Title :
DCS or PLC? [cement plant control]
Author_Institution :
PENTA Eng. Corp., St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
DCS (distributed control system) or PLC (programmable logic controller) is not an age old question, nonetheless it has been a troubling one for most engineers over the last few years. This paper attempts to make engineers aware of the features (good and bad) of PLC and DCS based systems, in order to provide some help in making cement plant control system choices
Keywords :
cement industry; distributed control; industrial control; programmable controllers; DCS; PLC; advantages; cement plant control; distributed control system; drawbacks; performance; programmable logic controller; selection guidelines; Automatic control; Automation; Cement industry; Control systems; Distributed control; Electrical equipment industry; Programmable control; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
Cement Industry Technical Conference, 1995. XXXVII Conference Record., 1995 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Juan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2456-0
DOI :
10.1109/CITCON.1995.514248
