Foundation Field-Bus in Steel Plant Application

Proloy Das. M.N.Dastur & Company (P) Ltd.

Trend of Industrial Automation

Global Standardization for Inter-operability. Converging Technology. Special emphasis on Safety and Security.

Trend of Instrumentation Signals

Some of the essential features of modern automation

On line Configuration. Use of Functional Block . On line addition/removal of field devices. Automatic device detection. Automatic Network Address Management. True geographic distribution of control.

Major Characteristics of Steel Plant

Predominant HT drives. Predominant weighing and batching process. Predominant use of VVVF drives. Predominant use of digital input/output.

Standard
ALARM PRINTER

Automation Configuration of a Steel Plant Process

CONVERTER BLOWING & FLUX & FERRO ALLOY BOTTOM STIRRING CHARGING SYSTEM
CDD MOSAIC PANEL

CONVERTER 1 - GCP + COMMON SYSTEM CDD CDD

REPORT PRINTER

DETACHABLE ENGINEERING KBD PRINTER

VT340 TABLE TOP PRINTER PEDESTAL A B

VT340 TABLE TOP

S AUX CON # 1 AUX CON # 2

S PRINTER PEDESTAL

01

02

03

COMMUNICATIO N STATION

04

0 5

PRINTER PEDESTAL

20 21

REDUNDANT LOCAL CONTROL NETWORK (LCN)

NIM # 1 (RED)
01

02

A B
09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

REDUNDANT UNIVERSAL CONTROL NETWORK (UCN)

19

APM # 1A (RED)

APM # 1B (RED)

LM # 11 (RED)

LM # 12 (RED)

LM # 13 (RED) ASCII

LM # 15 ASCII FLUX & FERROALLOY CHARGING SYSTEM PROGRAMMING TERMINAL ABB MAKE - FLUX & FERRO ALLOY WEIGHING & BATCHING CONTROL SYSTEM HOUSE - (FLUX & FERRO ALLOY SYSTEM INTERFACE)

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL AND DAS FOR : - BLOW LANCE COOLING - BLOW OXYGEN - BOTTOM STIRRING - GCP SYSTEM - SUB LANCE COOLING (FUTURE) - SLAG SLOPPING (FUTURE)

POSITION AND DRIVE CONTROL : - BLOW LANCE 1

POSITION AND DRIVE CONTROL : - BLOW LANCE 2 - DRIVE CONTROL CONVERTER TILTING AND DOG HOUSE - (STEEL TEMP. MEASUREMENT SYSTEM INTERFACE) - (DIGISTEELAB III EQUIPMENT INTERFACE)

LEGEND
S - SOCKET FOR DETACHABLE TKB(D) LM - LOGIC MANAGER NETWORK INTERFACE MODULE - STEEL TEMP. INTERFACE - SERIAL COMMUNICATION RED - REDUNDANT FDD - FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

CDD - CARTRIDGE DISK DRIVE APM ADVANCED PROCESS MANAGER

NIM US

- LCN NODE NUMBER - UCN NODE NUMBER

- UNIVERSAL STATION

Automation Configuration Diagrams of a steel plant process using Foundation Field Bus

Challenges for gaining use of Foundation Field Bus in steel plant.

Technological improvement with more and more instruments and instrumentation systems to support Foundation Field Bus. Inclination of Technology Providers acceptance of Foundation Field Bus.

The advantages, in general, as being experienced by the Steel Plant users: Reduction in installation & commissioning time. Management of field devices. Remote configuration of field devices. Improvement in diagnostic study and effective maintenance.

CONCLUSION
Growth potential in Steel Sector is very high. A less protocol specific network and cabling will result in bringing down further the cost as well as provide transparency in plant wide flow of information. Some untapped resources like wireless technology will bring significant impact. Foundation Field Bus Technology as well as the associated instrumentation manufacturers and technology providers shall have better correlation in order to give rise required solution for the tremendous future growth in steel plants.