Short-term course on Industrial Automation

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Objective:

1. To learn typical justification scenarios for Substation Automation (SA) from the utility perspective and to become aware of correlated strategic and tangible benefits for utilities.
2. To understand SA architectures and to evaluate functional and performance aspects.
3. To learn how to respond to the various interest in SA within a utility organization related to network planning, energy management, distribution management, substation management, asset management and maintenance.

Eligibility:

Pre-final and final year students doing Engineering Degree in Electronics / Electronics and Communication / Computer Science and Engineering / Instrumentation and Control Engineering,  B.Sc Degree Graduates  and   Diploma Graduates in the above disciplines are also eligible

Prerequisites:

   Applicants should possess a sound knowledge of computer based monitoring and controlling.  

Course Duration:                               40 hours

Recommended batch size:                20 persons

 

Topics:

1. Computers in process control
2. Networking of computers
3. Industrial Communications
4. Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
5. Remote Terminal Units (RTU)
6. SCADA Systems – Evaluation and Overview
7. Substation and Distribution Automation
8. Control function through SCADA programs

 Lab Exercise:

1. Ladder circuits in PLC
2. Monitoring of substation automation

 Equipments and Software used:

1. Power System Simulator
2. Micro SCADA software
3. Remote Terminal Unit (RTU)
4. Programmable Logic Controller