Operational Controls Lab

Facilities Engineering

Operations Controls (EN-3216) is the study of the principles of industrial measurement and control with an emphasis on practical applications aboard ship and in industry. Methods of sensing, measuring and transmitting data from industrial processes, feedback, automatic control systems, closed loop systems, controllers, control modes, and control configurations. Mechanical, electronic, analog and digital control mechanisms will be discussed, as will programmable logic controllers. 

This is the lab for Operational Controls (EN-3216L). This lab provides an opportunity to work with instruments and control hardware found aboard ship and in industry, and supplements the content of EN-3216. Students will select, install, and callibrate various sensors and instruments; build and tune PID control loops; design and implement control circuits using Programmable Logic Controllers and Ladder Logic. 

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