Batch Control Using the ISA-88 Standards (IC40)

Batch Control Using the ISA-88 Standards (IC40) discusses the characteristics of batch manufacturing systems and teaches students how to develop functional requirements/specifications using the models and terminology defined in the ISA-88 batch control series of standards. IC40 also shows students a methodology that defines an object approach that is based on ISA-88, which promotes the reuse of objects on multiple projects.

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Who Should Take IC40?

• Instrumentation and control engineers
• Instrument reliability engineers
• Process safety management engineers
• Process safety management administrators and/or managers
• HSE management
• Engineering management

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Classroom (IC40) Length: 3 days  CEU Credits: 2.1 View IC40 Offerings

Instructor-Guided Online (IC40E) Length: 5 days CEU Credits: 3.5 View IC40E Offerings

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Learning Objectives

• Specify the requirements for a batch control system
• Effectively structure and subdivide equipment entities
• Define procedural elements that can be effectively used with the above equipment entities
• Describe modes and states and how they are applied at the equipment level
• Develop phase logic that executes in equipment and that can deal with both normal and abnormal operations
• Recognize the various control languages that are available
• Identify the alternative architectures for programmable logic controllers (PLCs), distributed control systems (DCSs), and PC-based control systems
• Describe the interfaces that are needed between batch control and other systems within an enterprise

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Topics Covered

• ISA-88 Standards
  • NAMUR NE33 guidelines
  • IEC-848, Preparation of Function Charts for Control Systems
  • IEC-1131, The First Universal Process Control Language
• Physical Model
  • ​Process cells
  • Units
  • Equipment modules
  • Control modules
• Recipe Types
  • ​General
  • Site
  • Master
  • Control
• Recipe Information Categories
  • ​Header
  • Procedure
  • Formula
  • Equipment requirements
• Procedural Control Model
  • ​Procedure
  • Unit
  • Operation
  • Phase
• Modes and States
  • ​Exception handling
  • Allocation and arbitration
• Batch Tracking
  • ​History
  • Reports
• Control Activity Model
  • ​Recipe management
  • Production planning and scheduling
  • Production information management
  • Process management
  • Unit supervision
  • Process control
  • Personnel and environmental protection

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Exercises

• Develop procedural elements using the ISA-88 procedural control model and test those procedural elements against the equipment entities
• Develop recipes using the ISA-88 recipe model and the ISA-88 recipe representation
• Develop phase logic that runs in the equipment entities and links to the procedural elements
• Apply the modes and various states defined in ISA-88

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Recommended Resources

Standards

• ISA-88.01-1995 (R2006), Batch Control – Part 1: Models and Terminology
• ISA-88.00.02-2001, Batch Control – Part 2: Data Structures and Guidelines for Languages
• ISA-88.00.03-2003, Batch Control – Part 3: General and Site Recipe Models and Representation

Technical Report

• ISA-TR84.00.07-2018, Guidance on the Evaluation of Fire, Combustible Gas and Toxic Gas System Effectiveness

Book

• Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook by Austin Bryan, Elizabeth Smith and Kevin Mitchell

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Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge

Knowledge of computers, networking technologies and basic knowledge of software development and delivery process. As well as knowledge of cybersecurity in organizational or technical product domains.

Experience

IT Auditor experience or certification (e.g., CISA), IACS design and implementation experience or IACS product supplier experience.