HVAC AND LIGHTING CONTROL USING PLC AND SCADA FOR INTEGRATED BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Pooja Rajendra Varma, Bhagsen J. Parvat, V.K.Jadhav

Abstract: Building Automation Systems (BAS) aims to improve efficiency, comfort, productivity, and the flexibility of buildings in the future. One of the major challenges in today’s society concerns the reduction in energy use and CO2 footprint in existing public buildings without significant construction works. Building automation enhances protection and convenience. Benefits of using an advanced BAS includes Monitoring of several systems from one place, Interaction for more efficient control strategies, Remote service etc. Effective control of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and lighting systems in a building is essential to provide a productive, healthy and safe working environment for the occupants. This paper presents effective control of HVAC and lighting systems in BMS by the use of Allen Bradley SLC 500 PLC along with wonder ware in touch SCADA for monitoring and management to control building conditions. Integration of two or more PLC’s can be used to control and automate collaborative systems of building management system [1]. With reference to figures 3 to 4 different methods for identification and control of atmospheric air were studied as explained in [2]. Authors in [3] presented control strategies for HVAC and lighting systems to control air handling unit operations. PLC-SCADA functionality is explained in [4]. For effective lighting, standard luminance control is explained in [5].

Keywords: BAS; BMS; PLC; SCADA; HVAC etc..

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2017.0608019