#8 2011

CONTENTS № 6

Discussing a Subject…

Distributed control systems from foreign vendors

Introduction

DeltaV^TM digital automation system

Emerson introduces the new 11-th version of DeltaV(TM) Digital Automation System. The following key features are described:

Keywords: I/O system, emergency protection, SMART instruments, controllers, reliability, field buses, wireless communication, electronic marshalling.

DeltaV^TM digital automation system: software

Emerson introduces new 11-th version of DeltaV(TM) Digital Automation System. The paper describes:

Keywords: user friendly, easy administration, cybersecurity, emergency protection, alarms, operator screens, advanced control, remote diagnostics, field buses, SMART instruments.

Dobroskokin A.F., Mezentseva S.A., Filatov O.P.  Experion PKS: the universal platform for industrial automation

Honeywell Experion PKS distributed control system is presented. Its design concepts, architecture, functionalities, and user interface are overviewed. Application examples from various industries are included; system's further evolution is outlined.

Keywords: distributed control system, controller, digital interface, ESD, wireless technologies, open system, information security, virtualization.

Anosov A.A., Borodin P.E., Dozortsev V.M., Efitov G.L., Kneller D.V.  Honeywell's advanced solutions based on Experion PKS platform

Automation systems using real-time process data are presented. The solutions from Honeywell's portfolio, such as advanced process control, advanced planning and scheduling, blending and movement automation, computerized operator training and others are overviewed. The advantages of employing Experion® PKS as a unified platform underlying Honeywell's advanced solutions for industrial automation are substantiated.

Keywords: product blending, advanced process control, simulation, alarm management, operator training, advanced planning and scheduling, real-time database.

Obyedkov A.V.  State-of-the-art DCS from Invensys: reliability. safety, manufacturability

Openness, design convenience, maintainability, interfaces with APC, MES, and ERP are the features increasingly important in present-day automation systems. Along with these, the reliability and safety characteristics of the new systems are expected to grow as compared with conventional ones. Against this background, the paper presents the design features of Invensys I/A Series DCS based on hard-/software from Foxboro and Wonderware and overviews the technologies and solutions which enable I/A Series compliance with state-of-the-art business requirements.

Keywords: DCS, instrumentation, fault-tolerant network, I/O subsystem, workstations, servers, monitoring, visualization environment, engineering.

Guryanov A.B.  SIMATIC PCS7 process control system

The paper presents Siemens SIMATIC PCS7 process control system and discusses: (a) its architectural features including integration, communication, standardization, modularity, and redundancy; (b) industrial safety issues; (c) SIMATIC Manager control engineering environment; (d) SIMATIC PDM universal toolkit for design, parametrization, diagnostics and maintenance of smart field devices; (e) features and functionality of operator and maintenance workstations.
Keywords: DCS, integration, design, redundancy, safety, fault tolerance, multitasking.

Shuji Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Emori, Kiyoshi Takai.  Innovations in equipment: wireless technologies for instrumentation on the basis of ISA100.11a industrial communication standard

In 2010, YOKOGAWA launched world first wireless instruments based on ISA100.11a wireless communication standard for industrial automation. The paper describes key design and configuring concepts of wireless instrumentation systems and their integration with YOKOGAWA CENTUP VP DCS.

Keywords: wireless devices, instrumentation, DCS, gateway, configuring, networks, control workstation, router, sensors.

Industrial automation companies

Clearness of purpose is a key to promising future. Rakurs Scientific and Production Company is 20

Kharazov V.G.  Overview of the 18^th international specialized exhibition Power and Electrical Engineering

The paper overviews new products presented at the Power and Electrical Engineering exhibition, St. Petersburg, May 2011.

Keywords: UPS, electrical energy distribution systems, switchgears, measuring transducers, wireless communication.