Process control systems and communication networks (5cr)
Code: EN00BH63-3008
General information
- Enrollment
- 14.12.2024 - 12.01.2025
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 13.01.2025 - 25.04.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Department of Robotics, Construction and Energy Engineering
- Campus
- Kotka Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Energy Engineering
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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.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
Prerequisite courses are
Basics of electrical engineering and electronics
Measurement and control technology