Virtual Plant control based on ABB 800xa Conceptualization to Simulator

摘要

The following work review the systematic approach in the area of simulator development based on ABB 800xa system. Due to the fact that automation plants are getting bigger and more complex it is not possible to avoid using industrial IT tools such as those from ABB, more specific Industrial IT. To fully automate a plant with all its reliability and safety requirements the work of an engineer is needed. However, a guidelines must be developed in order to go from a concept to the completed simulator achieving optimal cost and time efficient solution. In this paper, the process of developing a simulator for a candle manufacturing process is explained from the basic concept to the simulator layout, the following development phases are implemented successfully using the ABB Industrial IT software running on a softcontroller environment achieving a clone to the real plant requirements for control, administrative access, network topology and last but not least the human machine interface.