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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2021/2022

THIRD YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL

AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

EEE 2503: CONTROL SYSTEMS I

DATE: JANUARY 2022 TIME: 1½ HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE compulsory and any TWO questions.

QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

a) Define the following terms:

I) servomotor
II) servomechanism
III) steady state errors (3marks)
b) State three necessary conditions for stability of a system. (3marks)
c) Sketch the root locus for

G(s) H(s) =K(S2 +2s+2)/s2(s+4) (2marks)

d) Using a diagram explain P-Controller (3marks)
e) State two advantages of DC servomotor. (2marks)
f) Consider the characteristic equation, D(s) = S4 + 2s3 + 8s2 + 4s + 3 = 0
Comment on its stability. (Use Routh Hurwitz criterion) (3marks)
g) State four components of a servomotor. (2marks)
h) Highlight three differences of Servomotors and large industrial motors. (3marks)
i) Determine whether the largest time constant of the system with characteristic equation
given below is greater than 1 sec.
D(s) = S4 + 6s3 + 14s2+ 16s + 8 (3marks)
j) State three fundamental characteristics of servomotor. (3marks)
k) Briefly discuss Armature Controlled DC Servo Motor. (4marks)

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QUESTION TWO (15 MARKS)

a) With aid of a PID controller structure describe process control. (5marks)

b) Briefly explain the application of PID controllers (3marks)

c) Derive the transfer function of the following simple mass spring damper system.

(7marks)

QUESTION THREE (15 MARKS)

a) Find the steady state error for unit step, unit ramp and unit acceleration inputs for the
following systems.
1000(s + 1)/ (s + 10)(s + 50) (5marks)
b) Derive the transfer function of Armature Controlled DC Servo Motor. Use diagrams
where necessary. (6marks)
c) Discuss two methods of tuning PID controllers. (4marks)

QUESTION FOUR (15 MARKS)

a) Discuss the following process (6marks)

b) With aid of a diagram describe the construction and operation of a DC servomotor.

(9marks)

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