Industrial Automation
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Follow on Instagram for UpdatesIndustrial Automation Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Industrial Automation (subject code ME01000281) as prescribed for E(E& · Semester 1 divides the course into 7 units, covering 113 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 (ME01000281)Unit 1 INTRODUCTION
- Physical Process
- Types of Industrial Processes
- Process Automation System
- Needs Met by automation
- Advantages of Automation
- Steps of Automation
- Main Components of Industrial Automation
- Localized Process
- Distributed Process
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
Unit 2 PLC BASICS
- definition & history of the PLC, PLC advantage & disadvantage
- overall PLC system
- CPU & programmer/monitors
- PLC input& output modules
- the PLC as a computer
- the central processing unit
- the processor
- power supplies
- programming equipment
- programming formats
- process scanning consideration
- input ON/OFF switching device
- input analog device
- output ON/OFF device
- output analog device
Unit 3 PLC PROGRAMMING
- PLC input instruction
- output: coils
- inductors & others
- operational procedures
- contact & coil input/output programming examples
- a look at fail-safe circuit
- industrial process examples
- Relation of Digital Gate Logic to Contact/Coil Logic - Digital logic gates
- Boolean algebra PLC programming
- conversion examples
- Creating Ladder Diagrams from Process Control Descriptions - Ladder diagram & sequence listing
- large process ladder diagram construction
- flow charting as programming method Program Name: Engineering Level: PG Branch: Power Electronics Course / Subject Code: ME01000281 Course / Subject Name: Industrial Automation
Unit 4 PLC BASIC & INTERMEDIATE FUNCTIONS
- Register - general characteristics of registers
- module addressing
- holding registers
- input registers: single & group
- output registers: single & group
- PLC Timer Functions - PLC timer functions
- examples of timer function industrial application
- industrial process timing application
- PLC Counter Functions - Introduction
- PLC counters examples of counter function industrial application
- PLC Arithmetic Functions - PLC addition & subtraction
- PLC multiplication
- division & square root: PLC trigonometric & log function
- PLC Number Comparison Functions - Introduction
- PLC basic comparison function
- PLC basic comparison function application
- PLC advanced comparison function
Unit 5 DATA HANDLING FUNCTIONS & PLC FUNCTIONS WORKING
- WITH BITS The PLC SKIP and MASTER CONTROL RELAY Functions - the SKIP function & application
- the MASTER CNTROL RELAY function & application
- Jump Functions - jump with non-return
- jump with return
- PLC Data Move Systems - PLC MOVE function & application
- moving large blocks of PLC data
- PLC table & registers moves
- other PLC MOVE functions
- PLC Digital Bit Functions and Applications - Introduction
- bit pattern in a register
- changing a register bit status
- shift register function
- shift register application
- PLC Sequencer Functions - electromechanical sequencing
- the basic PLC sequencer function
- a basic PLC sequencer application with timing
- other PLC sequencer function
- cascading sequencer
Unit 6 SCADA SYSTEMS HARDWARE and SOFTWARE
- History of SCADA
- Fundamental Principles of Modern SCADA Systems
- SCADA Hardware and Software
- Comparison of the terms SCADA, DCS, PLC and smart instrument
- 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
- The components of a SCADA system
- SCADA software package
- Specialized SCADA Protocols
- Error Detection
- Distributed Network Protocols
- New technologies in SCADA systems
- Program Name: Engineering Level: PG Branch: Power Electronics Course / Subject Code: ME01000281 Course / Subject Name: Industrial Automation
Unit 7 DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM
- 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
- Applications: Use of DCS in pulp
- 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