FOREWORD

The department is elated that the students are streamlined towards

positive growth oriented outcomes. The students show their keen

interest in projects and in transforming their knowledge into

credential performances. The students are continuously monitored to

introspect themselves in terms of academic as well as their

performance improvement activities. They are always guided to work

for the worst and hope for the best. ICERYX would always be a media

to patronise the achievements of the department.

Dr.S.M.Girirajkumar,

HOD/ICE

FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD

The phenomenal growth of our department in the recent days in

terms of academic as well as extra and co- curricular activities is a

saga of unstinted efforts of all of us. The PR team takes great pride in

putting light on all these achievements through ICERYX.

This issue contains original, commissioned feature articles and essays

on a variety of subjects of interest to curious people with a technical

bent. If you don’t find yours this time, don’t give up. Keep us fledged

with your articles as usual. So, feel proud to surf through the pages of

ICERYX and most important of all don’t forget to post us your

valuable feedback!!!

PR TEAM

Ben – Hur S.Christopher., Final year, Nazreen Banu A., Final year,

Shuprajhaa. T., Pre-final year, Anuroopa Devi S., Final year,

CONTENTS

Changing Energy Transformation in EUROPE

Yokogawa training for the prefinal year

You can win – a winning manoeuvre

3D print right now

Department activities

Yokogawa training for the final year

DCS – A detailed study

Distinguishing republic of India

MIG21 – Wins the war for India

Offshore oil and gas production

Riddles

CHANGING ENERGY TRANSITION IN EUROPE

NAZREEN BANU,

FINAL YEAR

In Europe, the power sector is experiencing radical and

permanent changes. The traditional method of supplying electrical

energy to customers from central power plants via a one-way system

is rapidly disappearing. Wind parks often push a large number of

power plants from the grid while solar panels on roof tops turn

electricity customers into producers. The change is a direct

result of policies to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and to

decrease the dependence on fossil energy. Yet, power from wind and

solar radiation shows a high degree of volatility and therefore

creates many challenges.

For a roper integration of renewable energy sources, an

integral approach is needed involving not only the electricity supply

but also the energy supply for heating, chilling and transportation.

Major cities in Europe, such as Hamburg, Vienna and Amsterdam,

are now starting to co-ordinate the energy supply issues in their

area. This involves mapping of the local needs and finding

optimum solutions together with the energy sector and the users.

Storage methods and storage locations for smoothing the

intermittency of renewable, efficient power to heat conversion with

modern heat pumps and cogeneration of heat and power are part of

the solution. Heat storage is economically possible for large

quantities at temperatures up to 125 °C. Local waste incinerators

can provide many customers with electricity and heat. Ponds,

lakes and canals can play a role in the chilling of buildings and

processes. The whole integration process naturally requires

considerable data handling and process control. The drastic change in

the power sector caused by the moves towards a green society

requires new approaches, new products and new skills. The

POWER- GEN Europe and Renewable Energy World Europe

conference and exhibition is the favourite place for the many

stake holders to gain and exchange the necessary information and

over three days, all aspects for this new market will be dealt with.

Utilities, equipment producers, city coordinators, consultancy firms,

financiers, data handlers and grid operators will share their

experiences and skills as well as their current and future needs.

Europe feature the leading suppliers, sub-suppliers and service

providers across the entire power generation value chain on its

exhibition floor. The accompanying multi-track conferences set the

agenda for strategic thinking and technical innovation in the sector,

making them essential events for power industry professionals.

YOKOGAWA TRAINING FOR THE PRE

– FINAL YEAR

PR TEAM

Three days training on the topic “Field Instruments and Process

Control” was conducted by “YOKOGAWA” for thirty five students

of third year along with four staff members from 2 9 -12-2014 t o 31-

12-2014. This was an industrial oriented way of approach to the

theoretically learnt concepts and the students were given hands

on experience to various instruments of the industrial field.

