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System Dynamics And Control, Benjamin Liaw
System Dynamics And Control, Benjamin Liaw
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Model development with applications to mechanical engineering systems. First and higher order system responses. Laplace transform, transfer functions and block diagrams. Frequency response and vibration. Introduction to feedback control. Concepts of PID control, tuning and compensation. Routh-Hurwitz stability. Control analysis and design using various graphical methods such as root locus, Bode diagram, Nyquist plot and Nichols chart. Hands-on experiments include dynamics and controls of mechanical, servo motor, fluid level/flow, pneumatic and temperature processing systems and vibration of various degree-of-freedom systems.
Performance Control Of A Spray Passive Down-Draft Evaporative Cooling System, Daeho Kang, Richard K. Strand
Performance Control Of A Spray Passive Down-Draft Evaporative Cooling System, Daeho Kang, Richard K. Strand
Publications and Research
A spray passive down-draft evaporative cooling system has been regarded as a low-energy cooling system that leads significant energy savings in the cooling of buildings. While the energy saving capability of the system has been proven, the ability to control a comfortable indoor environment is still inadequate due to strong climatic dependency. This study seeks viable solutions to advance the control competence of the system by mitigating critical problems of the system to be a reliable cooling application in the cooling of buildings. It proposes potential control strategies for the system and alternative operations. It develops a control algorithm for …