Title :
Wireless communication in process control loop: Requirements analysis, industry practices and experimental evaluation
Author :
Ikram, Waqas ; Jansson, Niklas ; Harvei, Trygve ; Aakvaag, Niels ; Halvorsen, Ivar ; Petersen, Stig ; Carlsen, Simon ; Thornhill, Nina F.
Author_Institution :
ABB, Oslo, Norway
Abstract :
Wireless communication is already used in process automation for process monitoring. The next stage of implementation of wireless technology in industrial applications is for process control. The need for wireless networked control systems has evolved because of the necessity for extensibility, mobility, modularity, fast deployment, and reduced installation and maintenance cost. These benefits are only applicable given that the wireless network of choice can meet the strict requirements of process control applications, such as latency. In this regard, this paper is an effort towards identifying current industry practices related to implementing process control over a wireless link and evaluates the suitability of ISA100.11a network for use in process control through experiments.
Keywords :
cost reduction; networked control systems; process control; process monitoring; radio links; radio networks; ISA100.11a network; industrial application; installation cost reduction; maintenance cost reduction; process automation; process control loop; process monitoring; wireless communication; wireless network; wireless networked control system; Contracts; Delays; Industries; Logic gates; Process control; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; ISA100.11a; NCS; PROFINET; controller; wireless sensor and actuator networks; wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technology and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2014.7005231