Trainers Mr.Senthil Arasu and Mr.Ramkumar trained the

students in an interactive way.The training was an enlightened

approach to the Field Instruments and Process Control.

First day began with the general aspects of field instruments

dealing with transmitters in particular, general wiring pattern

and connections of transmitters. In the afternoon session the

students were provided an opportunity to work with different

kinds of pressure transmitters.

The next day the students were trained about heat transmitters

and feedback control systems. They were educated about

interfacing the instruments in the field with computers that can

operated in the control rooms. They worked with interfacing

software named “Field Mate”. They were made clear about local

and remote measurements.

The functioning of various control systems and controllers

were dealt on the last day. The tuning of P, PI and PID controllers

and the response of systems using these controllers were taught.

The students were given a detailed description of a control valve

and several recorders. They had a practical session with DX1006

recorder and Single Loop Process Controller. Finally the students

were given a small test for thirty minutes.

MOTIVATIONAL GUEST LECTURE FOR THE STUDENTS

OF ICE – YOU CAN WIN – A WINING MANOEUVER.

PR TEAM

A guest lecture was organized for the second and third year

students of the department of ICE on 13-01-2015 from 1.30 p.m. to

3.00 p.m. eminent speaker and profound scholar Dr. K.

Karthikeyan M.B.A., Ph.D., Associate professor, Department of

Management Studies, of our esteemed institution was the honoured

guest. His lecture was on the topic “You Can Win – A Wining

Manoeuvre.

The guest focused mainly upon attitude and self-confidence. He

made the students understand the real meaning of attitude by

stating many real world day to day examples and a few videos

indicating the same.

He made the students realize that attitude is what that makes

everyone get started. The students were clear that attitude reflects

behaviour which in turn has its implications on thinking. While

putting light on the value of self confidence he stressed that self

confidence is the first and foremost step towards development,

achievement and eventually success.

He made the session interactive and lively by narrating many

small stories and explaining the attributes of life from our day to

day activities. The students were taught to analyze themselves

through SWOT ANALYSIS and JOHARI WINDOW methods which

would help them to have a better and overall view of their

character in return.

Overall this lecture sowed the seeds of inspiration into the minds

of young budding engineers of the department of ICE so that they

would blossom into globally competent persons in future.

3-D PRINT RIGHT NOW

K. VIJAYA SHANTHI,

THIRD YEAR

3-D printing has gotten a lot of buzz, sometimes pretty out of

proportion to what it’s actually produced.

But the technology is just now reaching that critical stage when it

starts to turn out some amazingly inventive, useful things. Things

that open up new potential for hobbyists, scientists, and people who

want to help others.

Here, three of our 3-D printer projects that are really pushing the

envelope of what can be done with a CAD design and a tube full of

melty plastic.

1) Print and Play Your Own F-F-Fiddle:

For entrepreneurial musicians, the F-F-Fiddle will be music to your

printer's gears. Mechanical engineer David Perry of OpenFab PDX

has designed this full-sized, 3-D printable, electric violin which you

can actually play.

A violinist since the first grade, Perry had aspired to building a violin

himself, but it wasn't until he scored his own 3-D printer in January

2013 that modelling and constructing the instrument became feasible.

You can print the violin's structure, divided into three main parts,

in 10-20 hours, but you can't make the music happen without buying

other essential, non-printable parts, such as strings and tuners. But

for about $250 in materials and three to six hours of assembly time,

you can create your own fiddle in the color combination of your

choice.

2)Give e-NABLE a Hand:

Your 3-D printer can produce a prosthetic hand for someone in need,

and e-NABLE can help you to do it. This worldwide online community

connects those with access to 3-D printers to those (often children)

missing fingers or part of a hand.

e-NABLE has developed three primary, open source designs of

functional hands (and several variations), which anyone can

download, 3-D print, and assemble. A Washington prop-maker and a

carpenter in South Africa who lost four fingers in an accident

pioneered the original hand design.

