Modelling of the NAMUR NE 178 “Verification of Request” concept using Pro-Active Asset Administration Shells
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Harish Kumar Pakala
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Christian Diedrich
Abstract
The NAMUR automation pyramid is the current state of the art in the process control industry, it is a monolithic structure with a bidirectional flow of information (top-down/bottom-up). Introducing new technologies into this structure would imply modifying or replacing the existing infrastructure. NAMUR NE 175 opens up this closed structure with a new NAMUR Open Architecture (NOA) to provide read-only access to external interfaces without changing the existing structure, safely, securely and reliably. In continuation of NE 175, NE 178 presents a verification of request concept to allow external Monitoring and Optimization applications to have write access to the devices. This paper attempts to model the actors involved in this concept and their interactions using the Pro-Active AAS introduces an interaction protocol and demonstrates the concept using a single water tank case study.
Zusammenfassung
Die NAMUR-Automatisierungspyramide ist der derzeitige Stand der Technik in der Prozessindustrie, es handelt sich um eine monolithische Struktur mit einem bidirektionalen Informationsfluss (top-down/bottom-up). Die Einführung neuer Technologien in diese Struktur würde bedeuten, dass die bestehende Infrastruktur geändert oder ersetzt werden müsste. NAMUR NE 175 öffnet diese geschlossene Struktur mit einer neuen NAMUR Open Architecture (NOA), um einen Nur-Lese-Zugang zu externen Schnittstellen zu ermöglichen, ohne die bestehende Struktur zu verändern, und zwar sicher und zuverlässig. In Fortsetzung von NE 175 stellt NE 178 ein Konzept zur Überprüfung von Anfragen vor, um externen M + O-Anwendungen Schreibzugriff auf die Geräte zu ermöglichen. In dieser Veröffentlichung wird versucht, an diesem Konzept beteiligte Akteure und ihre Interaktionen mit Hilfe der Pro-Active AAS zu modellieren, ein Interaktionsprotokoll einzuführen und das Konzept anhand einer Fallstudie zu einem einzelnen Wassertank zu demonstrieren.
About the authors
Harish Kumar Pakala, received a Master's degree in Data and Knowledge Engineering. Since 2020, he has been working as a research associate and pursuing his Doctoral studies at the chair of Integrated Automation headed by Prof. Dr. Ing. Christian Diedrich at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany. His research interests include formal methods, hybrid systems, domain specification languages, digital twins, information modelling and data science. He is a member of SG 11, SMB in the IEC, the focus of this group is to develop information models for smart international standards.
Christian Diedrich, received the Diploma degree in electrical engineering with the option of automation and the Ph.D. degree in semi-formal specification of fieldbus interfaces and fieldbus profiles from the Otto Von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, in 1985 and 1994, respectively, under Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Neumann. He was with many German and European research and development projects (main topics are industrial communication, engineering of automation systems, formal description methods, and information and semantic modeling). Since 2005, he has been the Deputy Head of ifak e.V. Magdeburg. He assumed full professorship of integrated automation, in 2006, and holds the Chair of Integrated Automation, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, where he is also the Head of the Institute of Control Technology. He is currently collaborating with research institutions and companies on industry 4.0 projects. Dr. Diedrich is an Active Member of various standardization bodies, such as IEC, DKE, VDI/VDE, ZVEI, and NAMUR.
Acknowledgment
This work of the project “Administration Shell Networked – Interoperability between I4.0 Components” was supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in the Industry 4.0 initiative under the following numbers: FKZ: 13I40V001A.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Informed consent: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: Harish Kumar Pakala, Dr. Ing. Christian Diedrich.
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Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
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Competing interests: All other authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: FKZ: 13I40V001A.
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Data availability: None declared.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Methods
- Quantifying and combining uncertainty for improving the behavior of Digital Twin Systems
- Dynamic reconfiguration of application and communication in Industry 4.0 with Digital Twin for enhancing flexibility
- Modelling of the NAMUR NE 178 “Verification of Request” concept using Pro-Active Asset Administration Shells
- A novel metric for 6D pose estimation
- Anwendungen
- Coordinated operation of pumped hydro energy storage with reversible pump turbine and co-located battery energy storage system
- Tools
- Test engines for the asset administration shell
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Methods
- Quantifying and combining uncertainty for improving the behavior of Digital Twin Systems
- Dynamic reconfiguration of application and communication in Industry 4.0 with Digital Twin for enhancing flexibility
- Modelling of the NAMUR NE 178 “Verification of Request” concept using Pro-Active Asset Administration Shells
- A novel metric for 6D pose estimation
- Anwendungen
- Coordinated operation of pumped hydro energy storage with reversible pump turbine and co-located battery energy storage system
- Tools
- Test engines for the asset administration shell
