Industrial Automatic Control Systems and Controllers Annotation << Back Application of process control systems is a way to improve the efficiency of power generating equipment. The paper presents a process automation case study from the boiler unit S.E. SAZHIN The paper presents a process automation case study from the boiler unit. Process control system for the boiler unit of Section 4 of Heat Power Plant 7 at Power Generation Company # 1 of Vasileostrovskaya Power Plant # 7 (St. Petersburg, Russia). Key requirements to process control system, its objectives, functionalities, architecture, and the featured properties of its components are discussed. Keywords: process control system, boiler unit, PLC, hard-/software system. E-mail: market@rakurs.com, info@rakurs.com