In my thesis, I presented the control and regulation system for pressure in the water supply system. When building the system, I followed the key goal of process management – simple management, process traceability, ease of maintenance and compliance with legislation.
The basic element of the system is the water pressure, which has a regulated value. Reliable pressure maintenance was the basic guideline in the design of the system. I used affordable and reliable elements for the system. For easier control of system operation, I also made a connection to the Internet.
In my thesis, I described the basic functionalities of the water pressure regulation system in accordance with the legislation, control over the pressure value with the possibility of diagnos-ing errors, action in case of incorrect operation, display of the pressure status and review of events. In accordance with the planned system, I described the basic components of the sys-tem, standards, protocols and software. I also described the level of system operation: periph-eral, regulatory, control and informational.
In the practical part, I made a prototype of a system that implements process automation and is based on a programmable logic controller (PLC) Siemens Simatic S7-1214. I created the program code for the implementation of the control program in the TIA portal environment, in which there is already a pre-programmed block with built-in code for the PID controller for the used PLC.
I built an affordable system and customized it to my needs. With the system, I control and regulate the pressure, thereby reducing the influence of external factors. Before, it happened that with increased water consumption, the pressure decreased, which meant that the water flow was poor due to too low pressure.
I achieved my goal, because unlike the previous operation, now with increased water con-sumption, the pressure is regulated and the influence of water flow fluctuations is subsequent-ly reduced.
Keywords: controller, PLC, human machine interface, PROFINET communication protocol, control system.
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