Department of Instrumentation and Control

IE 316- INDUSTRIALAUTOMATION

TeachingScheme                                                       Examination Scheme

Theory:  3hrs/week                                                    Mid- Sem Test– 30 marks,

                                                                      Assignments and Quizzes- 20 marks,

                                                                                End Sem  Exam - 50 marks

Unit 1                                                                                                                                                                     [6hrs]

Basics of Automation

Introductionand evolution of Automation, Feedback and feed forward systems, Hierarchicallevels of automation, introduction to plant automation. 

Unit 2                                                                                                                                                             [10 hrs]

Transmitters and converters

Introductionto transmitters, Types, working principle and block schematic, standards inInstrument signals, 2 wire, HART, Foundation Field bus transmitters, connectiondiagram and installation practices, maintenance, trouble shooting and calibrationof transmitters, I/P converter, P/I converter working principle and calibrationprocedure.

Unit 3                                                                                                                                                     [8hrs]

Control Valves   

Necessityand types of valves used in Industries, working principle of pneumaticallyoperated control valve and motorized control valve, specifications of thecontrol and brief description about the maintenance and trouble shooting ofthese valves. 

Unit 4                                                                                                                                                     [6hrs]            

Programmable Logic Controller ( PLC)

Necessityand working principle along with block schematic of PLC, Programming languages,basic instruction for programming like bit, Arithmetic file and Mathematical.Demonstration of PLC functioning and development of ladder for sequencing ofmotors, tank level control, ON-OFF temperature control. 

Unit 5                                                                                                                                                     [8hrs]

Application of PLC inmajor industries

Projectlife cycle, working and automation of pump house, Motor Control Centre ( MCC),elevator, reactor, and bottle filling using the ladder diagram. Introduction toSCADA and HMI.

Unit 6                                                                                                                              [6hrs]

Advances in Automation

DistributedControl System, Plant wide automation, web enabled plants, communication anddata transfer issues, wireless technology, advances in process control.

Text Books

·         “Applied Instrumentation in the process Industries”, Volume I, Andrew andWilliams Gulf Publishing Company Second Edition

·        ‘ProgrammableLogic Controllers “ by Garry Dunning, 3rd  Ed, PHI Pub. 2004.

·        ControlValve Handbook by ISA