MEng (Hons) Instrumentation and Control Engineering modules
Machine Control (20 credits)
Year 1 core modules
- Digital Electronics and Microprocessors
- Electrical and Electronic Principles
- Engineering Design and CAD
- Engineering Mathematics
- Group Design Project (Electronics and Control)
- Physics and Instrumentation
- Professional Skills
- Properties of Materials
Year 2 core modules
- Electrical Machines
- Electronics and Networks
- Engineering Management and Leadership Skills
- Instrumentation and Control Design and Embedded systems
- Linear Systems and Control
- Mathematics for Electrical and Instrumentation Engineers
- Measurement Systems
Year 3 core modules
- Analytical Measurement
- Control System Design and Implementation
- Employment Skills
- Individual Project (MEng Part I)
and the equivalent of one optional module
- Control
- Machine Control
- Programmable Logic Controllers and Distributed Control Systems +
- Smart Sensors +
and one optional module
- Engineering Project Management
- Mechatronics
- Product Design Management
- Product Quality and Reliability
Final-year core modules
and two optional modules
- Electronic Signal Conditioning
- Identification and Model Predictive Control
- Industrial Communications
- Robust Control Systems
and one optional module
Non-credit bearing optional modules
- A foreign language: German, French, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin)
- In-sessional Academic English (for international students)
- Professional Mentoring
You may select one or more of these modules.
+ Half modules
Modules offered may vary.
This module extends the second year Electrical Engineering 1. We introduce power electronics and consider its application to switched mode power supplies and to speed control of both DC and AC machines.
We examine switching devices, natural and forced commutation, resistive and inductive loads, single ended switched mode converter topologies and calculations of their steady state voltage conversion ratios in continuous and discontinuous inductor current modes.
We look at multiple quadrant switched mode converter topologies including half and full bridge topologies, compare single ended, push-pull, half-bridge and full bridge topologies in terms of required semi-conductor device rating and transformer use.
We also investigate AC -DC converters – 3-pulse and 6-pulse 3-phase, DC chopper, transient performance of DC machines,continuous and discontinuous current operations, the effect of harmonics, distortion power factor.
In lectures we explain the principles, discuss applications and solutions of relevant examples. Then in practicals you use software packages (Pspice & Matlab) to analyse power systems.
You assignments are to report on your laboratory activity.
You learn to:
- understand the fundamental operating principles of PWM control circuits and the facilities they provide
- understand how the speed of an AC machine can be changed when linked to an AC-AC converter
- select suitable power converter components to satisfy a given switched mode application
- select an appropriate switched mode power topology to achieve a given specification
- calculate both the steady state and transient performance of a DC machine linked to an AC-DC converter - this should include torque, speed, current, thermal effects and harmonics
- calculate the machine and supply currents in an AC drive system
- calculate harmonic torques.