e-Learning and virtual remote laboratory are developed by using Moodle and EJS, the two free outstanding software tools; 12 A themed project has been performed for controlling a quadruple tank rig by using PLCs. 13 In this study, a remote access real-time laboratory which provides both simulation and experimental environment using MATLAB-Server is presented. MATLAB-Server makes connection between real equipment and student.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…; 7 An experimental setup of three-tank system was developed by using a web-based control laboratory; 8 MATLAB environment had been used for modeling chaos-based digital modulation techniques by using graphical user interface; 9 The state of the art about remote laboratories paradigms is reviewed for the next generation of the remote laboratories; 10 An overview of state-of-the-art technologies in the development of remote laboratories is identified and discussed; 11 e-Learning and virtual remote laboratory are developed by using Moodle and EJS, the two free outstanding software tools; 12 A themed project has been performed for controlling a quadruple tank rig by using PLCs. 13…”

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confidence: 99%

A web-based educational tool using programmable logic controller-connected MATLAB-OPC server

Aydoğmuş

2015

International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education

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Many technological developments contribute to the progress of the education system. Especially, engineering education is affected by the latest developments in internet technology. Therefore, the engineering education system has to keep up with developing technology by using web-based systems. This work provides a convenient method to improve students' learning outcomes, their skills and their real-time experiences in multidisciplinary engineering education such as electrical, electronics, mechatronics and control engineering. In this study, a web-based real-time laboratory system was developed by using a programmable logic controller-connected MATLAB server via object linking and embedding for process control. The developed educational tool can be accessed on internet by the currently registered students. This remote accessible real-time mechatronic system consists of a programmable logic controllerconnected MATLAB server, a water level tank, a servo pneumatic actuator, a pressure transmitter and two real-time cameras. The established system provides a real-time experience for students by using real instruments accessible on internet. This developed educational tool can be used as a complementary practice for some engineering courses such as sensors and actuators, control systems and industrial automation systems.

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Themed Project Case Study: Quadruple Tanks Control with PLCs

Cited by 5 publications

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Themed dissertation projects for taught MSc courses

Themed dissertation projects for taught MSc courses

A Level Training Set with both a Computer-Based Control and a Compact Controller

A web-based educational tool using programmable logic controller-connected MATLAB-OPC server

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