Contents

Unit I.

Automation of production processes…………………………….…3

Step 1. Automation…………………………………………………3

Step 2. Types of automation……………………………………… .8

Step 3. Elements of the automated system………………………..11

Step 4. Automation in industry. Automated production lines….....15

Unit II.

Electrical engineering …………………………………………….18

Step 1. Energy and electrical engineering………….……………..18

Step 2. Electrical drive…………………………………………….22

Step 3. Electrical engineers….…………………………………….26

Unit III.

Computer systems and information technologies…………………31

Step 1. Automation in human activities……….…………………..31

Step 2. Information technology…..……………………………….34

Step 3. Types of computers……………………………………….38

Examination topics………………………………………………………………..41

Topic 1. About myself…………………………………………….41

Topic 2. Our university……………………………………………42

Topic 3. A big city. London……………………………………….43

Topic 4. The Russian Federation………………………………….45

Topic 5. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland………………………………………………46

Topic 6. Bashkortostan……………………………………………47

Topic 7. My speciality……………………………………….........48

Texts for home reading……………………………………………………………50

Text 1. Automation of monitoring and control of oil field development ………………………………………………………50

Text 2. High technologies for Sakhalin-2 offshore facilities……………………………………………………………51

Text 3. The FIDmash company’s activity in the coiled tubing equipment market…………………………………………………52

Text 4. New drilling prospects of RITEK………………………...52

Text 5. Industrial engineering and automation …………………..53

Text 6. Power engineering………………………………………...54

Text 7. Generation of energy………………………..…………….55

Text 8. Transmission and distribution of energy………………….56

Text 9. The installation of flexible automated manufacturing …...57

Text 10. Power system protection ………………………………..59

Text 11. Industrial control system…………….. …………………60

Text 12. SCADA…………………………………………….……61

Text 13. SCADA. How does it work? ……………………………62

Text 14. Human-computer interaction……………………….........62

Text 15. Operating system…...……………………………………63

Text 16. Software………………………..……………………….64

Text 17. Early computation………….……………………………65

Text 18. Computer’s memory……………………………………..67

Text 19. Input/output ……..………………………………………68

Text 20. Where is process automation headed? …………………..69

Text 21. Ubiquitous sensors …..………………………………….70

Text 22. Unifying automation layers ……………………………..70