2019-2020 / GERE0026-1

Automatic

Duration

6h Th, 6h Pr, 6h AUTR

Number of credits

 Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Benoît Mercatoris

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

  • Introduction to closed-loop control
  • Theory of linear and time-invariant systems (formulation of dynamic behaviour, state-space representation, characteristic parameters and responses)
  • Transfer function (Laplace transform, method of residues)
  • Frequency analysis (Bode diagrams, Nyquist diagram)
  • Specifications of regulated systems (accuracy, rapidity, overshoot, stability margins)
  • Correction of regulated systems (PID controller)
  • Exercises and applications in laboratory

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course allows students to reach a intermediate level of skills in the professionnal case


  • Design and size equipements of monitoring and production in a agroenvironmental context
After completing the course the student is expected to


  • realize a functional diagram of a dynamical system
  • compute the transient response of a linear and time-invariant system to a given input
  • study the specifications of regulated systems
  • Tune PID controllers
  • implement a controller

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

  • Basic notions in system dynamics (first- and second-order systems)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical courses and practical work in laboratory

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Notes on e-campus
Granjon Y., 2010. Automatique. Systèmes linéaires, non linéaires, à temps continu, à temps discret, représentation d'état. 2e édition. Dunod.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam (theory and practice) without note

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Assessment subjects are the same as in first session.

Assessment methods

Oral exam with personal notes via the Collaborate or Lifesize platform.

Contacts

Prof. B. Mercatoris - benoit.mercatoris@uliege.be