Laboratory for Automation and Measurement

Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb

FKIT

Laboratory

The Laboratory for Automation and Control (LAM) is located at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the University of Zagreb.

The laboratory comprises a number of unit operations and individual exercises, all connected to a modern system for data acquisition and process control. The aim is to teach basic and advanced concepts of process measurement, dynamics, optimisation and control.

Laboratory set-up

  • Sensors, transmitters and transducers (M-10)
  • Process dynamics analysis (D-10)
  • Heat transfer modelling and control (D-20)
  • Liquid flow measurement (F-10)
  • Gas flow measurement (F-20)
  • Temperature measurement (T-10)
  • Infrared thermography and diagnostics (T-20)
  • Heat flux measurement (H-10)
  • Pressure measurement (P-10)
  • Level measurement (L-10)
  • pH and conductivity measurement
  • Control loop tuning and optimization (C-10)
  • Cascade CSTR control using industrial controller (C-20)
  • Tubular heat exchanger control using industrial controller (C-30)
  • Batch reactor control (C-40)
  • Batch distillation control (C-50)

Laboratory gallery