BIA301

Version

1.2

Unit Name

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems

Unit Code

BIA301

Unit Duration

1 Term

Award

Bachelor of Science (Engineering)

Duration 3 years

Year Level

Three

Unit Creator / Reviewer

Yaser Saeidian

Common/Stream

Stream

Pre/Co-requisites

BIA205, BSC206

Credit Points

3

Total Course Credit Points 81 (27 x 3)

Mode of Delivery

Online or on-campus.

Unit Workload

(Total student workload including “contact hours” = 10 hours per week; 5 hours per week for 24 week delivery)
Pre-recordings / Lecture – 1.5 hours
Tutorial – 1.5 hours
Guided labs / Group work / Assessments – 2 hours
Personal Study recommended – 5 hours

Unit Description and General Aims

The objective in presenting this unit is to impart knowledge of SCADA systems compliance with ISA 95/101/18.2. The subject matter covered in this unit will include an in-depth study of SCADA systems in levels 2 and 3. This information will then be contextualized in Distributed Control Systems (DCS). SCADA systems will subsequently be examined in considerable depth covering: fundamentals – hardware, alarms Management, HMI. plant-wide communication systems and the enterprise level; OPC; MES; ERP; IIoT.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this Unit, students are expected to be able to:

Examine SCADA system hardware fundamentals including DCS, RTU, PLC, Edge controller, interface etc.
Bloom's Level 4
Demonstrate a good understanding of DCS system layout, configuration, interface, reporting and maintenance.
Bloom's Level 6
Examine SCADA system and DCS programming fundamentals including configuration, software, IEC61131-3, IEC61449.
Bloom's Level 4
Evaluate Historian and Alarm reporting/analysis for SCADA systems.
Bloom's Level 5
Evaluate the MES (Manufacturing Enterprise system) and ERP (Enterprise resource planning) in ISA95.
Bloom's Level 5
Evaluate the WAN (Wide area network) Technology for SCADA systems.
Bloom's Level 5
Apply Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) for Operator Process Control (OPC) and OPC UA.
Bloom's Level 3

Student assessment

Assessment Type	When assessed	Weighting (% of total unit marks)	Learning Outcomes Assessed
Assessment 1 Type: Weekly Quizzes (Topic 2-11) Description: Students will need to complete multiple-choice quiz questions to demonstrate a good understanding of the fundamental concepts.	Ongoing	10%	All
Assessment 2 Type: Question Answer and Report Description: Students will need to answer short questions and provide solutions to simple problems on the listed topics	Due after Topic 6	20%	1, 2, 3
Assessment 3 Type: Practical (Report) Description: Students need to complete this practical project using a software. May include report component as well.	Due after Topic 10	25%	3, 4
Assessment 4 Type: Examination (Invigilated) Description: An examination with a mix of detailed report type questions and/or simple numerical problems to be completed within a given time	Final Week	40%	All
Tutorial Attendance & Participation Description: Attendance, presentation, discussion, group work, exercises, self-assessment/reflection, case study analysis, application.	Continuous	5%	All

Overall requirements: Students must achieve a result of 50% or above in the exam itself to pass the exam and must pass the exam to be able to pass the unit. An overall final unit score of 50% or above must be achieved to pass the unit once all assessment, including the exam, has been completed.

Prescribed and Recommended Readings

Textbook

K. S. Manoj, Industrial Automation with SCADA: Concepts, Communications and Security, 2019. ISBN: 9781684668281

Reference

Practical Distributed Control Systems for Engineers and Technician, IDC Technologies, Perth.
Practical SCADA Systems for Industry, IDC Technologies, Perth.
Design of Industrial Automation Functional Specifications for PLCs, DCSs and SCADA Systems, IDC Technologies, Perth
Practical SCADA Systems for Industry, IDC Technologies, Perth
Manufacturing Execution Systems: An Operations Management Approach By Tom Seubert and Grant Vokey
ANSI/ISA-101.01-2015, Human Machine Interfaces for Process Automation Systems
ISA-TR18.2.1-2018 , Alarm Philosophy
Industrial Automation and Control System Security Principles, Second Edition By Ronald L. Krutz, PhD, PE
ANSI/ISA-95.00.01-2010 (IEC 62264-1 Mod), Enterprise-Control System Integration

Notes and Reference texts

Knovel library: http://app.knovel.com

IDC notes and Reference texts as advised

Other material advised during the lectures

Unit Content

One topic is delivered per contact week, with the exception of part-time 24-week units, where one topic is delivered every two weeks.

Topics 1 and 2

SCADA/DCS Hardware

PLCs and RTUs
Distributed control systems
NAMUR open architecture, Edge controller, Edge device/gateway
DCS and SCADA architecture
System check out and testing
Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)

Topics 3, 4, and 5

Distributed control system

DCS software
Controller configuration and programming
Typical DCS and SCADA Systems
Alarm management lifecycle
Human machine Interface
Control systems (open and closed loop)
Controllers (on/off, Proportional, Integral, Derivative, PID)

Topic 6

Programming of DCS and SCADA systems

IEC-1131-3 language definition
Functions and function blocks
Data types, variables, functions, programs
IEC-61499
IEC-61499 Function block standard
Typical DCS logic

Topic 7

Historian and Alarm reporting/analysis

Historian architecture
Database
Alarm analysis and report generation
Typical Historian systems
Reporting (log and report configuration)

Topics 8 and 9

MES and ERP

ISA 95
IIOT and Industry 4
Asset management
Production scheduling and enterprise-level systems

Topic 10

SCADA- Communication

Local Area Network (LAN) technologies
Fiber optic
WAN technologies (multiplexing, ISDN, Frame relay, X25, SDH, MPLS)
Security (Industrial firewalls)

Topic 11

SCADA - OPC, OPC UA and Maintenance

Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control (OPC)
Fundamental principles of OPC (client-server, logical object model, Unified Architecture)
OPC Unified Architecture
Management and maintenance (system specification, commissioning, documentation)
Requirements for in-built diagnostic and maintenance routines

Topic 12

Project and Unit Review

In the final week, students will have an opportunity to review the contents covered so far. Opportunity will be provided for a review of student work and to clarify any outstanding issues. Instructors/facilitators may choose to cover a specialized topic if applicable to that cohort.