Study Guide

Objective

This course is aiming at creating an overview of process automation, its documentation, control activities, and instrumentation and control system hardware. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics.

After completing the course, participants are capable to
• identify automation based on PI diagram tags
• analyse the working principle of control logic and feedback control loops
• justify and choose feasible measurement principles and actuators to process locations
• understand essential application fields of programmable logic controllers (PLC)
• present common system topologies of distributed control systems (DCS) as system diagrams, and explain application fields of these systems.

Content

How do we identify measurement, closed control, on-off valve, on-off motor and open control loops in PI diagrams?
When is control logic enough, and when do we need closed loop control?
What kinds of measurement principles are used in basic measurements of process industries, and where are they applicable?
When do we use pumps, fans, valves, heating elements, and which actuators are needed for them?
What kinds of assessment results lead to the usage of programmable logic controllers, and how do we connect field devices to them?
When are distributed control systems useful, and how do we connect field devices to them?

Materials

Learn materials
Festo E-Learning materials

Teaching methods

This course is aiming at creating an overview of process automation, its documentation, control activities, and instrumentation and control system hardware. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics.

Scheduled track:
Scheduled online lectures and exercises

Independent track:
-

Blended track:
Scheduled online lectures and projects of companies

Student workload

24 h online lectures
54 h company learning projects
57 h self-study

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (50 %) and compnay learning projects (50 %), with grades 0 - 5.

Objective

This course is aiming at creating an overview of process automation projects. As a background, examples of energy production processes and main processes of forest industries, and their control principles are considered. Based on this process integration, the main focus lies on the critical project phases such as specification and validation phases. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics. After completing the course, participants are capable to
• present the working and main control principles of CHP power plants as energy production examples
• describe the working and main control principles of essential forest industry processes
• analyse the phases in the lifecycle of automation projects and their critical points
• validate automation applications and ensure the quality of automation projects
• understand basic hardware and software principles of safety automation
• identify the critical points of cyber security and related protection.

Content

How do we run CHP power plants to get heat and electricity to users as desired?
How do we ensure the quality of wood-based energy, chemical fibre or paper and board products?
Which are the phases of the life-cycle in automation projects, and how do we ensure the success of projects?
How do we test the functionality of automation applications in different phases of automation projects?
How are we able to ensure the functional safety in critical plant parts?
How are we able to reduce the possibility of cyber attacks in remote operation, remote programming and remote diagnostics?

Materials

Learn materials
Festo E-Learning materials

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
This course is aiming at creating an overview of process automation projects. As a background, examples of energy production processes and main processes of forest industries, and their control principles are considered. Based on this process integration, the main focus lies on the critical project phases such as specification and validation phases. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics.

Independent track:
-

Blended track:
Scheduled online lectures and projects of companies

Student workload

24 h online lectures
54 h company learning projects
57 h self-study

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (40 %) and company learning projects and learning packages (60 %), with grades 0 - 5.

Objective

This course is aiming at creating an overview of process automation design, its parts and phases. The main points of interest are selecting instruments and connecting them to control systems. In addition, important points of interest are control logic and feedback control principles, motor control, and programming principles in PLCs and DCSs. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics. After completing the course, participants are capable to
• select and document commonly used instruments to basic automation loops
• design and document connecting instruments and motors using analogue and digital data transfer
• describe the properties of advanced control and identify the need of advanced control algorithms
• explain programming principles based on macro blocks, at least in one DCS
• work out simple PLC control logic applications based on combination logic
• specify main hardware and software principles of safety automation.

Content

How do we understand the design fields instrumentation design and system design?
Which components are needed in automation networks?
How do we work out clear, text-based functional loop descriptions and functional diagrams?
When do we need advanced control algorithms, and when is simple control logic or PID control feasible?
How do we design macro block based applications in distributed control systems (DCS)?
How do we design control logic applications in programmable logic controllers 8PLC)?
Which components are needed in safety automation applications?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

This course is aiming at creating an overview of practices and methods used in the communication of automation projects. A project in common related to communication and project activities will be worked out concerning process and automation descriptions. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics. After completing the course, participants are capable to
• write technical reports according to field practices
• work out process descriptions after learning the working principles of processes
• analyse the working of loops based on PI diagrams and process descriptions, and create functional loop-wise descriptions
• listen and assess in project meetings
• prepare and document issues for project meetings.

