#6 2010

Lyubimov Yu.B., Baulin E.S.  Interrelation of refinery daily and hourly scheduling tasks

A new approach to the solution of refinery hourly scheduling problem is developed. It presumes the introduction of an intermediate daily scheduling task for smoother switching from planning to scheduling.
Keywords: planning, scheduling, RPMS, Production Scheduler, multi-period planning, mathematical modeling.

Bezruchko O.A., Kutsevich N.A.  Effective MES in the control structure of Kirishi refinery

A production accounting system has been commissioned and placed in test operation at Kirishi refinery. The paper overviews its development stages and key functionalities and focuses on the architecture of process data acquisition and storage system which underlies the whole MES with all its analytical applications.
Keywords: MES, production accounting system, data acquisition and storage, unified datamart.

Reconstruction of automation tools and systems at Pavlovka oil treating and pumping unit

The paper presents the architecture of the modernized process control system for oil and gas production workshop of Pavlovka oil treating and pumping unit. The system is based on Wonderware software. Functionalities of all system`s upper level components are listed as well as the related software. The control system is a standard solution which can be used in other workshops of LUKOIL-Perm JSC without additional updates.
Keywords: workshop, oil and gas production, oil treating and pumping unit, modernization, server, workstation.

SIEMENS PCS7 at Novokuibyshevsk refinery

Smirnov R.I.  Ultrathin polyscreen systems for control stations

Ultrathin polyscreens are today a most promising trend in the market of shared information display systems. The paper discusses new ultrathin polyscreen systems based on Planar Margay II video cubes and Planar Matrix LC panels intended for handling a lot of heterogeneous data at control stations.
Keywords: control station, video wall, polyscreen, ultrathin.

Human Centered Design: a new approach to product and technology development

Human Centered Design is Emerson`s new concept aimed at facilitating the use of Company`s PlantWeb digital architecture products. The support of the new concept is implemented in DeltaVTM ver. 11 DCS with on-demand I/O function as well as in the AMS Device Manager instrumentation maintenance software with more than 50 new control panels.
Keywords: user, digital architecture, electronic cross patching, on-demand input.

Yevdokimov Ya.A., Chibisova N.N.  On the engineering requirements to gas distribution and gas transportation automatics

The paper notes that the existing norms and guidelines for oil and gas automatics is obsolete and does not fully reflect today`s requirements to hard- and software. Users` requirements to the developers and vendors of automation tools and systems for gas transportation and distribution against the lack of related normative documents are discussed.
Keywords: oil and gas industry, hard-/software tools, norms, gas transportation, gas distribution.

Selchenkov V.L.  Algorithms for analyzing random measurement errors of in-line gas chromatograph

Key functions of metrological expert-analytical systems used as part of control systems in gas-measuring stations are listed. The algorithms of an expert-analytical system developed by BINAR Association CJSC for analyzing random measurement errors of an in-line gas chromatograph are outlined.
Keywords: expert-analytical system, automatic control system, gas-measuring station, in-line gas chromatograph.

Stepanov S.E., Kryukov O.V., Plekhov A.S.  Automatic control of synchronous machines excitation at gas-compressor stations

The problems of modernization and design of modern automatic control systems for electrically-driven gas-compressor stations are discussed. Innovative results in analysis and synthesis of automatic control systems for synchronous machines excitation with microprocessor identifier of load angle are presented.
Keywords: electrically-driven gas-compressor stations, automatic excitation control system, microprocessor identifier of load angle.

Maximov V.E., Siletsky R.O.  Automation of oil and gas plants based on LINTER database

The opportunities of applying LINTER database for data processing centers automation as well as for GIS and real-time systems development are examined. The examples of successful applications in oil and gas industry are adduced.
Keywords: database, data processing center, real time, geographic information systems (GIS).

Novelties from WAGO for explosive plants

MOXA equipment underlies Samara-Tikhoretsk-Novorossiysk fiber-optic communication backbone

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Novoselov A.Yu., Filatov V.V., Dorofeev P.G.  Custom hard-/software system for investigating the process of textile manufacturing from glass fiber

The paper describes a hard-/software system for measuring data acquisition from special-purpose cloth making in textile manufacture. The information received from the system is useful for the design of revamping of textile machinery.
Keywords: loom, hard-/software system, sensor, controller, haircloth and weft threads, tension, data acquisition system.

Rubtsov Yu.F., Rubtsov D.Yu.  An automated system for rotors testing and balancing in electrical machines

The automated control system structure for a breakdown and balancing device intended for testing the rotors of electrical machines with the rotor weight up to 18 tonnes is considered. Interlock logic ensuring emergency triggering and drive motor tripping is described.
Keywords: rotor, testing, electric drive, breakdown and balancing device, anti-wreck protection.

A test rig for an auxiliary power unit

The structure, performance data and functionality of a test rig intended for auxiliary power unit checking are presented. The test rig is developed by ViTec-Automatica (St. Petersburg, Russia).
Keywords: test rig, auxiliary power units, measuring channel, calibration.

Multiaxial dynamic test rigs with hydraulic cylinders

The paper discusses the structure, featured properties and capabilities of multiaxial dynamic test rigs with hydraulic cylinders intended for precision testing of machine aasemblies developed and supplied by PKC Systems TRIAL Public JSC.
Keywords: dynamic test rigs, hydraulic cylinders, automatic control system, measuring system.

Shulghin N.V.  The features of fuel rate measuring in rig test of gas turbine engine

The scheme and method of fuel rate measuring on an aircraft turbine test rig in F. Korotkov Temp Scientific and Production Enterprise (Moscow) are described.
Keywords: fuel flow rate, rig test, flowmetering, sensor.

Syrkov A.V.  The package of actions for on-line monitoring and testing of a bridge

Goals and objectives for creating aт on-line monitoring system for the bridge in Salekhard are formulated; the object`s features are discussed. System`s hard-/software components are briefly described. Static and dynamic testing process is described.
Keywords: on-line monitoring, Static and dynamic testing, load.

Krasovsky A.A.  ZETLab virtual laboratory with a case study of building a distributed vibration test control system in an educational laboratory

The ways of implementing the experiments in the automation of lab measurements and testing with the help of ZETLab hard-/software system are discussed.
Keywords: ADC, virtual instruments, vibration tests, distributed control system.

Yeltarenko A.A.  Software of the integrated automation system for rig test of aircraft engines and their units

The structure and key functionality of software components of the automated system for rig test of aircraft engines and their units are presented.
Keywords: rig test automation, database, testing, experiment preparation, test results analysis.

Panov S.N.  LMS Test.Lab Environmental: multi-channel vibration check and data reduction

The paper presents the functionality and features of LMS Test.Lab software, a powerful high-capacity multi-channel system for vibration check. The functionality of LMS Test.Lab Environmental is used by Alcatel Alenia Space Italia for vibration check of space equipment.
Keywords: vibration check, space equipment, control channels, vibration exciter, random signal, feedback, sinusoidal excitation, resonance keeping.

Zaichenko S.N.  New generation measuring systems for rig tests in space industry

The status quo in Russian space technologies and their ground test is analyzed. Key development lines of modern space equipment test basis worldwide are formulated. The paper shows that the new generation meters from Synthetic instruments class including the ones manufactured by Informtest holding (Moscow) may become the framework of the ground test base of space technologies.
Keywords: space equipment, test base, imports replacement, open standards, modularity, measuring systems.