Control Room Operation and Simulation (5 cr)
Code: Y26500003-3002
General information
Enrollment
20.08.2018 - 07.09.2018
Timing
03.09.2018 - 30.11.2018
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning
Campus
Kotka Campus
Teaching languages
- English
- Finnish
Seats
0 - 25
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Energy Engineering
Teachers
- Tuomo Pimiä
- Merja Mäkelä
Teacher in charge
Merja Mäkelä
Groups
-
EN15S
Objective
After this study unit, a student is able to describe basic components and operating principles of process control systems in power production analyze the main measurement, control, valve and motor loops of a boiler plant operate human-machine interfaces (HMI) of power plant control systems run power plant simulators and analyze process dynamics related to them.
Content
Distributed control systems (DCS) and programmable logic controllers (PLC) of power plants Control room graphics and operation Operation of measurement, control, on-off valve and motor loops Management of water, steam production, fuels, air, combustion, turbines and generators, and loops and control strategies related to them Safety logic systems Control of auxiliary systems Supervisory control and data acqusition (SCADA) for optimization of production Training with real-time power plant simulators
Location and time
Exam and power plant experience report
Materials
1. Lecture slides and other materials in Moodle.
2. Joronen, T., Kovacs, J., Majanne, Y., Voimalaitosautomaatio. Suomen Automaatioseura ry 2007. 276 s. Kappaleet 1, 9 ja 10.
3. Related material in English, given in Moodle.
Teaching methods
Scheduled track:
After completing this course, you will be able to
* describe the cooperation of main machinery and other process devices of a power plant
* analyze the working principles of main measurement, control, valve and motor loops in power plant processes
* present the arrangement and operation of process control systems in energy production processes
* use human machine interfaces (HMI) of process control systems
* run power plant simulators and analyze power plant processes related to them.
How are fuel and air feed, combustion and flue gases, water feed, steam production and power generation functionally related to each other?
How are you able to affect the production of high pressure steam, the electric power of a turbine or the toxic emissions of flue gases?
What kinds of control systems are needed in large-scale, centralized or small-scale, distributed energy production?
How should an operator take the fuel feed into a manual mode or start a feed water pump?
How should we take care of functional safety in energy production?
Independent track:
Exam and power plant experience report
Blended track:
Exam and power plant experience report
Exam schedules
18.10.2018, 10-12.30, C3007
14.12.2018, 12-15, B4005
14.3.2019, 16-19, B5008
Completion alternatives
Exam and power plant experience report
Student workload
* 36 h lectures
* 24 h supervised simulation exercises
* 75 h self-study
Further information
Prerequisite courses are
1. Power Plant Processes
2. Measurement and Control Technology.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam (60 %) and simulation exercises (40 %), with grades 0-5.
Assessment criteria, fail (0)
A missing exam or missing simulator exercises and reports.