Gas Turbine PLC Programmer

[johnf]

Hello,

I am an industrial gas turbine Start Up Engineer looking to get involved programming gas turbines PLCs as a small side business / hobby. I would like to use Do-More PLC's as they have free programming software that comes with a PLC and a process simulator. We can both down load the free software, I can send you a file and you can run a simulation of the PLC hooked to the gas turbine. I think the PLC hardware costs could be in the order of USD 500, sensors and fuel handling equipment costs will add to the project costs for a small turbine/ APU.  PLC's are not usually used with anything that flies or is used to move people.


Inquiries welcome.

[Richard OConnell]

Hi johnf,

Many members of our community use Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or other popular controllers because they are easy and cheap to acquire and its not too difficult to find coding support for whatever you need to do. Combined with a few relays/mosfets, these little controllers can do just about anything you need them to.

[johnf]

Richard,

Yes, I see most of the people here are using arduino. I am offering something different, because it is my background. PLC's are more suitable for stationary and bigger projects or maybe just someone who is interested in PLCs. My guess is that the PLC hardware would cost about $500 for the processor and some I/O. I am looking at free or cheap HMI's also.

Because the Domore has a free simulator I can write or help write the software without having the PLC myself.

Projects suitable for PLCs could be APUs, using turbines for pumps or generators. This is a pretty creative community so there are really no limits. maybe someone justs wants a PLC for his turbocharger turbine project.