Study Guide

Objective

You are able to use plant design software to model plants, piping and equipment and are able to generate manufacturing drawings from them.
You know the basics of plant engineering
You know the basics of piping desing
You know how to read PI-Diagrams

Content

How to use 3D plant design software?
How to do plant engineering?
How to do piping design?
How to read PI-diagrams?
What do piping classes mean?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
- explain the layers of the OSI network model and describe the role of main protocols used in communication networks
- present the arrangement and components of a process control system used in a process plant
- design and configure simple automation networks and fieldbus applications
- program and commission instrumentation and motor loops of power plant automation.

Content

How do communication standards, cloud services and the Internet of Things (IoT) affect industrial networks and the development of digitalization in industrial applications?
How is a measurement signal transferred from a sensor to a remote control room of a power plant, or a command signal from an operator to a controlled actuator?
Which hardware and software tools do you need to be able to connect a smart level transmitter to an available control system?
How are you able to improve the safety of power production using programmed forced control and redundancy?

Materials

- Learn
- Learning Environment for Papermaking and Automation, KnowPap, AEL ja Prowledge 2001-2023.
- Learning Environment for Chemical Pulping and Automation, KnowPulp, AEL ja Prowledge 2001-2023.
- https://www.valmet.com/
- https://www.siemens.com/global/en.html
- https://www.honeywell.com/en-us/industries/industrial-manufacturing
- https://new.abb.com/uk
- ValmetDNA manuals, Valmet Automation 2011 - 2012.
- DNAuse -operointiohje, Valmet Automation 2012.
- Function Block CAD -käyttöohje, Valmet Automation 2011.
- DNA Explorer -käyttöohje, Valmet Automation 2011.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
1. System Hardware
2. Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) and Plant Operation
3. Automation projects
4. Fieldbuses in Connecting Instrumentation and Motor Control
5. Digitalization Progress and Internet of Things (IoT) in Automation
6. Programming applications of a distributed control system (local learning)
7. Configuration of smart field devices
After completing this course, you will be able to (local learning)
- present the arrangement and components of a process control system used in a process plant
- describe the main operation tasks and use basic HMIs in plant operations
- analyse basic automation loops based on PI diagrams, and work out system-independent functional loop descriptions and diagrams
- explain the role of main communication protocols used in industrial networks
- describe the utilization of artificial intelligence in industrial automation
- program and commission instrumentation and motor control loops for power production
- program and commission smart field devices and fieldbuses.
Which hardware components do you need for a process control system?
How is a measurement signal transferred from a measurement transmitter to a remote control room of a power plant, or a command signal from an operator to a controlled actuator?
How are you able to design measurement, open control, feedback control, on-off valve and on-off motor loops independently for a process control system?
How are you able to connect smart instruments and motor control units using industrial fieldbus cables and protocols?
How do communication standards, cloud services and IoT affect industrial networks and the development of digitalization in industrial applications?
How do we implement measurement, open control, feedback control, on-off valve and on-off motor loops in a process control system?
How do we connect in practice smart field devices to a process control system using fieldbuses?

Employer connections

RDI work is not included in the course.

Exam schedules

Partial exams.

Student workload

- 12 h lectures and recorded lectures
- 32 h supervised project working
- 91 h self-study

Further information

Next prerequisite courses are recommended:
Measurement and Control Technology,
or related qualifications are required.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Students choose 5 from 7 parts.
5 partial exams, with grades 0-5
or 3 partial exams and 2 lab projects, with grades 0-5, all parts passed.

Qualifications

Prerequisite courses are
Basics of electrical engineering and electronics
Measurement and control technology

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
- explain the main phases and outputs of an automation project
- specify automation loop by loop
- analyze and design field instrumentation
- program, test and commission measurement and control applications and control room graphics of power plants
- use CAD programs and shared database and documentation programs for automation engineering
- work out a budget for an automation project.

Content

What should you do in the specification, design, implementation, installation, functional testing, validation, production and removal phases of an automation project?
How do you work out an instrumentation or motor loop description, and how is it utilized by an operator or maintenance engineer?
How do you present cabling and connections in instrumentation and electrical loop diagrams?
In which way is the design of automation applications supported by block programming?
How do you manage the engineering and maintenance of instrumentation and motor control?
Which elements make the price of an automation project?

