ISBN: 978-981-18-5852-9 DOI: 10.18178/wcse.2022.04.070
Adaptability in IEC 61499-Based Distributed Control for Automation Applications
Abstract— Today's manufacturing requires a new generation of factories capable of coping with the increasing complexity in process automation generated by the continuous changes in product demand and variety. Thus, automation applications need to be designed to solve this complexity by distributing control execution across different devices. The IEC 61499 standard encourages the design of distributed control applications by defining an application model that can be mapped to numerous hardware components. In that context, this paper presents the way to resolve a system when it extends its functionality, showing an automation solution for a packet sorting system using the distributed approach design through a distributed architecture of the control algorithms, using the IEC 61499 language. Virtual model of the process, a centralized solution, and the distributed control approach are implemented in a commercial IDE platform. These control techniques were compared with metrics, resulting in a better adaptability for distributed control pattern.
Index Terms— IEC 61499, distributed control, industrial automation, function block, adaptability.
Ernesto Monroy Cruz
Posgrado CIATEQ A.C., Advanced Technology Center, Mexico
Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo
Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, USA
Sandeep Patil
Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Eng., Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
Nicole C. Hellman
Mechatronics Systems Laboratory, CETIS No. 026, Mexico
Cite: Ernesto Monroy Cruz, Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, Sandeep Patil, Nicole C. Hellman, " Adaptability in IEC 61499-Based Distributed Control for Automation Applications, " WCSE 2022 Spring Event: 2022 9th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, pp. 589-597, Sanya, China, April 15-18, 2022.