.

The hand designs generally consist of a gauntlet attached to the arm

or wrist, articulated fingers for gripping, and a system of “tendons,”

which allows wearers to close or open the fingers by bending or

straightening their wrists.

3)Catch Rays with the Smartphone Spectrometer:

What if you could point your smartphone at a water sample and

identify pollutants? Giving communities that power—via open source

hardware and software—is the goal of Public Lab, an online

community and non-profit. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill

motivated Public Lab to develop a $5 DIY spectrometer using

smartphones.

The smartphone spectrometer consists of a 3-D printed plastic frame

(2.5 hours print time) holding a thin prism in front of the phone's

camera. It works when you shine full-spectrum light through a liquid

or dissolved sample, which enters the spectrometer frame through a

narrow slit, aligning the light as it hits the prism and camera.

Your camera records and graphs the resulting intensity of colours

passing through the sample. View and compare this unique spectrum

with Public Lab's open database at spectralWorkbench.org to classify

your sample's composition.

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES:

S.no.

Course/

Training

Dates/

No. of

days

Remarks Resource

Person

1

NI LabVIEW

Academy

Training./ ‘NI

Hardware - Hands

on Training in

FPGA, MYRIO,

RTD Module’

29.10.2014

to

31.10.2014(

3days)

Completed

In continuation

with MoU

signed with NI

Bangalore, we

have conducted

these 3 days

training

NI

resource

Person

2

Yokogawa

Training/

training on PLC

and DCS.

18.12.2014

to

22.12.2014

In continuation

of MoU signed

with

Yokogawa, we

have conducted

5 days training

Yokogawa

resource

Person

3

Certification

Course: Spoken

Tutorial: C and

C++ Online Test

29.12.2014

30.12.2014

Students

have taken

test for C

and C++

course.

Online test

4. Clad re exam 9.0.2015

On-line test

conducted

by NI

NI resource

person

Activities of the III Year ICE students:

S.no. Course/Training Dates/No.

of days Remarks Resource

Person

1

NI LabVIEW

Academy

Training./

LabVIEW training

on CORE1 and

CORE 2

05.11.2014 -

07.11.2014(

Completed)

In Continuation

of MoU signed

with NI

Bangalore, we

have conducted

these 3 days

training

NI

resource

Person

2

T&P classes

conducted by

Maths/ English Dept

08.12.2014 to

11.12.2014(

4days)

Aptitude,

Verbal

and Non-

verbal

activities

Maths/

English

Department

Faculty

3 YOKOGAWA

Training

29.12.2014

To 31.12.2014

3 days training

from yokogawa

Yokogawa

Resource

person

Activities of the second year:

S.no.

Course/

Training

Dates/

No. of days

Remarks Resource

Person

1

NI LabVIEW

Academy

Training.

8.12.2014 -

12.12.2014

(5days)

In continuation

of MoU signed

with NI

Bangalore, we

have conducted

this 3 days

training

NI

resource

Person

2 SCILAB Re-Exam 9/01/2015

Re- exam on

SCILAB Based

on the

correspondence

of IIT Bombay

Online test

YOKOGAWA TRAINING FOR THE FINAL YEAR

PR TEAM

Five days(18.12.2014 - 22.12.2014) training session was

conducted by YOKOGAWA to the students of Final year of

Instrumentation and control engineering department, Saranathan

college of engineering on DCS and PLC overview. A total of

49 students and 4 staff members have attended the program,

where exposed to practical hands-on training on how to work with

industrial standard equipments. Students were trained b y

Mrs.Lydia Jenifer and Ms.Pavithra (Resource persons-

YOKOGAWA India Ltd) .

The training was an enlightened approach to the new two major

products of YOKOGAWA namely CENTUM 3000 DCS (Distributed

Control System) and PROSAFE –RSPLC (Programmable Logic

Controller).First day began with a global introduction and discussion

on DCS and the company product CENTUM 3000. In the

afternoon session the students were taught to deal with the company

product software. Nearly the real time problems were made to

solve in software and the results were monitored. This is specially

meant for the usage of students.

