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To study comparison in terms of advantages and disadvantages between DCS and PLC
THEORY:Before selecting DCS or PLC for the control of process plant, following points should be taken into
consideration.
PLC
DCS
No of products anufactured
Receipe Parameters
Procedures
Equipment utilization and arbitration
Frequency of changes of formulas and receipes
Single
Constant
Single
Fixed/None
Never
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing or assembly of
specific items (aka "things")
Visibility of Product
Multiple
Variable
Multiple or Different
Flexible/ often
Often
Involves the combination and/or
transformation of raw materials (aka
"stuff")
Often impossible to visually see the
product as it moves through the
process
PLC
DCS
PLC
DCS
Heart of the system is the controller as the product Heart of the system is the HMI as th eproduct can
can be seen and logic plays an important role here
not be seen
DCS
The operator's interaction is typically required to keep the
process in its target performance range
Faceplates and anlog trends are critical to "see" what is
happening to the process
Alarm management is key to safe operation of the process and
for responding effectively during plant upset conditions
Failure of the HMI could force the shutdown of the process
PLC
DCS
Fast logic Scan (approx. 10ms) is required to perform Control loops require deterministic scan executions at a
motion or motion control
speed of 100 to 500ms
Redundancy may not be cost justified
System redundancy is often required
System can be taken offline to make configuration
Online configuration changes often required
changes
Analog Control: Simple to advanced PID control up to
Analog Control: Simple PID only
Advanced process Control
Asset Management alerts you to what might break
Diagnostics to tell ypu when something is broken
before it does
PLC
DCS
PLC
DCS
PLC