Materials

1. Learn-materiaali.
2. Automaatiosuunnittelun prosessimalli. Yhteiset käsitteet verkottuneen suunnittelun perustana. Suomen Automaatioseura ry., Helsinki, 2007. 43 s.
3. Tommila, T., toim. Laatu automaatiossa. Suomen Automaatioseura ry. , Helsinki, 2001. 245 s.
4. Automaatiosovellusten ohjelmistokehitys. Suunnittelun työtavat, välineet ja sovellusarkkitehtuurit. Suomen Automaatioseura ry. 2005. 152 s.
5. Harju, T., Marttinen, A. Säätötekniikan koulutusmateriaali (verkkojulkaisu), Säätöpiirin virityksen perusteet (kirja). Suomen Automaatioseura ry. , Helsinki, 2000. 166 s.
6. Automaatio liiketoimintaprosessien tukena (verkkojulkaisu Suomen automaatioseura ry.), Tekesin katsaus 271, 2010.
7. SFS-ISO 14617-6 Kaavioissa käytettävät piirrosmerkit. Osa 6: Mittaus- ja ohjaustoiminnot. SFS, Helsinki, 2004.
8. SFS-EN ISO 10628 Prosessikaaviot. Yleiset ohjeet. SFS, Helsinki, 2001.
9. PSK 3601 Prosessiteollisuuden virtauskaavioiden piirrosmerkit. PSK Standardisointi, Helsinki, 2005. 38 s.
10. PSK 5201 - PSK 5210 Instrumenttiasennusten tyyppipiirustukset. PSK Standardisointi, Helsinki, 2003.
11. PSK 4601 Automaation hankinta. Yleiset periaatteet. käsitteet ja määritelmät. PSK Standardisointi, Helsinki, 1996. 24 s.
12. PSK 4602 Automaation hankinta. Prosessinohjausjärjestelmä. PSK Standardisointi, Helsinki, 1996. 11 s.
13. PSK 4603 Automaation hankinta. Instrumentointi. PSK Standardisointi, Helsinki, 1996. 10 s.
14. PSK 7902 Teollisuuden suunnittelu. Sopimusmalli. PSK Standardisointi, Helsinki, 2005. 2 + 29 s.
15. SFS-IEC 61506 Teollisuusprosessien mittaus ja ohjaus. Sovellusohjelmiston dokumentaatio. Suomen Standar-disoimisliitto SFS, Helsinki, 1998. 121 s.
16. SFS-IEC 848 Ohjausjärjestelmien toimintodiagrammien laatiminen.
17. SFS 5098 Prosessi-instrumentoinnin piirustukset ja muut asiakirjat.
18. SFS 2972 Sähkölaitteiden kotelointiluokat.
19. Heimbürger et. al., Valvomo – Suunnittelu periaatteet ja käytännöt, Suomen automaatioseura ry., 2010, 268 s.
PSK-standardeihin on pääsy XAMK:n kirjaston verkkotietokannoista.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
After completing this course, you will be able to
• explain the main phases and outputs of an automation project
• specify automation loop by loop, or tag by tag
• analyze and design field instrumentation
• program, test and commission measurement and control applications and control room graphics of power plants
• use CAD programs and shared database and documentation programs for automation engineering
• work out a budget of an automation project.
What should you do in a specification, design, implementation, installation, functional testing, validation, production and removal phases of an automation project?
How do you work out an instrumentation or motor loop description, and how is it utilized by an operator or a maintenance engineer?
How do you present cabling and connections in instrumentation and electrical loop diagrams?
In which way is the design of automation applications supported by block programming?
How do you manage the engineering and maintenance of instrumentation and motor control?
Which elements make the price of an automation project?

Independent track:
Exam and work-related projec

Blended track:
Exam and project

Employer connections

RDI work is not included in the course.

Exam schedules

Partial exams.

Student workload

- 15 h live lectures
- 20 h supervised project processing
- 100 h recorded lectures, and other self-study

Further information

Next prerequisite courses are recommended:
Measurement and Control Technology
Process Control Systems and Communication Networks,
or related qualifications are required.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course is assessed based on partial exams (60 %) and a project (40 %) with grades 0-5.

Qualifications

Prerequisite courses are
Measurement and control technology
Process control systems and communication networks.

Objective

After the course you can:
- explain the most common energy conversion processes and their operating principles.
- solve energy conversion process power and efficiencies mathematically.
- apply the h, s and p, h diagrams for calculating energy conversion processes.
- explain steam turbine control methods.

