This thesis describes the development of the SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system for industrial process in a real object for production stone wool. The use of the SCADA system enables monitoring and control of the operating process in real time, usually at remote locations. This enables an accurate and up to date overview of the monitoring process. The SCADA system was developed with the implementation of Siemens PLC controllers and STEP 7 and WinCC software.
The construction of the SCADA system requires a deep understanding and analysis of the process in consideration. This knowledge is transferred and programmed into the PLC controllers and a block diagram of the WinCC software.
The hardware control loop is constantly monitoring the input and output states of digital and analog acquisition points. This enables the software control system to react and execute an operation promptly and according to the programmed protocol. At the same time it performs alarm diagnostics and stores the process variables data. In addition to the main control system, various algorithms for calculation of the gas flow and the calculation for the production output increase/decrease due to the change of work shifts were developed. The current process state and important system states are visualized live on screens on remote locations.
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