Control Room Operation and Simulation (5 cr)

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

Course material

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.

Study forms and 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

Timing of exams and assignments

18.10.2018, 10-12.30, C3007
14.12.2018, 12-15, B4005
14.3.2019, 16-19, B5008

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.