Industrial Automation
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Industrial Automation Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Industrial Automation (subject code 2172411) as prescribed for PE · Semester 7 divides the course into 8 units, covering 80 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2172411)Unit 1 INTRODUCTION
- Physical Process
- Types of Industrial Processes
- Industry Classification
- Process Automation System
- Needs Met by automation
- Advantages of Automation
- Steps of Automation
- Process Signals
- Main Components of Industrial Automation. 02 05-10
Unit 2 PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER BASICS AND PLC
- PROGRAMMING Overview of PLC systems
- parts of PLC, Input/Output modules
- power supplies and isolators
- Fundamental PLC wiring diagram
- seal-in circuits
- Fundamentals of logic
- Program scan
- Relay logic
- PLC programming languages
- Digital logic gates
- Boolean algebra PLC programming. 08 15-20
Unit 3 TYPES OF AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
- Localized Process
- Distributed Process
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. 04 10-15 Sr
- Topic Teachin g Hrs/ week Module Weighta ge%
Unit 4 SYSTEM AVAILABILITY, COMMON CONFIGURATIONS OF
- DCS System Availability: Introduction of System availability
- Standby Schemes
- Distributed Control System
- Network Control System
- Common Configurations of DCS: Introduction
- Common configurations
- An engineering station
- System/project tree structure DCS system database
- Configuration of control functions
- Configuration of operator/monitoring functions
- Configuration of system hardware structure
- Configuration of system software
Unit 5 DCS APPLICATIONS, IMPLEMENTATION, AND FUTURE
- TRENDS Applications: Use of DCS in pulp and paper environment
- Use of DCS in petroleum-refining environment
- Use of DCS in oil and gas processing environment
- DCS Applications in power plants
- Iron plant
- steel plant
- Cement plant
- Implementation: System strategy
- Automation plan
- Project implementation
- Installation and commissioning
- Change management Future Trends: Introduction
- Creation of E-commerce solution 08 15-25
Unit 6 SCADA SYSTEMS HARDWARE & FIRMWARE
- History of SCADA
- Fundamental Principles of Modern SCADA Systems
- SCADA Hardware and Software
- Comparison of the terms SCADA, DCS, PLC and smart instrument
- Considerations and benefits of SCADA system
- Remote Terminal unit(RTU)
- Application Programs
- PLCs used as RTUs
- The Master Station
- Master Terminal unit (MTU)
- System Reliability and Availability
- Communication Architecture
- Configuration of MTU. 08 15-25
Unit 7 SCADA SYSTEMS SOFTWARE AND PROTOCOLS
- The components of a SCADA system
- SCADA software package
- Specialized SCADA Protocols
- Error Detection
- Distributed Network Protocols
- New technologies in SCADA systems. 04 10-15
Unit 8 AUTOMATION SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITIES AND
- APPLICATION AREAS Major Functionalities like Data Acquisition
- Data Supervision or Monitoring
- Process Survey
- Process Control
- Process Studies
- Human Interaction
- Data Logging and History Generation
- Data Exchange
- Data Availability
- Current Trends in Automation Systems
- Modern Control Center
- Application Areas of Automation System. 06 15-20
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