#4 2017

CONTENTS №4

In Focus…

Atlantic Transgas System JSC: 25 years in oil and gas automation

Berner L.I.  Atlantic Transgas System JSC: 25 years in oil and gas automation

The paper reviews the evolution of ATGS LLC, outlines the Company’s basic products such as STN-3000 remote control system and SPURT hardware platform and lists the key customers and partners. The Company’s strong interaction with Russian technical universities is emphasized.

Keywords: automation of oil-and-gas industry, cooperation, remote control system, information-management system, import replacement.

Roshchin A.V., Timofeev R.Yu.  STN-3000-R. Imported components replacement in ATGS STN-3000 remote control system

Various aspects of design and application of STN-3000-R remote control system are examined in the context of import replacement program. The manufacture of STN-3000-RKU controller’s components is discussed.

Keywords: remote control systems, domestic components, controller, import replacement.

Zeldin Yu.M., Khadeev A.S., Beniaminov P.E.  SPURT-R hardware system. Implementation of import replacement program for supervisory control systems

The paper discusses the implementation of the import replacement program for SPURT, a supervisory control system for a gas-transport plant developed by Atlantic Transgas System JSC. Under right referenced data adjustment, SPURT can be used as a supervisory control system for crude oil and oil product pipeline transportation, tank farms and other multi-level, geographically distributed process systems.

Keywords: supervisory control system, gas-transport plant, gas supply, control center, gas-transport system.

Lavrov S.A., Roshchin A.V., Zinoviev V.V.  Application of STN-3000-R-based electronic emergency valve clutch for high-risk facilities

The operation of gas pipelines transporting hydrogen sulfide containing media from upstream and midstream facilities to downstream sites require special precautions, because even a minor leak poses great hazard to human life and environment. An emergency block-valve clutch is a key element of pipeline safety equipment ensuring automatic block-valve closing under exceeded gas pressure loss in the pipeline in front of or behind the valve.

Keywords: gas pipeline operation, pipeline emergency shutdown system, emergency gas valve closing.

Zeldin Yu.M., Ilyushin S.A., Plyusnin I.P.  A software suite for invalid data detection in supervisory control systems

The validity of data supplied to the upper levels of supervisory control structure takes on special significance. Even a minor percentage of invalid data ca result in huge process analysis and prediction errors. The most challengeable are the data erroneously considered as valid. In SPURT hard-/software system the challenge is addressed by including a special nonstandard situation detection subsystem. It enables the integrated feasibility and consistency analysis of gas-transport system’s variable groups on the basis of the known relationships between them. The subsystem uses data redundancy for detecting and eliminating bad data thus improving the validity of control decisions.

Keywords: supervisory control system, data exchange, information validity, gas-transport system simulation, invalid data.

Berner L.I., Zeldin Yu.M., Plyusnin I.P., Nikanorov V.V.  Supervisory decision-making support system for fault isolation at the linear gas-main portion

The paper describes a supervisory decision-making support system for fault isolation at the linear portion of multiline gas-main. The system addresses pipeline dispatchers; it operates simultaneously with pipeline’s remote controls thus extending their functionality.

Keywords: gas-transport system, fault isolation, dispatcher, multiline pipeline.

Nikanorov V.V., Marchenko S.G., Berner L.I., Zeldin Yu.M., Plyusnin I.P.  Gas consumption prediction subsystem

A software module developed by ATGS for gas consumption prediction subject to daily variability is presented. The prediction is based on historical data accumulated in supervisory control systems during the course of several recent years. The application of the module will improve the calculation accuracy of gas-transport system’s scheduled operation mode.

Keywords: real-time supervisory control, gas-transport system, gas-transport system simulation.

Yevseev D.Yu., Kharitonov A.V., Kharitonov M.V., Shchukin D.V.  A supervisory control module in an information-management system of an underground storage facility

An information-management system for an underground storage facility is developed in ATGS. It comprises a variety of functional blocks: supervisory control, financial management, logistic support and procurement, maintenance. The paper describes the supervisory control module intended for providing supervisory staff with timely and reliable information about operation parameters and events.

Keywords: information-management system, underground storage facility, supervisory control, balancing.

Alyoshin S.V., Barkov V.N., Gorbunov V.G., Berner L.I., Timofeev R.Yu., Lavrov S.A. ATGS and EZAN cooperation: a step to the development of next-generation field controllers

While working on import replacement program, ATGS faced the need in developing a controller for STN-3000 remote control system similar in functionality and performance characteristics to the imported one used earlier. Based on the spec agreed with ATGS, the Experimental Scientific Instrument-Making Factory (EZAN) is currently working on a new range of controllers for the plants difficult to operate and maintain.

Keywords: controller, remote control system, ubiquitous information exchange.

Berner L.I., Zagranichny A.V., Terekhov G.P., Kharitonov A.V., Kharitonov M.V.  Advanced ATGS research in extended object monitoring with leak detection

Emergency situations at long-distance pipelines related with hydrocarbon leaks cause ecological disasters and significant losses for operating companies. The paper discusses an extended object monitoring system using distributed and lumped fiber-optic sensors, a promising technology for such systems.

Keywords: leak detection system, extended object monitoring, pipe integrity, Bragg lattice.

Ghimranov R.K., Kantyukov R.R., Zainullin I.M., Ilyushin S.A., Lavrov S.A.  Operating a homogeneous line remote control system based on STN-3000 and SPURT

The paper reviews the history of Gazprom transgaz Kazan LLC and ATGS cooperation on the development of a unified line remote control system on the basis of STN-3000 toolkit and a control point based on SPURT hard-/software complex at Gazprom transgaz Kazan sites. It also outlines a hard-/software simulation complex for dispatcher training.

