OEI354 Introduction to Industrial Automation Systems Syllabus:

OEI354 Introduction to Industrial Automation Systems Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To educate on design of signal conditioning circuits for various applications.
 To Introduce signal transmission techniques and their design.
 Study of components used in data acquisition systems interface techniques
 To educate on the components used in distributed control systems
 To introduce the communication buses used in automation industries.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Automation overview, Requirement of automation systems, Architecture of Industrial Automation system, Introduction of PLC and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). Industrial bus systems : Modbus & Profibus

UNIT II AUTOMATION COMPONENTS

Sensors for temperature, pressure, force, displacement, speed, flow, level, humidity and pH measurement. Actuators, process control valves, power electronics devices DIAC, TRIAC, power MOSFET and IGBT. Introduction of DC and AC servo drives for motion control.

UNIT III COMPUTER AIDED MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS

Role of computers in measurement and control, Elements of computer aided measurement and control, man-machine interface, computer aided process control hardware, process related interfaces, Communication and networking, Industrial communication systems, Data transfer techniques, Computer aided process control software, Computer based data acquisition system, Internet of things (IoT) for plant automation.

UNIT IV PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS

Programmable controllers, Programmable logic controllers, Analog digital input and output modules, PLC programming, Ladder diagram, Sequential flow chart, PLC Communication and networking, PLC selection, PLC Installation, Advantage of using PLC for Industrial automation, Application of PLC to process control industries.

UNIT V DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM

Overview of DCS, DCS software configuration, DCS communication, DCS Supervisory Computer Tasks, DCS integration with PLC and Computers, Features of DCS, Advantages of DCS.

TOTAL:45 PERIODS
SKILL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (Group Seminar/Mini Project/Assignment/Content Preparation / Quiz/ Surprise Test / Solving GATE questions/ etc)

1. Market survey of the recent PLCs and comparison of their features.
2. Summarize the PLC standards
3. Familiarization of any one programming language (Ladder diagram/ Sequential Function Chart/Function Block Diagram/ Equivalent open source software)
4. Market survey of Industrial Data Networks.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Students able to
CO1 Design a signal conditioning circuits for various application.
CO2 Acquire a detail knowledge on data acquisition system interface and DCS system.
CO3 Understand the basics and Importance of communication buses in applied automation Engineering.
CO4 Ability to design PLC Programmes by Applying Timer/Counter and Arithmetic and Logic Instructions Studied for Ladder Logic and Function BIock.
CO5 Able to develop a PLC logic for a specific application on real world problem.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. S.K.Singh, “Industrial Instrumentation”, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2nd edition companies, 2003.
2. C D Johnson, “Process Control Instrumentation Technology”, Prentice Hall India, 8th Edition, 2006.
3. E.A.Parr, Newnes ,NewDelhi,“Industrial Control Handbook”,3rd Edition, 2000.

REFERENCES:

1. John W. Webb and Ronald A. Reis, “Programmable Logic Controllers: Principles and Applications”, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall Inc., New Jersey, 2003.
2. Frank D. Petruzella, “Programmable Logic Controllers”, 5th Edition, McGraw- Hill, New York, 2016.
3. Krishna Kant, “Computer – Based Industrial Control”, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 2011.
4. Gary Dunning, Thomson Delmar,“Programmable Logic Controller”, CeneageLearning, 3rd Edition,2005.