Higher National Diploma in Engineering

Assessment Brief
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Unit Number and Title Unit 45: Industrial Systems Unit code: T/615/1513

Academic Year 2019 - 2020

Unit Assessor Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet

Assignment Title The design of electronically controlled chicken egg incubation

machine

Issue Date 09.03.2020

Submission Date 01.06.2020

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IV Name & Date Mr. Pham Bach Duong - 06.03.2020

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Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Describe the main elements of an electronically controlled industrial system

LO2 Identify and specify the interface requirements between electronic, electrical and mechanical
transducers and controllers
LO3 Apply practical and computer-based methods to design and test a measurement system
LO4 Apply appropriate analytical techniques to predict the performance of a given system

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Scenario:
You work as a system design engineer for a small manufacturing company and have been asked to
work in a new project designing of an “electronically controlled chicken egg incubation machine”.
Your position in the team is electronic circuit design and you have to:
- Investigate the systems requirements and propose some electronic, and mechanical
approaches to control the system.
- Select input and output devices, sensors and transducers that meet the customer
requirements.
- Design and implement prototype circuit that interface between selected electrical, electronic
and mechanical transducers.
- Make measurements and evaluation the performace of the circuit before come to next mass
production stage of the project.
The mechanical setup of the system have been done as in the figure 1. It’s a closed box that contain
chicken eggs, DC swing motor, AC fan, control panel, heater, temperature and humidity sensor.

Figure 1: Mechanical setup of chicken egg incubation machine

The requirements for chicken eggs incubation as follow:
- Chicken eggs should be incubated at a temperature between 99 and 102 degrees Fahrenheit
(99.5 is often considered to be ideal) and 50 to 65 percent relative humidity (60 percent is often
considered the ideal)
- Chicken eggs typically hatch after 21 days of incubation. During the final three days of incubation,
the eggs should ideally be located in a slightly cooler (98.5 degrees) and more humid (65 percent
relative humidity or greater) environment to facilitate successful hatching
 - In general, eggs should be incubated with their pointed ends down (air cell up) – but it is also
important to turn or tip the eggs back and forth at least twice a day – the more often they are
turned, the better.
The mechanical system already designed to meet the incubation requirements as follow:
- Heater to make the temperature raise
- AC fan to make the heater cool down and supply humidity.
- DC swing (with the proper mechanism) make the eggs turn back and forth by its rotation
directions.
- Temperature and humidity sensor
- And a control panel with display and buttons as needed.
Task:
Part 1: Select and describe the main elements of an electronically controlled system
- With reference to the customer brief requirements above you should make a literature
review on similar systems (P2) and propose some controlled techniques with detail
ananlysing pros and cons of every proposed technique. (M1)
- Propose and describe the main elements of an electronically controlled system, which meets
all the customer requirements. (P1)
Part 2: Design temperature controlled system using closed loop control technique
- Investigate on some sensors and controller units that can meet all the requirements for the
incubation machine. (P3) And make comparison on those devices (P4)
- Refine one “best” solution base on the behaviour of the heating box and required
temperature accuracy. In addition, you should include the specifications form the
manufacture datasheet. (M2)
- With your selected one, design and implement a circuit that can interface all input sensors
and output heater, AC fan to control the temperature of the incubation box within the
required range:
+ Use your prototype circuit to make some measurements for examining the performance of
the sensors, output AC fan, heater. (D1)
+ Critically investigate the behaviour of the systems by measurement its response
parameters based on several controlled methods and make recommendations for usage or
improvement of the proper system control technique. (D2)
Part 3: Design and implement a computer-based measurement system to calibrate a
temperature controlled system
- Apply practical and computer-based methods to design and test a measurement system. (P5)
- Describe and explain system’s accuracy, resolution, tolerances, repeatability and stability,
sensitivity and response time based on the measurement results. (P6)
- Apply transfer functions for interpret the characteristics and behaviour of the temperature
controlled system. In addition, using measurement results to interpolate the system transfer
functions parameters. (M3)
- Use computer-based control with the proposed control parameters to make measurement of
the real temperature controlled system and evaluate the performance of the new system
compared to previous designed system. (D3)
Part 4: Propose an Internet of Things application to current temperature controlled system.
- Consider current trends in technology, including the increase of wireless and Internet of
Things (IoTs) technology, benchmarking current temperature controlled system performance
with new IoTs system (P7)
- Propose an upgraded model for current system with some new applicable IoTs features. In
 addition, give an evaluation on the characteristics of the new IoTs system. (M4)
- Analyse new proposed system performance using appropriate analytical techniques. Then
write recommendation sheet to the customer with detail price, performance, pros and cons
of the new system in comparison with the old one. (D4)

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 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Describe the main elements of an electronically controlled

industrial system
P1 Describe the main
elements of an electronically
controlled industrial system
P2 Review the main concepts
underlying electronically
controlled industrial systems
D1 Critically examine the
M1 Analyse the characteristics of an performance of an
electronically controlled industrial electronically controlled
system by applying a variety of system to make
techniques to the solution of a given recommendations for
problem improvement

LO2 Identify and specify the interface requirements between

electronic, electrical and mechanical transducers and controllers

P3 Identify the interface M2 Predict the behaviour of an D2 Critically investigate the

requirements between
electronic, electrical and
mechanical transducers and
controllers
P4 Justify the choice of
transducers and controllers
for a given task
electronically controlled industrial
system by applying a variety of
transducers to the solution of a
given problem and choose a ‘best’
solution
behaviour of a given control
system to compare different
electrical, electronic, and
mechanical approaches to
control

LO3 Apply practical and computer-based methods to design and

test a measurement system

P5 Apply practical and M3 Interpret the characteristics and D3 Critically evaluate the
computer-based methods to ehaviour of an existing electronic performance of an ideal
design and test a measurement system by applying a measurement system
measurement system variety of methods to find a solution compared to a real circuit
to a given problem
P6 Explain the use of practical
and analytical methods in
creating and testing a
measurement system

LO4 Apply appropriate analytical techniques to predict the D4 Analyse an existing

performance of a given system
P7 Apply the main analytical
techniques to explain the
performance of a given
system
industrial system by using
appropriate analytical
M4 Evaluate the characteristics of techniques
an electronically controlled
industrial system by applying a Provide justified
variety of analytical techniques to recommendations to improve
the solution of a given problem the performance
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*Please note that assignment guidance is for reference only and should be more specific in detail to meet customised
needs.

*Please access HN Global for additional resources support and reading for this unit. For further guidance and support on
report writing please refer to the Study Skills Unit on HN Global www.highernationals.com