On the second and third day the students learnt in depth about

implementing various control loops through programming in DCS.

The students were split up into 24 groups in which each group

comprising of 2 students. Each group where given a separate PC

with the software ownloaded. They were given the practical oriented

training to the usage of the software. Then for the last two days

the students were taught on the second part of training session PLC

PROSAFE-RS programming, using many kinds of

programming languages along with the live demo on how signals

where transmitted and controlled in a plant using DCS, PLC and

other entities.

The concluding session was spent on an individual test on the

topics covered during the five days training to the students. This five

day training was really useful to the students as it was not only

theoretical oriented but also a practical session.

DCS – A DETAILED STUDY

G.SUBRAMANIAN, S.BIKSHA NATESAN

FINAL YEAR

Today’s competitive environment have placed very high

demands on the process industry to produce products economically

and at the same time using latest technologies available in the

market. This in turn requires new creative solutions to increase

productivity, improve quality and reduce cost to provide solutions

to that Centralized control system and distributed control system are

available in market. These two are the core design aspect of our

system, which defines on a very basic level the degree to which your

controlled objects and operations are intertwined with the control

system itself.

This degree of comingling is reflected in all the physical and

logical components of your system. It should not be confused with the

selection of a control system platform. In an extremely centralized

design, all of the aspects of your system are concentrated in a single

entity. A highly distributed design is just the opposite. DCS was

perhaps the leading agent for control centralization and chief cause

of the demise of distributed controllers. These systems were

installed in the central control room and connected to the field

devices through miles of wires. They serve the industry well for

decades and did much to improve the operations of large process

plants over centralized control system. This is because centralized

control system lags in local adaptability, poor manager morale,

feedback and limited succession planning. Distributed control system

uses decentralized element system.

They do not require user intervention for routine operations but

many permit operators interaction via supervisory control. The DCS

uses process control software and input/output data base. The

communication medium in a DCS is wired link which connects

the remote control panel. Selecting DCS require analysis of network

protocol that uses bus topology and supports data transfer of 10Mbps

to handle simulation demands, Ethernet uses carrier sense multiple

access/collision detection network protocol for DCS also include area

network bus, DCS also helps in increase of the plant efficiency. A

distributed control system is a technology that has evolved to meet

the specific needs of process applications such as pulp and paper,

utility, refining, and chemical processing. DCSs are generally used

in applications in which the proportion of analog to digital is higher

than a 60:40 ratio, and/or the control functions performed are more

sophisticated. A DCS typically consists of unit controllers that

can handle multiple loops, multiplexer units to handle a large

amount of I/O, operator and engineering interface workstations, a

historian, communication gateways, and an advanced control

function is dedicated proprietary controllers. All these are fully

integrated and usually connected by means of a communication

network.

A DCS typically takes a hierarchical approach to control, with the

majority of the intelligence housed in microprocessor-based

controllers that can each handle 10–1000 inputs and outputs.

With the help of the DCS we can control many process. We are

also having this vital resource in our college, By using this we (

G.Subramanian, S.Biksha Natesan) are going to publish the

research papers. Our paper discuss about the controlling of level

process using the DCS, Distributed Control Systems are used to send,

receive and process data from sensors, control valves and actuators

and react according to the instructions given by the user. Failure in

controlling the level of the tank may lead to disaster situations in

the plant. Hence, the level process controlling is must in the plant

this can be achieved by deploying the centralized controller or

distributed controller. DCS have certain advantages like

Economics Reliability Speed Inherent distribution. Incremental

growth Incremental growth over the centralized control system

hence, we are using the DCS to control the level of the tank in this

process and also to implement the safety instrumented system for

the level process.