Keywords: cooperation, unification, import replacement, remote control systems, personnel training, training simulator.

Anuchin S.E., Galkin D.E., Merkulova T.B., Frolova M.V., Frolov A.I.  Reconstruction of line remote control systems at Gazprom transgaz Chaikovsky LLC

The sites of Gazprom transgaz Chaikovsky LLC are listed where the works were implemented by ATGS. Fruitful long-term cooperation of both companies is outlined.

Keywords: gas-mains, design, modernization, reconstruction.

Mostovoy A.V., Anuchin S.E., Koloshko V.V., Berner L.I., Zeldin Yu.M., Skubaev S.V.  Supervisory control system’s prototype testing based on SPURT-R at Gazprom transgaz Chaikovsky

A supervisory control system’s prototype based on SPURT-R hard-/software complex was successfully tested at Gazprom transgaz Chaikovsky LLC. The paper discusses test organization and results.

Keywords: supervisory control system, hard-/software system, Russian equipment.

Berner L.I., Khadeev A.S., Nikolaev A.B.  On industrial automation specialist training

ATGS management pays much attention to specialist training in the field of industrial automation. In this context the Company cooperates with Russian technical universities. A special ATGS section was established in the Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University.

Keywords: supervisory control systems, training, cooperation.

Journal's Club

On the evolution of automation tools and systems

Connect 2016 Forum on Innovations was summoned up in Moscow by Schneider Electric in December 2016. Improving enterprise efficiency and compatibility through innovative solutions was announced as the Forum’s key topic. Noted innovations included the deployment of a new industrial control technology presuming the integration of production elements with a unified industrial network. Mr. Boris S. Muratov, VP of Schneider Electric’s Industrial Automation Department in Russia and CIS countries has answered the Journal’s questions about IIoT technology, its role in production management vertical, cybersecurity, and Schneider’s solutions meeting IIoT concept.

Keywords: Industrial Internet of Things, cybersecurity, intelligent objects, integration, hierarchy.

Novelties of cybersecurity

Kalinin I.V.  Supervisor Web Portal: the information system for LUKOIL-PERM LLC

The paper describes the development of Supervisor Web Portal for LUKOIL-PERM LLC, the information system providing timely and reliable real-time information for field engineers and managers of the oil and gas production site as well as its customers and partners.

Keywords: information system, geoinformation system, production activity, transportation, oil and gas delivery, supervisor web portal, process controls, SCADA system.

Alimzhanova Z.Kh., Proshin A.I., Shekhtman M.B.  The experience of industrial automation systems deployment at Bashkir Power Generation Company’s sites

Industrial automation tools used for process control in at Bashkir Power Generation Company are overviewed. The experience of applying KRUG-2000 hard-/software toolkit in control systems of boiler units, steam turbines, gas-turbine units, etc., is outlined . The benefits of process control systems are discussed.

Keywords: hard-/software toolkit, power industry, process control system, information-measuring system, boiler unit automation, steam turbine automation, SCADA system.

Discussing a Topic…

Information-measuring systems and their measurement assurance

Danilov A.A.  Ten topical issues of automated systems’ measurement assurance

Legislative, theoretical, and applied issues of automated systems’ measurement assurance are discussed. Recommendations made by the authors may be equally useful for designers and developers of automated systems as well as for their maintenance staff.

Keywords: automated systems, measuring systems, calibration, measurement assurance, verification, software, pattern approval.

Nevskaya E.E.  Software-based calibration quality control of research nuclear reactor’s instrumentation

The problems of calibration quality control for some types of measurement instruments used at a research nuclear reactor are considered. Examples of computing a posteriori reliability of calibration for equal and unequal measurements accuracy are cited.

Keywords: research nuclear reactor, reliability of calibration, contours estimation, software.

Kurulyuk D.V.  Applied software for strength test automation

The paper discusses the functionality of software utilities operated together with Strela loading system and STMM strain-gage measuring system. These include strain measurement visualization and data I/O modules.

Keywords: strength, testing, strain measurement, strain gage, strain, deformation, software, visualization.

Bordukov A.A.  Risk management in measurement procedures approval for flight tests of aeronautical equipment

Today, both quantitative and qualitative risk analysis techniques are known in flight test management, but no unified risk management methodology for measurement procedures approval is available. The paper offers such risk management algorithm for flight testing of aeronautical equipment. Its application in M.M. Gromov Flight Reserach Institute enabled approval time and cost reduction along with the improved quality of measurement procedures for flight tests.

Keywords: risk management, flight test, metrology, dynamic error, air-borne instruments, measurement procedures approval.

Kurenkov V.S., Chushkin A.V., Makarenko V.D.  The development of an automated pressure maintenance system for polymer burning tests

The paper analyzes the operation of polymer burning test workcenter at the Soyuz Federal Center for Dual-Use Technologies. A key process drawback identified is manual pressure control in the constant pressure unit often resulting in test results rejection due to pressure fluctuations. To overcome this challenge, an automatic pressure control system was developed using state-of-the-art quick-acting valves.

Keywords: polymer materials, burning rate, constant pressure unit, automatic control valve, workstation.

Gorshkov B.P.  Metrology and new industrial automation technologies

The paper overviews some projects of European Metrology Research Program for new technologies development comprising metrology centers of many European countries. The results of their work have a great application potential for industrial automation.

Keywords: metrology, measurement traceability, nanoscale measurements, meaningful measurements under intensive computing, software testing.

Dolzhenkov A.V., Alexeev V.L.  A measuring transducer or a digital device: what to choose?

The paper’s objective is to help in measuring instruments selection based on technical requirements and the available budget.

Keywords: digital electric-measuring instruments, measuring transducers, measurement, data representation and communication.