LHC Cryogenics Control: INTEGRATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL CONTROLS (UNICOS) AND FRONT-END SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE (FESA) APPLICATIONS

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1 LHC Cryogenics Control: INTEGRATIN F THE INDUSTRIAL CNTRLS (UNICS) AND FRNT-END SFTWARE ARCHITECTURE (FESA) APPLICATINS Enrique BLANC Controls Group: Industrial Systems AB Department, CERN Geneva, Switzerland 1

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3 1.- LHC Cryogenics Architecture LHC cryogenics overview Cryogenic point Cryogenic plant 3.3 km Long Straight Section LHC tunnel (27 km) (Transfer line) 3

4 2.- Cryogenics Control System Instrumentation Large number of sensors and actuators. Instruments Range Total TT (temperature) K 9500 PT (pressure) 0-20 bar 2200 LT (level) Various 540 EH (heaters) Various 2500 CV (Control Valves) % 3800 PV/QV (n ff Valves) LHC cryogenics standard cell PI&D (~100 meters) Tunnel instrumentation exposed to radiation (custom development to withstand the hostile environment) 8 wires Profibus PA RadTol Signal Conditioners 4

5 2.- Cryogenics Control System Tunnel Architecture SCADA Data Servers Local & Central Control Rooms FECs FESA TT, PT, LT, EH, DI Ehsp, LTen Ethernet (TN) PLCs UNICS WorldFIP Profibus DP shaft (~100 m) Protected areas Radiation areas LSS DP PA ARC DP PA DP PA RadTol electronics DP PA TT LSS CV Tunnel Alcoves LHC Tunnel (3.3 Km) 5

6 2.- Cryogenics Control System Industrial Communications WorldFip Copper cable WorldFip Fiber Sector 78 TUNNEL Profibus DP Copper cable Profibus Fiber Ethernet UTP Alcoves shaft (~100 m) Tunnel SURFACE Ethernet: Protected technical network 6

7 3.- Frameworks FESA * Ref: Frond-End Software Architecture, M. Arruat, et all. () Front-End Software Architecture* CERN accelerator real-time software model Deployed to Front-End computers (FECs) running Linux/LynxS Cryogenics application processes WorldFip: Read/Write Worldfip agents Real-Time action Device: Calculates devices data (Minimize electronics cards calculations) Segment: Groups devices and communicates to the PLC Server: CMW Exchange data FESA Application Process Execution 7

8 3.- Frameworks UNICS UNified Industrial Cntrol System I/ Channels Field bjects (Valves, Heaters, ) C Process Control bjects (Compressors, feedbox, ) P Instances Specifications Logic PLC and SCADA Baseline UNICS CMW interface Long Term archiving LHC alarm system Generates PLC and SCADA Devices C Diagnostics tools Placeholders where the control engineer must write the process logic Simplified HMI tool to create process synoptics (drag & drop) P perators Process Engineer C Control Engineer 8

9 3.- Frameworks UNICS bjects design breakdown Sector Cryogenics Process Control bjects 2 elementary cryogenics cells* i =1..8 j =1..18 Process Decomposition exercise (e.g.: Tunnel) : Control a basic tunnel equipment (bi-cell) Reduce the amount of logic to create by using a few templates which will be parameterized and generated automatically (e.g.: Controllers) I/ objects + Controller (field objects) bjects Tunnel Analog Inputs Analog utputs 4856 Digital Inputs 4536 Digital utputs 1568 Close Loop Controllers 3680 Process Decomposition: Controllers example LHC Sector Arc Bi-cell

10 3.- Automatic generation Tools UNICS & FESA integration Minimize hand code activities and focus on specific control logic Versioning mechanism to trace all the instances and allow different generation speeds Generation time of a complete LHC sector : ~ 1 day C Control Engineer Generator Specifications Generators LHC controls (Poster RPPA03) Database C Deployment: Devices PLC comms Devices Devices Synoptics (Tunnel Panels) Code FEC comms SCADA comms C Deployment: Device Design Custom code - device calculations WorldFip comms. FESA Baseline FECs PLCs SCADA Baseline UNICS 10

11 3.- Frameworks UNICS SCADA Structure CIET: Cryogenics Instrumentation Expert Tool Sector L Instrumentation Engineers CIET Sector R I Sector L Ethernet 4.5 K 1.8 K Cryogenics perators Sector R LHC cryogenic point I perators Instrumentation Engineer 11

12 3.- Frameworks UNICS SCADA Structure CIET: Cryogenics Instrumentation Expert Tool Sector L Instrumentation Engineers CIET Sector R I Sector L Ethernet 4.5 K 1.8 K Cryogenics perators Sector R LHC cryogenic point I perators Instrumentation Engineer 12

13 3.- Frameworks UNICS SCADA Structure CIET: Cryogenics Instrumentation Expert Tool Sector L Instrumentation Engineers CIET Sector R I Sector L Ethernet 4.5 K 1.8 K Cryogenics perators Sector R LHC cryogenic point I perators Instrumentation Engineer 13

14 4.- Conclusions I C P Successful integration of UNICS and FESA frameworks Industrial approach CERN accelerator software model Generation tools Avoid synchronization tasks and concentrate on the specific control logic Rapid prototyping & optimal regeneration mechanisms Cryogenics control system fully commissioned (LHC Sector) [1/8 machine] Highly distributed and radiation environment Heterogeneous control equipments Scalability and openness (LHC services) Currently in production giving entire satisfaction to cryogenics and hardware commissioning operators 14

15 World's largest superconducting installation cooled by helium! C F AB Controls Group (Industrial Systems Section) UNICS FESA Cryogenics CERN LHC commissioning Thanks to all people involved in the project: CERN: AB/C, AT/ACR 15