Content

How do we write clear reports and memos using proper Finnish?
How do we make clearly sorted process descriptions?
How do we work out well understood functional loop-wise descriptions?
How do we behave in project meetings?
How do we present issues in online meetings?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

This course is aiming at creating an overview of process automation design, its parts and phases. The main points of interest are selecting instruments and connecting them to control systems. In addition, important points of interest are control logic and feedback control principles, motor control, and programming principles in PLCs and DCSs. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics. After completing the course, participants are capable to
• select and document commonly used instruments to basic automation loops
• design and document connecting instruments and motors using analogue and digital data transfer
• describe the properties of advanced control and identify the need of advanced control algorithms
• explain programming principles based on macro blocks, at least in one DCS
• work out simple PLC control logic applications based on combination logic
• specify main hardware and software principles of safety automation.

Content

How do we understand the design fields instrumentation design and system design?
Which components are needed in automation networks?
How do we work out clear, text-based functional loop descriptions and functional diagrams?
When do we need advanced control algorithms, and when is simple control logic or PID control feasible?
How do we design macro block based applications in distributed control systems (DCS)?
How do we design control logic applications in programmable logic controllers 8PLC)?
Which components are needed in safety automation applications?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

This course is aiming at creating an overview of practices and methods used in the communication of automation projects. A project in common related to communication and project activities will be worked out concerning process and automation descriptions. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics. After completing the course, participants are capable to
• write technical reports according to field practices
• work out process descriptions after learning the working principles of processes
• analyse the working of loops based on PI diagrams and process descriptions, and create functional loop-wise descriptions
• listen and assess in project meetings
• prepare and document issues for project meetings.

Content

How do we write clear reports and memos using proper Finnish?
How do we make clearly sorted process descriptions?
How do we work out well understood functional loop-wise descriptions?
How do we behave in project meetings?
How do we present issues in online meetings?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

This course is aiming at creating an overview of process automation projects. As a background, examples of energy production processes and main processes of forest industries, and their control principles are considered. Based on this process integration, the main focus lies on the critical project phases such as specification and validation phases. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics. After completing the course, participants are capable to
• present the working and main control principles of CHP power plants as energy production examples
• describe the working and main control principles of essential forest industry processes
• analyse the phases in the lifecycle of automation projects and their critical points
• validate automation applications and ensure the quality of automation projects
• understand basic hardware and software principles of safety automation
• identify the critical points of cyber security and related protection.

Content

How do we run CHP power plants to get heat and electricity to users as desired?
How do we ensure the quality of wood-based energy, chemical fibre or paper and board products?
Which are the phases of the life-cycle in automation projects, and how do we ensure the success of projects?
How do we test the functionality of automation applications in different phases of automation projects?
How are we able to ensure the functional safety in critical plant parts?
How are we able to reduce the possibility of cyber attacks in remote operation, remote programming and remote diagnostics?

Materials

Learn materials
Festo E-Learning materials

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
This course is aiming at creating an overview of process automation projects. As a background, examples of energy production processes and main processes of forest industries, and their control principles are considered. Based on this process integration, the main focus lies on the critical project phases such as specification and validation phases. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics.

Independent track:
-

Blended track:
Scheduled online lectures and projects of companies

Student workload

24 h online lectures
54 h company learning projects
57 h self-study

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (40 %) and company learning projects and learning packages (60 %), with grades 0 - 5.

Objective

This course is aiming at creating an overview of process automation, its documentation, control activities, and instrumentation and control system hardware. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics.

After completing the course, participants are capable to
• identify automation based on PI diagram tags
• analyse the working principle of control logic and feedback control loops
• justify and choose feasible measurement principles and actuators to process locations
• understand essential application fields of programmable logic controllers (PLC)
• present common system topologies of distributed control systems (DCS) as system diagrams, and explain application fields of these systems.

Content

How do we identify measurement, closed control, on-off valve, on-off motor and open control loops in PI diagrams?
When is control logic enough, and when do we need closed loop control?
What kinds of measurement principles are used in basic measurements of process industries, and where are they applicable?
When do we use pumps, fans, valves, heating elements, and which actuators are needed for them?
What kinds of assessment results lead to the usage of programmable logic controllers, and how do we connect field devices to them?
When are distributed control systems useful, and how do we connect field devices to them?

Materials

Learn materials
Festo E-Learning materials

Teaching methods

This course is aiming at creating an overview of process automation, its documentation, control activities, and instrumentation and control system hardware. The course includes a core content part of 40 %, and an additional part of 60 % concerning in-work learning and personal projects related to the core content topics.

Scheduled track:
Scheduled online lectures and exercises

Independent track:
-

Blended track:
Scheduled online lectures and projects of companies

Student workload

24 h online lectures
54 h company learning projects
57 h self-study

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (50 %) and compnay learning projects (50 %), with grades 0 - 5.