INDUSTRY 4.0 APPLIED TO AIR GAS PRODUCTION UNIT

Authors

  • Alejandro Lucchesi Air Liquide Argentina S.A. / Grupo de Estudios de Sistemas de Control (G.E.Si.C), Facultad Regional San Nicolás, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Argentina
  • Agustín Riolfo Air Liquide Argentina S.A. - Argentina
  • Juan Pablo Martín Grupo de Investigación de Comunicaciones, Facultad Regional San Nicolás, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Argentina
  • Pedro Manuel López Grupo de Investigación de Comunicaciones, Facultad Regional San Nicolás, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Argentina
  • Guillermo Daniel Campomar Grupo de Estudios de Sistemas de Control (G.E.Si.C), Facultad Regional San Nicolás, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Argentina

Keywords:

High Perfomance HMI, automatic startup, alarm management

Abstract

One of the most used methods for the production of air gases is the cryogenic distillation. To simplify the logistics of delivering the products to customers, the gases are produced and distributed in liquid state. In some Production Units, due to market demand fluctuations, frequent Plant start and stop happens which requires several manual interventions of the operator. To minimize the variability of the startup required time, and to improve the operator experience in the interaction with the plant, innovative tools were implemented. High Performance Human Machine Interface displays were designed. For the Plant startup, a supervised automatic sequencer was developed, where the sequencer executes all the routine with the supervision of the operator. Using the PID controller tuning tool designed in the “Control systems research group” (GESiC – FRSN), the feedback loop controller performance was improved. An alarm management system was setup, and the “Communications research group” (GICom – FRSN) developed a tool to alert the operator in the mobile phone. In case of a Plant event, the operator receives an instant message with the process alarm description. In the present paper, the implementations and the results are described

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Published

2024-05-15

How to Cite

Lucchesi, A., Riolfo, A., Martín, J. P., López, P. M., & Campomar, G. D. (2024). INDUSTRY 4.0 APPLIED TO AIR GAS PRODUCTION UNIT. AJEA (Proceedings of UTN Academic Conferences and Events), (AJEA 30). Retrieved from https://rtyc.utn.edu.ar/index.php/ajea/article/view/1456

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Proceedings - Knowledge Industries