A REVIEW STUDY ON INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING

Abstract

In the present review, instrumentation and control engineering (ICE) is defined as a branch of engineering that studies the measurement and control of process variables, and the design and implementation of systems that incorporate them. Instrumentation and control engineering (ICE) combines two branches of engineering. Instrumentation engineering is the science of the measurement and control of process variables within a production or manufacturing area. Meanwhile, control engineering, also called control systems engineering, is the engineering discipline that applies control theory to design systems with desired behaviors. Control engineers are responsible for the research, design, and development of control devices and systems, typically in manufacturing facilities and process plants. Control methods employ sensors to measure the output variable of the device and provide feedback to the controller so that it can make corrections toward desired performance. Automatic control manages a device without the need of human inputs for correction, such as cruise control for regulating a car's speed. In the present study a comprehensive review study on instrumentation and control engineering have been presented. The study was considered from different viewpoints which includes general introduction to instrumentation and control engineering; a comprehensive instrumentation that deliberates the present subject from the consideration of introduction, historical background and development, applications, measurement parameters, instrumentation engineering, impact of modern development; control engineering from the consideration of introduction, overview, history, control theory, control systems, control engineering education, control engineering careers, and recent advancement; and the last section is the conclusions.