School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Advanced Industrial Control
  • Unit Code

    ENS5130
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Octavian BASS

Description

This unit extends the fundamentals introduced in ENS4240 Industrial Control with advanced concepts and techniques concerning the hierarchical levels of an industrial automation system: control, supervisory and execution. Students gain practical knowledge of advanced programming techniques for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Economically and practically relevant aspects of industrial control are addressed and modern industry specific solutions are introduced, concerning data communication, motor control, and safety systems. The unit concludes with the analysis, design and implementation of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS4240, ENS5240

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply appropriate planning, design and programming techniques for advanced PLC and SCADA systems.
  2. Apply critical appraisal skills to specific industrial control solutions.
  3. Design the building blocks of Manufacturing Execution Systems.
  4. Employ various industrial communication protocols.
  5. Explain safety ratings of various industrial automation systems and employ appropriate safety practices.
  6. Explain the purpose and structure of Manufacturing Execution Systems.
  7. Interpret the terms used in relevant publications and standards.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced PLC programming: planning and design, multi-task applications, security, communication networks, derived data types and function blocks, text languages, operator screens.
  2. Advanced SCADA programming: design specifications, reports, historian, accumulators, events, devices, security, structured programming languages, troubleshooting.
  3. Industrial communication networks and automation protocols: Profibus, PROFINET, Foundation Fieldbus, CAN, HART, Modbus, etc.
  4. Manufacturing Execution Systems.
  5. Motor control solutions: direct online motor starters, variable speed drives, soft starters.
  6. Safety solutions: Safety Integrity Level ratings, PLC vs. Safety PLC systems fundamental and significant differences.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2.5 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops and laboratory sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory sessions and report50%
ProjectDesign Project50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Advanced Industrial Control
  • Unit Code

    ENS5130
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Octavian BASS

Description

This unit extends the fundamentals introduced in ENS4240 Industrial Control with advanced concepts and techniques concerning the hierarchical levels of an industrial automation system: control, supervisory and execution. Students gain practical knowledge of advanced programming techniques for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Economically and practically relevant aspects of industrial control are addressed and modern industry specific solutions are introduced, concerning data communication, motor control, and safety systems. The unit concludes with the analysis, design and implementation of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS4240, ENS5240

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply appropriate planning, design and programming techniques for advanced PLC and SCADA systems.
  2. Apply critical appraisal skills to specific industrial control solutions.
  3. Design the building blocks of Manufacturing Execution Systems.
  4. Employ various industrial communication protocols.
  5. Explain safety ratings of various industrial automation systems and employ appropriate safety practices.
  6. Explain the purpose and structure of Manufacturing Execution Systems.
  7. Interpret the terms used in relevant publications and standards.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced PLC programming: planning and design, multi-task applications, security, communication networks, derived data types and function blocks, text languages, operator screens.
  2. Advanced SCADA programming: design specifications, reports, historian, accumulators, events, devices, security, structured programming languages, troubleshooting.
  3. Industrial communication networks and automation protocols: Profibus, PROFINET, Foundation Fieldbus, CAN, HART, Modbus, etc.
  4. Manufacturing Execution Systems.
  5. Motor control solutions: direct online motor starters, variable speed drives, soft starters.
  6. Safety solutions: Safety Integrity Level ratings, PLC vs. Safety PLC systems fundamental and significant differences.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2.5 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory sessions and report50%
ProjectDesign Project50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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