| Author | Vu Trieu Minh |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ISE-99-40 |
| Subject(s) | Petroleum chemicals industry
Programmable controllers
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. ISE-99-40 |
| Abstract | Petrochemical process technology represents one of the most highly advanced and
progressive frontiers of modern scientific and engineering endeavour. The advancement
made in this field is so rapid - in general, the production cost decreases with the increase of
automation control levels and of plant size. That is why present-day petrochemical
technology has developed giant-size plants with full-scale automation of continuously
operating petrochemical processes. The automation system should be emphasised on the
optimisation of production and the safeguarding of operation including temperature, flow,
level and pressure monitoring control, gas leakage and fire alarming systems, etc.
This study describes the design and programming of an automation control system for
the petrochemical storage using the Programmable Logic Control (PLC) and the automation
technologies of Process Control System software (PCS7) and the Human Machine Interface
(HMI) with the Windows Control Centre (WinCC V4.02) by SIEMENS. This model is an
effort to accelerate the user's acceptance of automation equipment via developing convenient
and safe operator-machine interface with comfortable process images and process-data
representations. Use of the PLC and HMI will provide full graphics-supported display
techniques for a secure control over the model at all time and will optimise the process.
The model involves petrochemical storage, process, and distribution with various
equipment and controllers. Thus, it will be found valuable since it is an application of the
recent state-of-the-art automation technologies in the petrochemical process control fields.
The model developed in this study can be effectively utilised for implementation of full-scale
automation of continuously operating petrochemical process and storage systems. |
| Year | 1999 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ISE-99-40 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Afzulpurkar, Nitin; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Bohez, Erik L.J.;Shanker, Kripa; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Petro Vietnam; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology |
