ESTE 150 - Introduction To Controls

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 3
LAB hours per week: 4
Students will practice electrical safety while being introduced to control principles, operation, symbols & electrical diagrams, wiring, adjustment, and testing procedures for pressure, temperature, level and flow controls used in application of operational and safety controls of all industries. Manual, electric-mechanical, mechanical-electric and electronic controls will be covered. Formerly: EST 133.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or higher in ESTE 103 or ESTE 104 or instructor permission.
Course Outcomes:

Apply electrical safety procedures (LOTO).
Read and analyze line, schematic and pictorial drawings.
Summarize control component definitions and uses.
Connect and operate basic control circuits.
Troubleshoot control circuits.
Connect, program and operate variable frequency drives (VFDs).
Design and draw a ladder diagram from a schematic or pictorial wiring diagram and including rung numbers and labels on corresponding components.

Course Topics:

Instruments and Electrical Safety
Electrical Symbols, Diagrams and Logic Applied to Line Diagrams, and Solenoids, Transformers, Contactors and Motor Starters
DC Motor and AC Motors Control
Control Devices (i.e. Pressure, Temperature, Level, Flow)
Reversing Motor Circuits
Solid-State Devices and System Integration
Timers and Counters and Relays and Solid-State Starters
Sensing Devices and Controls
Reduced-Voltage Starting, Accelerating and Decelerating Methods

Course Attribute(s): None