Content

How do the most common energy conversion processes work:
- steam turbine
- gas turbine
- water turbine
- wind turbine
- diesel and gas engines
- ORC process
- heat pumps

How are energy conversion process power and efficiencies calculated?
How are the h, s and p, h diagrams used?
What are the steam turbine control methods?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Requires basic knowledge of energy technology, mathematics and physics (solving equations, basic units, units)
Energy production and electricity technology basics
Steam boilers

Objective

After this course you:
- are familiar with sustainability criteria of energy production
- understand the environmental impact of energy production
- know the means to reduce adverse environmental impacts in energy production

Content

How does energy production affect the environment?
What permits does energy industry need?
How is the environmental impact assessed and measured?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

1. Energy engineering chemistry
2. Steam boilers

Objective

After this course you:
- are familiar with sustainability criteria of energy production
- understand the environmental impact of energy production
- know the means to reduce adverse environmental impacts in energy production

Content

How does energy production affect the environment?
What permits does energy industry need?
How is the environmental impact assessed and measured?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

1. Energy engineering chemistry
2. Steam boilers

Objective

After this study you:
- understand energy economy from the perspectives of both energy consumers and producers
- can calculate the investment costs and profitability of an investment
- can determine the profitability of changing the heating method
- know the objectives and measures of energy policy.

Content

How is the price of energy formed?
What is energy efficiency?
How to calculate the profitability of an investment?
How does the electricity market work?
Why are there taxes in the price of energy?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Basic of energy production and power stations
Fuels and heating systems

Objective

After the course you:
- can describe energy as a quantity as well as its forms and units
- understand the basics of both heat and electricity production and consumption
- are familiar with electrical power network structure
- understand the importance of the transfer voltages in power lines
- can describe the main electric power plant equipment.

Content

In what units is energy indicated?
What is energy and who are its users?
How is electrical energy transferred to the consumer?
Why are different voltages used in electric power transmission?
How are different electrical components related to the operation of the electrical power plants?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

After the course you can:
- calculate the power of heat exchangers in a power plant and the efficiency of a boiler
- calculate the reactions of combustion and emissions
- explain the characteristics of the various boiler types and operating principles
- explain boiler use and operation.

Content

How is the power plant boiler efficiency calculated and how are the boiler heat exchangers designed?
What are the chemical reactions of combustion and what emissions do they form?
What is the meaning of boiler operation and real-time condition monitoring?
What are the most common boiler types?
What is meant by boiler preservation, pickling and magnetite film run?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Requires basic knowledge of energy technology, mathematics and physics (solving equations, basic units, units)

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to

identify an industrial process based on a flow chart or a PI diagram
describe basic instrumentation loops, their tags and instruments
present the process industry instruments and their working principles
explain the basic principles of electrification, cabling and grounding systems
choose and rate instruments and electric drives for different applications.

Content

How to identify different kinds of process machines and instruments in flow charts?
How to identify measurement, control, valve and motor loops and their operation principles in PI diagrams?
How to measure the temperature of a furnace, the flow and conductivity of feed water, or the level of a steam drum?
How to connect an instrument or an electric motor to a control system?
How to choose and rate an electric motor and what kind of power supply does it need?

Materials

1. Materials, instructions and assignments in Learn.
2. Joronen, T., Kovacs, J., Majanne, Y., Voimalaitosautomaatio. Suomen Automaatioseura ry 2007. 276 s. Kappaleet 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.
3. Bolton, W. Instrumentation and control systems, Elsevier, UK, 2004, 339 p.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
After completing this course, you will be able to
- identify an industrial process based on a flow chart or PI diagram
- describe basic instrumentation loops, their tags and instruments
- present basic measurement instruments and their working principles
- explain the basic principles of electrification, cabling and grounding systems
- choose and rate instruments and electric motors for different applications.
How are able to see different kinds of process machines and instruments in flow charts?
How are you able to identify measurement, control, valve and motor loops and their operation principles in PI diagrams?
How are you able to measure the temperature of a furnace, the flow and conductivity of feed water, or the level of a steam drum? How do you connect an instrument or an electric motor to a control system?
How do you choose and rate an electric motor and what kind of power supply does it need?

Independent track:
Exam and project integrated in one's own work.

Blended track:
Exam and intended training projects.

Employer connections

RDI work is not included in the course.

Exam schedules

Exam 11.12.2023.
Resit exams 5.2.2024 and 3/2024 in Exam.
Please, reservations in advance are needed in Exam.

Student workload

Online lectures 28 h
Lab projects 6 h / group
Self-study 101 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (70 %) and projects (30 %), with grades 0-5, both are expected to be accepted.

Qualifications

Prerequisite courses are
Energy engineering physics
Energy engineering chemistry
Basics of electrical engineering and electronics

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to

identify an industrial process based on a flow chart or a PI diagram
describe basic instrumentation loops, their tags and instruments
present the process industry instruments and their working principles
explain the basic principles of electrification, cabling and grounding systems
choose and rate instruments and electric drives for different applications.

