Industrial Automation

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INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ME01000281
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Code: ME01000281 Credits: 4 Semester 1 PE

Industrial Automation

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Industrial Automation Syllabus — Unit-wise Content

The official GTU curriculum for Industrial Automation (subject code ME01000281) as prescribed for PE · 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.

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Unit 1 INTRODUCTION

3 lecture hours

  • 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

6 lecture hours

  • 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

3 lecture hours

  • 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

6 lecture hours

  • 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

7 lecture hours

  • 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

10 lecture hours

  • 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

10 lecture hours

  • 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

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