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PLC Basics for Petroleum Instrumentation

Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are used in harsh industrial environments due to their solid state electronics, reliability, and flexibility. PLCs are easily reprogrammed in the field by technicians and use a computer as their core component. They have replaced old relay logic circuits and can now perform complex mathematical functions. The five major hardware components of a PLC are the central processing unit, memory system, power supply, input/output system, and programming device. PLCs use ladder logic diagrams and various numbering systems like binary, octal, and hexadecimal for communication with computers.

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PLC Basics for Petroleum Instrumentation

Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are used in harsh industrial environments due to their solid state electronics, reliability, and flexibility. PLCs are easily reprogrammed in the field by technicians and use a computer as their core component. They have replaced old relay logic circuits and can now perform complex mathematical functions. The five major hardware components of a PLC are the central processing unit, memory system, power supply, input/output system, and programming device. PLCs use ladder logic diagrams and various numbering systems like binary, octal, and hexadecimal for communication with computers.

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Petroleum Instrumentation

NGT 160

Basics Instrumentation
Chapter 12
Programmable Logic Controllers
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Programmable Logic Controllers (189)
• A PLC’s solid state electronic components, reliability ,and
flexibility make it ideally suited for harsh industrial
environments.
• Easily reprogrammed by a technician in the field.
• A computer is the heart of a PLC.
• Replaced old relay logic circuits
• Today more complex and powerful
• Can perform mathematical comparisons and multiply and
divide and extract square roots.
• Perform proportional, integral, and derivative (PID)
functions.
• Why it was named what it is named.
Programmable Logic Controllers (189)
• Common building blocks of a PLC.
Programmable Logic Controllers (190)
• Five major hardware components of a PLC.
Programmable Logic Controllers (191)
• Ladder logic diagram (Boolean logic or ladder logic)
Programmable Logic Controllers (190)
• Ladder logic diagram (Boolean logic or ladder logic)
Programmable Logic Controllers (192-195)
• Logic numbering systems
• Necessary for communication with computers
• Computers cannot handle decimal numbers
• Binary code developed – two states: on-off, etc.
• Octal and Hexadecimal numbers.
PLC Measurement
• Summary (205)
• Review Exercise (205)

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