Experion PKS/PMD

TPA to Experion PKS/PMD skills

transition
PMD overview
INTRO

• This presentation gives an overview of the Experion

PKS/PMD automation system
• It describes
– System structure
– System components and functions

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OVERVIEW

• Experion PKS/PMD is distributed control system (DCS) witch is

based on PMD technology
– P = Process
– M = Machine
– D = Drives

The Experion PKS system’s architecture is based on a

department built around the System Net. The System Net
is an Ethernet-based fault tolerant TCP/IP network, which
also integrates the automation system as part of the mill’s
other information systems.

• Department name is project specific system name

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OVERALL SYSTEM LAYOUT

Max 10 HMI stations In practise, several Design

Modules can be used for
application planning, but only
one for system definitions
Max 10 FC

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SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE (1)

• A system department comprises the following components:

• PMD Controllers (FC) that are used to control processes and
process equipment connected through a fieldbus or and I/O
highway to the system.
• Design Module (DM) that is used to define the automation
system’s structure and create application definitions as
graphic hierarchical structures enabling easy management of
comprehensive complex application solutions.
• PMD server that acts as the system data repository and
attends to data transfer routing and alarm and event handling,
among other things.
• HMIWeb (Human Machine Interface) user interfaces that are
based on HMIWeb technology features to allow flexible
integration of process, production and business data.

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SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE (2)

Communication in the System Net takes place using protocols of the

TCP/IP protocol family. The IP (Internet Protocol) is used as the net
layer and the TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) or the UDP (User
Datagram Protocol) as the transport layer. The data link layer is
implemented using the Ethernet technique.

Network applications

TCP or UDP

IP

FTE

Ethernet

Physical layer

The FTE protocol (developed by Honeywell) is implemented in a manner

that allows the use of commercial off-the-shelf Ethernet-connected
devices to establish the required fault tolerance. The FTE protocol
is located between the Ethernet and IP layers in the protocol
stack and the applications are not aware of its use.

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SYSTEM NET

The physical network topology of the department combined by the System Net is a hierarchical star with one or two
layers. The first level comprises a redundant pair (FTE) of department switches which form the core of the department
network.

The second level contains the redundant edge switch pairs. Edge switches are needed, if all the devices cannot
connect to the department switch because of small number of ports or for any other reason. The edge switch pairs are
always connected to the department switch pair of the department. The edge switches must not be directly connected
to each other.

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PMD SERVER (1)

• HARDWARE:
– Dell Power Edge 2600 server computer provided with an Intel Xeon 2.4 GHz/400 MHz
processor with 512 megabytes of RAM memory.
– 17 inch SVGA display.
– Two Intel 100 Pro S Ethernet interface cards for FTE.
– NetRAID- 1 Mi RAID driver to carry out the hard disk mirroring
• SOFTWARE:
– Windows 2000 server operating system
– PMD Software Components, which attend to tasks pertaining to the automation
system’s data transfer, data processing and data storage.
– PMD OPC Data Server, which provides the interface in accordance with the OPC
standard for the PMD Controllers.
– PMD OPC Event Server, which ensures that alarms occurring in the Experion PKS
system’s PMD Controller are transferred to the PMD server’s database to be further
distributed to HMIWeb user interfaces.
– SQL Server 2000, which is used as the database software.

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PMD SERVER (2)

• The PMD server acts as the repository for system data that is crucial to the system
operation:
– System software, system definitions and application configurations
 At system start-up, the server automatically loads the system software and applications to the
PMD Controllers
– Generates the route maps that are used to solve the data transfer routes through the System Net.

• Core functions related to data transfer and data processing are managed by the PMD
server:

Reporting Data transfer and data transfer routing

History collection Alarm and event management

Display storage and distribution to various user interfaces

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PMD SERVER (3)

• The repository data is also available for third-party systems:

– Other systems and programs, which support the OPC standard, can use
the interface to read and write automation system data.

Remote User to Experion PKS network

Pc
Mill Ethernet

HMIWeb
sessions Terminal Server PDS Server
for remote users
Experion PKS network

HMIWeb HMIWeb DM FC1 FC1 FC1

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PMD CONTROLLER

• Designed to manage both the process parameter behavior, the

fastest machine element controls, and the line drive speed
synchronization. Open encapsulated or to rack installed
controller
- Redundant controller
- 2 Profibus DP/Interbus interface
- Two-channel serial interface
with RS485 standard

- Multi-speed Upline highway

interface for rack-based Honeywell
I/O
- Multi Channel Ethernet interface
to the System Net.

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APPLICATION TOOL (DESING MODULE) (1)

• All application tools are installed in the Design Module (W2000 operating
system) and can be accessed through a common explorer.
 designers can create system and application definitions

The system structure IO definitions

- Units - Units
- Process areas - Type
- Alarm areas - Amount
- System net

Application
- Basic process controls (motors, valves,
sequence…)
- Advanced controls (Fuzzy logic, model based
controls..)
- Machine logic
- Drives
- High level language (Pascal or C) applications

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APPLICATION TOOL (DESING MODULE) (2)

• Hierarchical top-down application structure

• The application can be tested in the form of a block diagram
through simulation on the Design Module screen.
• Application is loaded to PMD controller and living process
values can be displayed from the blocks being executed in the
system.
• All application modifications can also be made and tested on
the Design Module with the system on-line without disturbing
the system and the process being controlled.

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HMIWEB DISPLAY BUILDER (1)

• The object-based HMIWeb Display Builder is used to create

custom displays witch are saved to the server in HTML-format
• Installed to Desing Module and Operator Stations

Displays are saved to

PMD server

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HMIWEB OPERATOR STATION (1)

• HMIWeb (Human Machine Interface) user interface witch offers a uniform

environment for process operating and process data presentation
• Based on the web architecture and uses general communication standards
such as the Internet, HTML and Ethernet.

• Hardware:
– Pentium 4-based Dell OptiFlex 260
– 512 MB of RAM memory
– 21 inch CRT display,
or 18.1 inch flat TFT LCD display.
– Ethernet card to connect
to the SystemNet.

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HMIWEB OPERATOR STATION (2)

• The displays available in the HMIWeb user interface are divided into custom
displays and system displays. System displays are supplied with the Station
program and display information in a standardized manner as lists and forms.
• Custom displays:
– Flow diagram of the process being controlled including the functional status and other status
data of the process components, and measured values, controller modes and alarm data.
– Face plates and custom pop-up windows

Standard shape created to control a certain

process device and to monitor, tune and control the basic functions
of the process.

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HMIWEB OPERATOR STATION (3)

• System displays:
– About 300 standard system displays are available
– Mainly used for system configuration and for viewing system configuration details.
– Alarm and event displays, which are of standard shape, and configurable trends and reports
displays.

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