There is a wide usage of DCS from the small scale to the large

scale industries because of its advantages. The monitoring and

controlling in plants are done using this. Process plant operation and

maintenance has been simplified with the wide spread use of DCS

base control architecture.

DISTINGUISHING REPUBLIC OF OUR NATION

SHUPRAJHAA .T,

THIRD YEAR

The Indian Republic Day is certainly a day to reflect and respond

to all the sacrifices made and the wars fought to make India a

sovereign republic. However, with the independence and the

struggles associated with it becoming more and more historic or old;

there is a growing fear that the youth of today are not able to

understand the magnitude of what transpired before 1947.

Moreover, there is a threat that if people are not reminded enough

about India’s Republic Day, and the reasoning behind the celebration

of it, people may soon forget their history and treat the day as yet

another holiday. Therefore, it is in India’s best interest that Indians

acknowledge the importance of the day and celebrate the

independence that their forefathers dreamt of and fought for. That

said, here are 10 things that you might want to know and

understand about India’s Republic Day and the traditions that

govern it.

Celebration of 26th

January before Independence: The Indian

National Congress and many other parties had been

celebration 26th

January as a symbol of Independence long

before India truly became independent. This date was

chosen as a day to commemorate the declaration of independence

in 1930.

History of Indian Republic day: India got her independence on 15th

August 1947. The laws of governance were however based on the

colonial Government of India Act 1935 in a modified way and

the nation was a Dominion under Governor General Mountbatten

and George VI as head of the state. So, India still did not have a

permanent constitution of its own. A draft of the Indian

constitution was presented by the Drafting Committee on 4th

November 1947 with the Assembly meeting consistently for over a

period of 2 years, 11 months and 18 days and discussing the matter till

an agreed upon version of the Constitution was finalized. On 24th

January 1950, the Assembly signed two copied of the document in

Hindi and English. The Constitution of India came into being

on

26th

January 1950 at 10.18 AM IST. This day has been known as

the Republic Day of India since then. This day is celebrated as a

tribute to the declaration of the Constitution of India.

Constitution of India: There are 3 main bodies of the Government

in the Constitution: The Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary.

The relationship and connection between each of these bodies, the

citizens of India and the Government is decided and guided by the

Constitution. It lays down the national objectives of the country as

Democracy, Socialism, Secularism and National Integration.

Amar Jawan Jyoti: On the Republic Day of India, every year at

Delhi, the honourable Prime Minister of India lays a wreath at

Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate as a mark of respect to all the

people and soldiers of our country who died fighting for our

Independence. After which there is a two minute silence as a

tribute of honour and thanks to the soldiers.

‘Amar Jawan Jyoti’ in Hindi means ‘the light of the immortal

soldiers’. It is because of these soldiers that India was liberated.

Awards: The President of India presents prestigious bravery awards

such as Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra, Param Veer Chakra, Veer

Chakra and

Maha Veer Chakra to Indian Armed Forces and civilians for their

acts of bravery and courage. Children who stood out with their

courage and performed acts of bravery are also awarded the

National Bravery award.

21-gun Salute: Gun salutes are the firing of cannons and arms as a

military or naval mark of honor. The President of India arrives at

Rajpath with other dignitaries unfurls the Indian National flag as

the Indian National Anthem is played and a 21-gun salute is given.

Beating Retreat: After the Republic Day, on 29th

January of

every year, a ceremony known as ‘Beating Retreat’ is held at

the ‘Vijay Chow’ or alternatively known as ‘The Victory Square’ in

New Delhi.

This ceremony starts at 6.00 PM IST and the beating of the

drums marks the closure of the Republic Day celebrations. This

ceremony originated in England in the 16th

century, the beating of

the evening drums signaled the end of inspection of the troops

and the return to the castle for the night. In Delhi, the Beating

Retreat ends with the bands of all the armed forces playing the

song ‘Abide with me’.