Content

How to identify different kinds of process machines and instruments in flow charts?
How to identify measurement, control, valve and motor loops and their operation principles in PI diagrams?
How to measure the temperature of a furnace, the flow and conductivity of feed water, or the level of a steam drum?
How to connect an instrument or an electric motor to a control system?
How to choose and rate an electric motor and what kind of power supply does it need?

Materials

1. Materials, instructions and assignments in Learn.
2. Joronen, T., Kovacs, J., Majanne, Y., Voimalaitosautomaatio. Suomen Automaatioseura ry 2007. 276 s. Kappaleet 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.
3. Bolton, W. Instrumentation and control systems, Elsevier, UK, 2004, 339 p.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
After completing this course, you will be able to
- identify an industrial process based on a flow chart or PI diagram
- describe basic instrumentation loops, their tags and instruments
- present basic measurement instruments and their working principles
- explain the basic principles of electrification, cabling and grounding systems
- choose and rate instruments and electric motors for different applications.
How are able to see different kinds of process machines and instruments in flow charts?
How are you able to identify measurement, control, valve and motor loops and their operation principles in PI diagrams?
How are you able to measure the temperature of a furnace, the flow and conductivity of feed water, or the level of a steam drum? How do you connect an instrument or an electric motor to a control system?
How do you choose and rate an electric motor and what kind of power supply does it need?

Independent track:
Exam and project integrated in one's own work.

Blended track:
Exam and intended training projects.

Employer connections

RDI work is not included in the course.

Student workload

Contact and online lectures 36 h
Lab projects 24 h
Self-study 75 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (65 %) and projects (35 %), with grades 0-5, both are expected to be accepted.

Qualifications

Prerequisite courses are
Energy engineering physics
Energy engineering chemistry
Basics of electrical engineering and electronics

Objective

After completing the course, you will be able to:
identify the general structural materials of metal products
explain the general manufacturing methods of metal products
present the technical properties of structural materials for manufacturing
choose the suitable material to the target
identify the most important machine tools and hand tools of metal products
use machine tools and hand tools safely
use different welding methods safely

Content

What kind of materials are used in the structures of the metal products, machine parts and machines?
How are the metal products made?
What technical properties and processing properties are required from the production materials of the metal product and how can the properties of the metal be influenced with heat treatment?
How do I choose a suitable material for the separate targets?
What kind of tools and machine tools are used for the making of metal products?
How do I operate machine tools and tools safely?
What welding methods exist, what are their special characteristics ,and how to weld safely?

Materials

Material that is distributed in classroom and in moodle.
- Koivisto et al, Konetekniikan materiaalioppi
- Ihalainen et al, Valmistustekniikka

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
Theory lectures and excercises. Mandatory laboratory excercises.

Independent track:
If you are working a company that is in the similar industry, you can make a a larger development project within your company, which is graded and replaces the excercises within the course. Additionally you have to take the tests in the course. Please contact the lecturer on the start of the course.

Exam schedules

Exams to upgrade grading must be taken within one year from the end of the course. These exams are to be taken in predetermined days, which are given in the first lecture.

Completion alternatives

If you are working a company that is in the similar industry, you can make a a larger development project within your company, which is graded and replaces the excercises within the course. Additionally you have to take the tests in the course. Please contact the lecturer on the start of the course.

Student workload

Theory + laboratory excercises (60h) Excercises to be done in home (60 h)

Further information

Participation in first classroom lecture is mandatory. If student can't participate for some good reason He/She must contact the teacher before the first lecture.
More detailed description and schedule of the course will be told in the first lecture.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Approved excercises and exam.

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
- explain the main operating principles in measuring and controlling levels, temperatures, pressures and flows
- realize PID controllers
- analyze the relationship of process dynamics and PID controller tuning
- realize and commission basic instrumentation and motor loops in programmable logic controllers (PLC).

Content

How to control automatically the level of a tank, the temperature of a fluid, the flow in a pipeline or the pressure of steam, and thus improve the energy efficiency of a process?
How does a PID controller compute the control signal to an actuator in a feedback control loop, and how are the tuning parameters specified?
How do differential equations and Laplace transfer function models describe process dynamics, and how are these models applied to Matlab Simulink for simulations?
How to make a program for a measurement, feedback control or pump control in a programmable logic controller (PLC)?

