ЖУРНАЛ «СТА» №2/2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS CTA 2/2004 DEVELOPMENT/ Atomic Energy 58 A microprocessor system for in-process measurement of turbogenerator's electric parameters By Vladimir Yegorov, Anatoliy Nikitin, Andrey Perminov and Aleksandr Ilyin A microprocessor system for in-process measurement of turbo- generator's electric parameters was implemented at one of the power units at the Kolsk Nuclear Power Station. The system is based on MicroPC electronic modules and QNX real-time operating system. The article discusses the issue of the choice of hardware and software components for this project, and com- pares advantages and disadvantages of different solutions to this problem. PORTRAIT OF THE COMPANY 64 10 years of Albatros company ENGINEER'S NOTEBOOK 66 Thermoelectric temperature converters: practice, evolution By Anatoliy Belevtsev, Vladimir Bogatov, Andrey Karzhavin, Denis Petrov and Anatoliy Ulanovskiy This article describes the main types and application areas of the thermoelectric temperature converters. It reviews the key features of converters based on noble metal, refractory metal, base metal, and of the cable thermal converters. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 78 Working with GENESIS32 SCADA. Part 2 By Anna Dolgova EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS 86 Advantech solutions for industrial automation ProSoft to participate in automation of metallurgical works SHOWROOM 87 SYSTEM INTEGRATION PROJECTS IN BRIEF 92 EMPLOYMENT 93 News 84 REVIEW/ Hardware 6 High brightness flat-panel LCDs By Victor Zhdankin Liquid crystal displays have become a dominating component at the visualization market. Especially ranked are displays for working in industrial applications and extreme conditions, featuring advanced reliability, brightness, and resistance to destabilizing impact. This article surveys such products of Planar, I-SFT Siemens and LiteMax, describing their characteristics and application. 20 Current status and development forecast of the power electronics modules By Stanislav Florentsev This article pictures a present-day situation in the sphere of development of power electronics devices. Particular emphasis is placed on MOSFET and IGBT modules, which are widely used in the modern power conversion equipment. The article also shows the current status of the Russian power electronics market. 32 VIPA System 200V programmable logic controllers By Maxim Ananskikh The author reviews the main product series manufactured by VIPA GmbH for industrial automation systems. A considerable part of the article is dedicated to the technical features of controllers, as well as of interface and I/O modules of the popular System 200V series, their most important characteristics and advantages over analogous devices. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Oil & Gas Industry 40 Process control system for oil acceptance and displaying information based on OPC and Web technologies By Vladimir Vasyutinskiy and Aleksey Sherstobitov This article describes the building of a process control system, as well as a data acquisition and information display system by using of GENESIS32 SCADA and OPC router, exemplified at PSP-Mikhaylovka by RITEC company. 46 A distributed process control system for refinement of sour oil By Dmitriy Antropov, Timofey Petrov and Aleksandr Tyaplashkin The authors detail their experience of building of a process control system for refinement of sour oil at Aktashskiy oil fleet. In the course of the project, developers were faced with some difficulties while trying to integrate existing measuring equipment into the new system. The proposed solutions have significantly lowered the overall cost of the system implementation. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Metallurgy 52 Software and hardware solution for the automatic process control system for gas purification of ferroalloy furnace By Bolat Svyatov, Nikolay Golovachev, Nikolay Titov, Vladimir Trapezin, Anatoliy Krivonosov, Valeriy Korneychuk and Gennadiy Fomin This article describes a software and hardware solution for the automatic process control system for gas purification of ferroalloy electrical furnaces #11 and #12 at Aksu Ferroalloy Plant (part of the transnational company Kazchrome). The process control system was put into operation in December 2002. CD-ROMs in this issue Octagon Systems, Omron СТА 2/2004 www.cta.ru 96