Process Control Systems and Communication Networks (5 cr)

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?

Evaluation

Students can
-use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
-choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.

Course material

Moodle
- Learning Environment for Papermaking and Automation, KnowPap, AEL ja Prowledge 2015.
- Learning Environment for Chemical Pulping and Automation, KnowPulp, AEL ja Prowledge 2015.
- ValmetDNA manuals, Valmet Automation 2011 - 2012.
- DNAuse -operointiohje, Valmet Automation 2012.
- Function Block CAD -käyttöohje, Valmet Automation 2011.
- DNA Explorer -käyttöohje, Valmet Automation 2011.
- www.valmet.com
- http://www.siemens.fi/fi/industry/teollisuus.php
- https://www.honeywell.com/industries/industrial
- http://www.abb.fi/ProductGuide/?_ga=1.200027118.1505060176.1434641307
- https://www.phoenixcontact.com/online/portal/fi

Study forms and methods

Scheduled track:
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.
How do communication standards, cloud services and 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?
How are you able to realize measurement, open control, feedback control, on-off valve and on-off motor loops in a process control system?

Independent track:
- Exam and a working life project

Blended track:
- Exam and projects

Student workload

- 24 h lectures
- 20 h supervised project working
- 91 h self-study

Further information

Prerequisite courses are
- Basics of Electrical Engineering and Electronics
Instrumentation and Electrification
- Measurement and Control Technology (parallel).

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (40 %) and laboratory projects (60 %), with grades 0-5.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

- Missing exam
- Missing projects

Qualifications

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