Materials

1. Lecture slides and other materials in Moodle.
2. Harju, T., Marttinen, A., Säätöpiirin virityksen perusteet, Control CAD, Espoo 2001, 166 s. Vastaava teksti on saatavissa Suomen Automaatioseuran sivuilta.
3. Bolton, W. Instrumentation and control systems, Elsevier, UK, 2004, 339 p.
4. Learning Environment for Papermaking and Automation, KnowPap, AEL and Prowledge, 2015, Finland.
5. Learning Environment for Chemical Pulping and Automation, KnowPulp, AEL and Prowledge, 2015, Finland.
6. Sell, N. J., Process Control Fundamentals for the Pulp and Paper Industry, Tappi Press, 1995, Atlanta, USA, 612 p., ISBN 0-89852-294-3
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_controller Programmable logic controller
8. S7-200 Programmable Controller, System Manual, Siemens, 2008
9. Getting started with S7-200, Manual, Siemens, 2007
10. Getting started with S7-1200, Manual, Siemens, 2009
11. http://www.automation.siemens.com/mcms/programmable-logic-controller/en/simatic-s7-controller/s7-1200/Pages/Default.aspx
12. Automaatiosovellusten ohjelmistokehitys. Suunnittelun työtavat, välineet ja sovellusarkkitehtuurit. Suomen Automaatioseura ry. 2005. 152 s.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
After completing this course, you will be able to
- explain main operating principles in measuring and controlling levels, temperatures, pressures and flows
- implement PID controllers
- analyze the relationship of process dynamics and PID controller tuning
- implement and commission basic instrumentation and motor loops in programmable logic controllers (PLC).
How are you able to control automatically the level of a tank, the temperature of a fluid, the flow in a
pipeline or the pressure of steam, and thus improve the energy efficiency of a process?
How does a PID controller compute the control signal to an actuator in a feedback control loop, and how are the tuning parameters specified?
How do differential equations and Laplace transfer function models describe process dynamics, and how are these models applied to Matlab Simulink for simulations?
How are you able to make program for a measurement, feedback control or pump control in a programmable logic controller (PLC)?

Independent track:
Exam and working life project.

Blended track:
Exam and RDI project

Employer connections

RDI work is not included in the course.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Prerequisite courses are:
Energy engineering mathematics 2
Instrumentation and electrification

Objective

After this study you can:
- define the required thermal power and annual thermal energy for a simple building
- understand the basics of district heating network design
- calculate heating plant thermal and fuel power for a district heating network
- examine the profitability of alternate heating methods in buildings
- examine the profitability of heat production.

Content

Why must buildings be heated?
How is thermal energy transferred in a district heating network?
Where is thermal energy used in heat production?
Which kind of fuel is used for heat production?
What is entrepreneurship in heat production?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Materials

1. Learn materials.
2. Dorf, C.D., Bishop, R.H., Modern Control Systems, 10. edition or some later edition, Addison-Wesley, USA 2005, 881 s.
3. Harju, T., Marttinen, A., Säätöpiirin virityksen perusteet, Control CAD, Espoo 2001, 166 s.

Teaching methods

After completing this course, you will be able to
* derive for dynamic phenomena differential equation models based on first principles
* design and realize process experiments, analyze them and create continuous and discrete models based on sampled data
* present the arrangement and realization of multivariable control methods used in energy production and other process industries
* apply simulation and design program tools to the description of process systems.
How would you create dynamic flow balance and heat balances of a flow-through tank using differential equations for Matlab Simulink simulations
How would you realize a process experiment of a heat exchanger and work out a time-series model based on sampled data and describing heat content, using Matlab Identification Toolbox?
Why could fuzzy logic or modelpredictive control improve the quality of products or the energy efficiency of a process plant?
Why is Matlab Simulink very widely used as a basic modelling and simulation tool, and how are you able to utilize Matlab in simulations of processes?

Scheduled track:
Lectures, supervised simulation projects and computing exercises

Independent track:
Exam and project integrated in one's own work.

Blended track:
Exam and intended training projects.

Employer connections

RDI work is not included in the course.

Student workload

16 h lectures
20 h Matlab Simulink simulations and computing exercises
99 h other self-study

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (50 %) and Matlab Simulink projects (50 %), with grades 0 - 5.

Materials

1. Learn materials.
2. Dorf, C.D., Bishop, R.H., Modern Control Systems, 10. edition or some later edition, Addison-Wesley, USA 2005, 881 s.
3. Harju, T., Marttinen, A., Säätöpiirin virityksen perusteet, Control CAD, Espoo 2001, 166 s.

