SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
Stampa
Enrollment year
2016/2017
Academic year
2017/2018
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
ING-IND/32 (POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS, ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND DRIVES)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
Sistemi elettrici
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (05/03/2018 - 15/06/2018)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
BASSI EZIO (titolare) - 3 ECTS
BENZI FRANCESCO - 3 ECTS
Prerequisites
Basic electrical drives, power electronics, power systems and control.
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on a number of topics related to industrial automation and electrical drives. Specific components and actuators not studied before are focused here, like special machines and sensors for motion control and robotics. Also communication techniques and protocols, more and more relevant for the more recent automation technology, are introduced and applied both to industrial and civil application (Home automation or Domotics).
Course contents
The course aims at giving an overview on various issues in the field of automation both for industrial and civil applications (e.g. robotics & factory automation, home automation) and is mainly centered on communication protocols and electrical drives. The main topics comprise:

1.Loads with variable inertia; two-link manipulator: lagrangian formulation and terms of the torque; schemes and algorithms for the reconstruction of the speed in electrical drives; 2. Double-fed induction motor;; drives with synchronous reluctance and switched reluctance motors.
3. Automation Systems Architectures; devices for the automation, industrial PLC & PC, systems for Numeric Control; Levels of Automation; ISO-OSI model; Software for industrial automation; 4. Communication protocols (speed, accuracy, determinism) and standards; automation for continuous and discrete industrial processes; 5.Domotics and buiding automation: standards and case studies.
6. Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV): basic concepts, classification of EHVs, series/paralle/series-parallel traction; modes of operation; Electrical Drives for EHVs; control.
Teaching methods
The course is made up of two modules: A (points 1, 2, & 6 of the program) and B (points 3, 4 & 5), kept respectively by Prof. E. Bassi and Prof. F. Benzi. The lectures of the two modules are independent from each other and are given in parallel.

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 36
Practical class /Seminars (hours/year in lecture theatre): 12
Reccomended or required readings
Quaderno tecnico GISI. Bus di campo tra normativa e tecnologia. GISI Milano, 2000. P. Vas. Parameter Estimation, Condition Monitoring, and Diagnosis of Electrical Machines. Oxford University Press, 1993. Daniele Fabrizi. Enciclopedia-Vocabolario dell'Automazione Industriale. Edizioni CEI. 2002. E. Bassi - F. Benzi. Lecture Notes. Available only on a few topics.
Assessment methods
The exam does comprise a written test on fieldbusses, domotics & building automation and an oral presentation (power point accompanied by a written relation, duration: 35-40 minutes) on a subject mainly related to electrical drives.
Further information
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030