Web-based control and process automation education and industry 4.0

• Autores: Marjan Golob, Bozidar Bratina
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 34, no. Extra 4, 2018, págs. 1199-1211
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The higher education processes of engineering disciplines, especially Industrial Automation, Process Automation, andMechatronics, face the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution, which is introducing system modelling paradigms,such as the Cyber-Physical Systems, and several new technologies, such as the Internet of Things, Industrial Internet,Cloud-based Manufacturing, Smart Manufacturing, and others. This paper describes how communication and web-basedtechnologies can be used to build an efficient laboratory learning model of the remote and distributed control system andenabled remote access to physical processes. Our experiences are presented with several remote experiments. The userinterface of the first experiment is implemented by professional supervision tools and is using web-based SCADAtechnology. In the second experiment, we discuss the process of developing fault detection and isolation applications foronline and remote education by using industrial equipment from the field of Process Technology (batch, continuous)supported by web technologies. Through-out the course, the student can develop and test model-based and data-drivenFDI schemes in Matlab/ Simulink remotely by using an industrial communication interface. Next, an improved platform isproposed for web-based remote-control system experiments suitable for control education. Finally, the proposed platformcan be assembled quickly as an example of an IIoT system.