Feasibility Analysis for Introducing of Integrated Wired/wireless Industrial Communication Networks

This paper deals with research related to the needs and feasibility of introduction of integrated wired/wireless industrial communication networks and takes as an example the real plant of the Sugar Refinery in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. For purposes of research was used the Emerson Process Management calculator "I/O on Demand" which provides unlimited flexibility field device that contains the following options: Conventional Wired, Fieldbus, Wireless and Field Electronic Marshalling with possibility of using one or more of these options. The obtained results prove that the Wireless technology and Field Electronic Marshalling are feasible and cost-effective in applications to process control over longer distances and in process applications where distances are relatively small. Analysis of the network is implemented in such a way that the results can be applied to other types of plants adjusting field devices and their average distances from the control room and the junction box.