Customized Design and Development of Distributed Control System for Process Control
Qurban Ali Memon, Habib-ur Rehman, United Arab Emirates · 2005
In this paper, we discuss customized design and development of Distributed Control System (DCS) for process control using two sub-processes: one at the local level of the network using decentralized agents, and the other for the design of such agents at the global level in the form of operating system to address overall reconfigurability in the presence of real time requirements. The main focus is on the process control in an environment of intelligent field devices and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). The three key components namely system architecture, configuration, network and communication parameters are presented in detail. The problems and challenges faced by such a customized design are discussed and remedies presented.