SILVER OAK UNIVERSITY
College of Technology (01)
Diploma in Electrical Engineering
Subject Name: Industrial Automation & Control
Subject Code: 1010082338
Semester: 5th
Prerequisite: Knowledge of Basic Electrical Engineering, Basic Electronics, Digital Electronics,
Electronics Measurement and Instruments
Objective: It is important for the students to learn the basics of automation, how systems work
and the importance of PLC, SCADA and robots in automation. This course will provide an
opportunity to learn industrial automation techniques..
Teaching and Examination Scheme:
Teaching Scheme Evaluation Scheme Total
L T P Contact Credits Theory Practical Marks
Hours
CIE ESE CIE ESE
(TH) (TH) (PR) (PR)
2 0 2 4 3 40 60 20 30 150
Content:
Unit Course Contents Teaching Weightage
No. Hours
%
1 Introduction: 4 15
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. Role of computers in measurement and
control.
2 Automation Components: 8 20
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.
3 Automation in Process Industries: 10 30
Introduction to computer based industrial automation.
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)- Block diagram
of PLC, Programming languages of PLC, Basic
instruction sets, Design of alarm and interlocks,
Networking of PLC, Overview of safety of PLC with
case studies. 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, Process Safety
Automation, Levels of process safety through use of
PLCs, Application of international standards in process
safety control.
4 Distributed Control System: 8 20
Overview of DCS, DCS software configuration, DCS
communication, DCS Supervisory Computer Tasks,
DCS integration with PLC and Computers, Features of
DCS, Advantages of DCS. Introduction to
communication protocols - Profibus, Field bus, HART
protocols , etc.
5 Process Control : 6 15
Sequence control, Control of Machine Tools ,Hydraulic
& Pneumatic Control Systems, Motor Drives,
Introduction, Characteristics, Adjustable Speed Drives,
Basic construction and configuration of robot, Pick and
place robot, Welding robot, Spray robot,etc.
Course Outcome:
Sr. No. CO statement Unit No Weightage
CO-1 Explain automation components and systems application 1,3,5 25
CO-2 Identify suitable industrial automation hardware for 2,4,5 25
given application
CO-3 Measure industrial parameters like temperature, 2,4 20
pressure, force, displacement, speed, flow, level,
humidity and pH.
CO-4 Impart the role of PLC in industry automation 3 20
CO-5 Expose to various control techniques employed in 3,4,5 10
process automation.
Teaching & Learning Methodology:
Lectures with discussions, question and answer sessions, informal quizzes, video sessions where
students have an opportunity to clear concepts and doubts. E – Resources for the virtual learning
environment. Practical sessions for developing skills which are required in occupation.
Occasional Flipped classroom exercise for students for development of presentation skills.
● List of Experiments/Tutorials:
1. Design and development of two wire temperature Transmitter
2. Design and development of IoT based transmitter
3. Development of combinational and sequential logic application using minimum PLC
languages
4. Development of Ladder logic programme for control of real time processes.
5. Study of HART and Field bus protocol
6. Study of Distributed Control System and different instruction sets.
7.Use Various actuators such as relay, solenoid valve, process control valve and motors
for control applications
8.Simulate analog and digital function blocks Relay logic diagram and ladder logic
diagram
9.Logic implementation for traffic Control Application, Logic implementation for Bottle
Filling Application
10.Develop graphical user interface for the plant visited by you
11.Industrial visit report
● Major Equipment/ Instrument:
○ SciLab, Ladder Programming, Various transducers. Zeegbee and Bluetooth based
short range automation system. IoT boards.
● Books Recommended:
1. Industrial Instrumentation and Control By. S.K. Singh The McGraw Hill
Companies
2. Process Control Instrumentation Technology By. C.D. Johnson, PHI
3. Programmable logic controller, Dunning, Delmar
● List of Open Source Software/learning website:
1. Nptel, online courses and certification, Learn for free
2. Swayam Central
3. NPTEL :: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108/105/108105062/