Teaching methods

After completing this course, you will be able to
* derive for dynamic phenomena differential equation models based on first principles
* design and realize process experiments, analyze them and create continuous and discrete models based on sampled data
* present the arrangement and realization of multivariable control methods used in energy production and other process industries
* apply simulation and design program tools to the description of process systems.
How would you create dynamic flow balance and heat balances of a flow-through tank using differential equations for Matlab Simulink simulations
How would you realize a process experiment of a heat exchanger and work out a time-series model based on sampled data and describing heat content, using Matlab Identification Toolbox?
Why could fuzzy logic or modelpredictive control improve the quality of products or the energy efficiency of a process plant?
Why is Matlab Simulink very widely used as a basic modelling and simulation tool, and how are you able to utilize Matlab in simulations of processes?

Scheduled track:
Lectures, supervised simulation projects and computing exercises

Independent track:
Exam and project integrated in one's own work.

Blended track:
Exam and intended training projects.

Employer connections

RDI work is not included in the course.

Student workload

30 h online-lectures
30 h Matlab Simulink simulations and computing exercises
75 h other self-study

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (50 %) and Matlab Simulink projects (50 %), with grades 0 - 5.

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
• describe the significance of process design in process integration
• present main processes and machinery of process industries
• work out the dimensioning of process machinery and compute steady states
• define dynamic flow, heat and mass balances for simulations
• identify authority obligations in process design.

Content

How are you able to design processes by taking into account technical, economic, safety-related and environment-related aspects?
What kinds of machines are used in processes and how do they work?
How do you compute the capacity of a process and its steady state?
How do you create a dynamic process model and make a simulation program?
Which processes need authority obligations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
• describe the significance of process design in process integration
• present main processes and machinery of process industries
• work out the dimensioning of process machinery and compute steady states
• define dynamic flow, heat and mass balances for simulations
• identify authority obligations in process design.

Content

How are you able to design processes by taking into account technical, economic, safety-related and environment-related aspects?
What kinds of machines are used in processes and how do they work?
How do you compute the capacity of a process and its steady state?
How do you create a dynamic process model and make a simulation program?
Which processes need authority obligations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You know how to use the systematic method in product development.
You know the different phases of a product development project.
You know the basics in patent law.
You are able to lead an independent equipment, plant, or process design project.

Content

What must be taken into account when applying for a patent for an invention?
What phases does a product development project include?
How to use the systematic method in product development?

Materials

Materials will be distributed in class
Engineering design - Pahl Gerhard, Beitz Wolfgang

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Project work and report 70 %
Exam 30%

Objective

You know how to use the systematic method in product development.
You know the different phases of a product development project.
You know the basics in patent law.
You are able to lead an independent equipment, plant, or process design project.

Content

What must be taken into account when applying for a patent for an invention?
What phases does a product development project include?
How to use the systematic method in product development?

Materials

Materials will be distributed in class
Engineering design - Pahl Gerhard, Beitz Wolfgang

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Project work and report 70 %
Exam 30%

Objective

After the course you can:
take electrical safety into consideration in designing and operating with electrical circuits
analyse the electrical and electronic equipment
analyse DC and AC circuits
analyse and develop electrical circuits.

Content

How to consider electrical safety in circuits?
What are the most common operating principles of electrical and electronic equipment?
How to analyze and synthesize DC and AC circuits?
How to make electronic circuit connections?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

After the course you can:
take electrical safety into consideration in designing and operating with electrical circuits
analyse the electrical and electronic equipment
analyse DC and AC circuits
analyse and develop electrical circuits.

Content

How to consider electrical safety in circuits?
What are the most common operating principles of electrical and electronic equipment?
How to analyze and synthesize DC and AC circuits?
How to make electronic circuit connections?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You are able to use the basic concepts of quantities and units of thermodynamics.
You are able to use the concepts of thermodynamics laws.
You know the principles of heat transfer.
You know how to apply your knowledge to different environments and systems.
You can solve the equations of thermodynamics quantities.
You are able to use mathematical methods to solve technical problems of equipments and processes.
You know how to analyze and dimension heat exchangers.

Content

What are the quantities and units of thermodynamics?
How to use the laws of thermodynamics?
What is an energy conversion process?
How to form and solve the equations of quantities of thermodynamics?
How to use numerical methods and matrices to design and dimension systems?
What are the basic principles of heat transfer?
How to dimension heat exchangers?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Prerequisities: Energy engineering physics course

Objective

After the course you can:
explain the basic principles of common workplace cooperation, together with general risks and good practices
take into account the job and assignment-specific protective equipment and devices (hot works, occupational safety and first aid)
evaluate the significant shortcomings in electrical safety in the working environment
define the requirements specific to electrical work.