National holiday: 26th

January of every year is declared a

National Holiday as the Republic Day of India is considered to be

a National Festival. The entire nation celebrates the day and the

ceremonies from New Delhi are broadcasted live on television for

the millions of viewers.

Chief guests: The honorable chief guest for the Republic Day

celebrations is different each year; the head of the state or ruling

government of other countries are invited. India being a peace

loving nation strives to maintain good relations and enrich the

connections with nations of the world and thus invites the guests

of honor based on diplomatic, strategic, or international

geo-politics. Patriotic songs: Patriotic songs are played and sung

in all corners of India more so on National festivals like

Republic Day. The songs are themselves a strong tribute to all

the struggle, sacrificed lives, and courage of people who fought

for India’s independence and dignity. Some of the famous

patriotic songs:

Aye mere watan ke logon: This song was written to honor the

soldiers who died fighting the Indo-Sino war. The most famous

version of this song is the one sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

Vande mataram: This song was composed by Bankim Chandra

Chattopadhyay having words from both Sanskrit and Bengali

languages. This song offers thanks to Mother India.

Saare jahan se accha: Known as the ‘Anthem of the people of

Hindustan’, this song was written by Muhammed Iqbal and was

extensively sung as an inspirational song against the British Raj.

Patriotic songs from Bollywood: Songs from Hindi films such as

‘Are mere pyaare watan’, ‘Chodo kal ki batein’, ‘Mere desh ki

dharti’,

‘Rang de basanti chola’, etc are patriotic songs that take people

back to pre- independence struggles and instill a sense of patriotism

in Indians.

MIG21- WINS THE WAR FOR INDIA

N. MRUJOOL KANSARA,

PRE-FINAL YEAR

Mig21 is one of the oldest aircrafts which has been used for war.

Indians remember it by saying that Mig21 is lucky for India and will

always win the war for India.

In the Indo-Pak war of 1971 at the battle of Longewala in Rajasthan,

India had only a handful of soldiers of about 150 which was headed by

Major Kuldip Singh Chanpuri. Unfortunately they had to face a large

number of soldiers of the Pakistan army. Almost all the soldiers died

in the battle and the only person left alive was the major. When he

was surrounded by Pakistani tanks on all sides and had no idea what

to do, Wing Commander Anand Bajwa with his team members each of

them flying Mig21 came to his rescue. Within seconds the defeat

turned to victory. This is not the only war which Mig21 has won for

India.

RIDDLES

1. Brothers and sisters I have none but this man's father is my

father's son. Who is the man?

2. This is impossible to God, More evil than the devil,

The poor have it, the rich need it,

And if you eat it, you'll die?

3. Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it.

Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.

What is it?

4. Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the

afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

5. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

6. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

7. Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and

wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

8. There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white

house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the

red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

9. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you

haven't got me. What am I?

10. What gets broken without being held?

Staff Contributions(November 14-December 14):

S.no. Name of the

Staffs Attended Workshop/FDP/Seminar

Attended organizer

Date/Venue

1. T.Devashena Workshop on Control System

IIT, Karaghpur

02-12-2014 to 12-12-2014,NIT, Trichy

2. G.Vijayalakshmi Soft skill for Teaching and life skill for survival

NIT,Trichy 24.11.2014 to 28.11.2014

3. S.RathnaPrabha Workshop on Necessity of calibration in Industry

CEESAT, NIT,Trichy

26.10.2014,NIT Trichy

4. P.Aravind Redefine Your Skills ICTACT with EMC corporation, Trichy.

20-12-2014,Sangam Hotel, Trichy

5. S.Arutselvi Workshop on Control System

IIT, Karaghpur

02-12-2014 to 12-12-2014,NIT, Trichy

6. S.Ramachandran Workshop on Control System

IIT, Karaghpur

02-12-2014 to 12-12-2014,NIT, Trichy

7. S.Ramachandran Productive Teaching Method for Effective Learning

Saranathan college of Engg

28-06-2014