Development of a CAN instrumental network for experiment automation in a NETeF pilot three-phase pipeline

• Grant number: 05/02375-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2005
• End date: October 31, 2006
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Transport Phenomena
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Seleghim Júnior
• Grantee: Fernando Guimarães Aguiar
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This scientific initiation proposal is related to two FAPESP regular research projects in course at the Thermal and Fluids Engineering Centre - NETeF: “Modeling and Experimentation in liquid-liquid and gas-liquid-liquid flows” (Proc. 2004/13374-7) and “Instrumentation and Control of Industrial Multiphase Flows” (Proc. 03/13819-6). The main objective of this proposal is the development of an instrumental network based on the CAN protocol (Controller Area Network), capable of integrating the signals from sensors and actuators, as well as processing the corresponding control algorithms and event data logging. The choice of CAN is based on the fact that it is an extremely robust and open protocol, besides being very adequate for the automatization of small and medium complexity processes.