Content

What is a common workplace and how can accidents and occupational illnesses be prevented?
What is the practical implementation of the occupational safety organization and what kind of general instructions and safety rules are used?
How to identify electric safety defects and react to them?
When is electrical work done in live working and inspection is required?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

After the course you can:
explain the basic principles of common workplace cooperation, together with general risks and good practices
take into account the job and assignment-specific protective equipment and devices (hot works, occupational safety and first aid)
evaluate the significant shortcomings in electrical safety in the working environment
define the requirements specific to electrical work.

Content

What is a common workplace and how can accidents and occupational illnesses be prevented?
What is the practical implementation of the occupational safety organization and what kind of general instructions and safety rules are used?
How to identify electric safety defects and react to them?
When is electrical work done in live working and inspection is required?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
list main renewable energy sources in Finland and globally
identify the role of large-scale centralized and small-scale distributed energy production
describe the basic principles of energy production processes using renewable sources
analyze the energy efficiency of renewable sources
evaluate the importance of production methods and subsidies in a national and international context.

Content

How are photosynthesis and carbon cycle related to renewable energy?
At which level are hydro and solarpower produced in large-scale centralized and small-scale distributed energy production?
Which machinery and devices are needed to produce heat and electricity from renewable sources and waste?
How would you compute the operating efficiency of a distant-monitored solar panel or solar collector, and how would you optimize the production?
In which way do the production subsidies affect the development of production and price in Finland and in Germany, for example?

International connections

Hydrogen technology lectures and lab projects by Stralsund University of Applied Sciences.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Energy engineering mathematics 1
Basics of energy technology and power stations
Fuels and heating systems

Objective

After this course you can:
- define the fluid volume flow rate, flow velocity and pressure loss in a pipe system on the basis of equations and diagrams
- choose a suitable pump for a pipe system and define the system operating point
- examine system flow control methods by throttling or VSD control (basics of affinity laws)
- solve simple mathematical problems in fluid dynamics
- examine cavitation in different systems.

Content

Why are there pressure losses in pipes?
How do pumps and fans move fluid?
How can the volume flow rate be controlled?
How can mathematics be used in fluid dynamics?
What is pump cavitation?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Fuels and heating systems
Energy engineering mathematics 1
Energy engineering mathematics 2
Energy engineering physics

Objective

After this course you can:
- define the fluid volume flow rate, flow velocity and pressure loss in a pipe system on the basis of equations and diagrams
- choose a suitable pump for a pipe system and define the system operating point
- examine system flow control methods by throttling or VSD control (basics of affinity laws)
- solve simple mathematical problems in fluid dynamics
- examine cavitation in different systems.

Content

Why are there pressure losses in pipes?
How do pumps and fans move fluid?
How can the volume flow rate be controlled?
How can mathematics be used in fluid dynamics?
What is pump cavitation?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Fuels and heating systems
Energy engineering mathematics 1
Energy engineering mathematics 2
Energy engineering physics

Objective

After the course you can:
explain the typical power plant processes
calculate the parts of a whole power plant process, efficiencies and energy balances
explain the international INES rating
design a power plant process at a general level
identify the power plant auxiliary systems.

Content

How do the conventional powerplant work?
How do nuclear power plant processes work?
How are the power plant processes calculated?
What is the INES scale?
How are the power plant processes designed?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Basics of energy production and power plant technology
Steam boilers
Energy conversion processes

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to

identify an industrial process based on a flow chart or a PI diagram
describe basic instrumentation loops, their tags and instruments
present the process industry instruments and their working principles
explain the basic principles of electrification, cabling and grounding systems
choose and rate instruments and electric drives for different applications.

Content

How to identify different kinds of process machines and instruments in flow charts?
How to identify measurement, control, valve and motor loops and their operation principles in PI diagrams?
How to measure the temperature of a furnace, the flow and conductivity of feed water, or the level of a steam drum?
How to connect an instrument or an electric motor to a control system?
How to choose and rate an electric motor and what kind of power supply does it need?

Materials

1. Materials, instructions and assignments in Learn.
2. Joronen, T., Kovacs, J., Majanne, Y., Voimalaitosautomaatio. Suomen Automaatioseura ry 2007. 276 s. Kappaleet 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.
3. Bolton, W. Instrumentation and control systems, Elsevier, UK, 2004, 339 p.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
After completing this course, you will be able to
- identify an industrial process based on a flow chart or PI diagram
- describe basic instrumentation loops, their tags and instruments
- present basic measurement instruments and their working principles
- explain the basic principles of electrification, cabling and grounding systems
- choose and rate instruments and electric motors for different applications.
How are able to see different kinds of process machines and instruments in flow charts?
How are you able to identify measurement, control, valve and motor loops and their operation principles in PI diagrams?
How are you able to measure the temperature of a furnace, the flow and conductivity of feed water, or the level of a steam drum? How do you connect an instrument or an electric motor to a control system?
How do you choose and rate an electric motor and what kind of power supply does it need?

