Syllabus of Automation and Instrumentation Design

AEDEI: Syllabus of Automation and Instrumentation Design

HAZARDOUS AREAS
  • Introduction: explosion consequencesand Risk assessment
  • Properties of flammable materials
  • Definitions
  • Classification system: sources of release and zoning
  • Classification of apparatus: grouping andTemperature
PLC PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN
INTRODUCTION
  • Introduction and brief history of PLCs and alternative control systems
ABOUT OF FUNDAMENTALS OF PLC SYSTEM
  • Block diagram of typical PLC
  • PLC processor module – memory organisation
  • Input and output section - module types
  • Calculation of DI/DO and AI/AO
  • Selection of Communication
FUNDAMENTALS OF PLC SOFTWARE
  • Methods ofrepresenting Logic, Boolean Algebra,instruction code and graphical presentation
  • Fundamental ladder logic instruction set with Differnt make PLC
  • Comparison of different manufacturers, memory and data representation and instruction code
USING LADDER LOGIC FOR SIMPLE DIGITAL FUNCTIONS
  • Why ladder logic programming and Comparison of relay ladder diagrams
  • The concept of the 'scan' and how to apply it
  • Contact 'normal' states
  • Positive and negative logic
  • Basic Boolean functions
LEARN REGISTERS IN PLC SYTEM
  • Number systems
  • Types of register data
  • Timers and counters
  • it shift and rotate
  • Table functions
HANDS ON TRAINING VARIOUS PARAMETERS
  • Practical methods to improve quality:

ADVANCED CONTROL WITH PLCS

  • Examples, drive logic and alarm handling
  • Use of advanced programming functions
BATCH PROCESSES AND SEQUENTIAL CONTROL
  • Step advance
  • Fault detection and Recovery
  • Multiple recipes or alternative paths
  • Sequential function charts
PID CONTROL
  • The importance of timing and scan time
  • When PID is not always appropriate
  • Intermittent measurements
  • Long transport delays
  • Interface standards, RS-232, RS-422/423 and RS-485
  • Protocols, Modbus and DH+
  • Local Area Networks, Ethernet
  • Monitoring communication links and simple watchdog timers
Fundamentals of IEC 61131-3
  • Function block diagrams
  • Ladder diagrams
  • Instruction list
  • Sequential function chart
THEORY OF PROCESS CONTROL
  • Processes, controllers and tuning
  • PID Controllers - P, I and D modes of operation
  • Load disturbances and offset
  • Speed, stability and robustness
  • Gain, dead time and time constants
  • Process noise and feedback controllers
BACKGROUND TO SCADA
  • SCADA concepts and terminology
  • Typical SCADA architectures
SCADA HARDWARE
  • I/0 ServersM
  • Historians
  • RTUs
  • Firewalls
  • Component-level redundancy
SCADA SOFTWARE
  • Commercially-available SCADA software
  • Configuration
APPLICATION OF PROTOCOLS IN SCADA
  • TCP/IP
  • MODBUS
  • DNP3
ETHERNET APPLICATIONS IN SCADA
  • Components
  • Network redundancy
WIRELESS APPLICATIONS IN SCADA
  • Terrestrial microwave
  • Cellular
WAN TECHNOLOGIES IN SCADA
  • Digital hierarchies (T/E)
  • Packet switching (X.25)
  • Frame Relay
  • ATM
  • SONET/SDH