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| Investigators: | Dr J M Bass, University of
Wales, Bangor Mrs S Hope, University of Wales, Bangor Dr D I Jones, University of Wales, Bangor Professor P J Fleming, Sheffield University Dr S Bennett, Sheffield University Professor P E Wellstead, UMIST Dr J M Edmunds, UMIST |
| Collaborators: | Hewlett Packard Cambridge Control BICC Cables Ltd. Rockwell Automation Eurotherm Process Automation Wind River Systems UK Field Electronics (FELE) ICS Object Automation |
EPSRC Funding: £477,187
Abstract:
The adoption of Distributed Control System (DCS) techniques has not fully realised anticipated commercial benefits in terms of manufacturing flexibility, plant development lead-times and improved product quality. Industrial DCS installations are still remarkably centralised largely due to the technical difficulties associated with the systematic development of complex process plant. Recent developments in low-level target architectures, international standards and Internet technology offer timely opportunities for a transformation in the sector. The programme will provide:
A central theme of this work is the liberation of specialists from the process of translating the results of their work into a form suitable for consumption by others; or alternatively, streamlining the process of interpreting the results of work produced by others. Minimising the time spent on these monotonous and error-prone tasks enables them to focus on their domain of technical expertise.
The controller for the Case Study process will be modelled using different views (Simulink, Stateflow and IEC1131-3) in a complementary form. Additional models of the application will be obtained with the Integrated Design Notation (IDN), such as the software task model, which enables temporal analysis of the controller and the architectural model, which contains the target architecture of the application. A combined simulation of the different views and models will be obtained via a Co-Simulation model. The IDN is the new proposed development of a control software design environment and is based on the Unified Modelling Language (UML), which is the OMG standard for modelling object-oriented systems. It is also planned to produce Real-Time Java executable code for a specific distributed architecture.
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