Independent track:
Exam and project integrated in one's own work.

Blended track:
Exam and intended training projects.

Employer connections

RDI work is not included in the course.

Student workload

Contact and online lectures 36 h
Lab projects 24 h
Self-study 75 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (65 %) and projects (35 %), with grades 0-5, both are expected to be accepted.

Qualifications

Prerequisite courses are
Energy engineering physics
Energy engineering chemistry
Basics of electrical engineering and electronics

Objective

After the course you can:
explain the basic principles of common workplace cooperation, together with general risks and good practices
take into account the job and assignment-specific protective equipment and devices (hot works, occupational safety and first aid)
evaluate the significant shortcomings in electrical safety in the working environment
define the requirements specific to electrical work.

Content

What is a common workplace and how can accidents and occupational illnesses be prevented?
What is the practical implementation of the occupational safety organization and what kind of general instructions and safety rules are used?
How to identify electric safety defects and react to them?
When is electrical work done in live working and inspection is required?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

After the course you can:
take electrical safety into consideration in designing and operating with electrical circuits
analyse the electrical and electronic equipment
analyse DC and AC circuits
analyse and develop electrical circuits.

Content

How to consider electrical safety in circuits?
What are the most common operating principles of electrical and electronic equipment?
How to analyze and synthesize DC and AC circuits?
How to make electronic circuit connections?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

After this course you can:
- define the fluid volume flow rate, flow velocity and pressure loss in a pipe system on the basis of equations and diagrams
- choose a suitable pump for a pipe system and define the system operating point
- examine system flow control methods by throttling or VSD control (basics of affinity laws)
- solve simple mathematical problems in fluid dynamics
- examine cavitation in different systems.

Content

Why are there pressure losses in pipes?
How do pumps and fans move fluid?
How can the volume flow rate be controlled?
How can mathematics be used in fluid dynamics?
What is pump cavitation?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Fuels and heating systems
Energy engineering mathematics 1
Energy engineering mathematics 2
Energy engineering physics

Objective

After this study you:
- understand energy economy from the perspectives of both energy consumers and producers
- can calculate the investment costs and profitability of an investment
- can determine the profitability of changing the heating method
- know the objectives and measures of energy policy.

Content

How is the price of energy formed?
What is energy efficiency?
How to calculate the profitability of an investment?
How does the electricity market work?
Why are there taxes in the price of energy?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Basic of energy production and power stations
Fuels and heating systems

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
- explain the main operating principles in measuring and controlling levels, temperatures, pressures and flows
- realize PID controllers
- analyze the relationship of process dynamics and PID controller tuning
- realize and commission basic instrumentation and motor loops in programmable logic controllers (PLC).

Content

How to control automatically the level of a tank, the temperature of a fluid, the flow in a pipeline or the pressure of steam, and thus improve the energy efficiency of a process?
How does a PID controller compute the control signal to an actuator in a feedback control loop, and how are the tuning parameters specified?
How do differential equations and Laplace transfer function models describe process dynamics, and how are these models applied to Matlab Simulink for simulations?
How to make a program for a measurement, feedback control or pump control in a programmable logic controller (PLC)?

Materials

1. Lecture slides and other materials in Moodle.
2. Harju, T., Marttinen, A., Säätöpiirin virityksen perusteet, Control CAD, Espoo 2001, 166 s. Vastaava teksti on saatavissa Suomen Automaatioseuran sivuilta.
3. Bolton, W. Instrumentation and control systems, Elsevier, UK, 2004, 339 p.
4. Learning Environment for Papermaking and Automation, KnowPap, AEL and Prowledge, 2015, Finland.
5. Learning Environment for Chemical Pulping and Automation, KnowPulp, AEL and Prowledge, 2015, Finland.
6. Sell, N. J., Process Control Fundamentals for the Pulp and Paper Industry, Tappi Press, 1995, Atlanta, USA, 612 p., ISBN 0-89852-294-3
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_controller Programmable logic controller
8. S7-200 Programmable Controller, System Manual, Siemens, 2008
9. Getting started with S7-200, Manual, Siemens, 2007
10. Getting started with S7-1200, Manual, Siemens, 2009
11. http://www.automation.siemens.com/mcms/programmable-logic-controller/en/simatic-s7-controller/s7-1200/Pages/Default.aspx
12. Automaatiosovellusten ohjelmistokehitys. Suunnittelun työtavat, välineet ja sovellusarkkitehtuurit. Suomen Automaatioseura ry. 2005. 152 s.