MTL Open System Technologies
(MOST) and Barry D. Payne & Associates, Inc. announced
today that together they have won a contract to automate
and control the cryogenic gas process at Western Gas Resources'
gas plant near Midland, Texas. This cryogenic process
is used to recover natural gas liquids from a local gas
gathering system. The project will offer significant savings
with the original installation followed by lower maintenance
costs over the plant's life. The project includes control
system and field device retrofits, and commissioning of
BDP Inc. advanced control strategies for automatic rate
processing management, enhanced C1/C2 composition control,
and improved chiller efficiency management.
Barry D. Payne & Associates, Inc. is a system integrator
with advanced process control expertise, and the advanced
control strategies will be incorporated in MOST's Matrix
Total Control System to optimize the plant's performance.
"We were able to incorporate advanced control algorithms
in the Matrix controller using function block programming,"
said Barry Payne, BDP Inc. president. Matrix offers superior
redundancy, with instantaneous switchover to a backup
controller when necessary. Matrix is an open system that
readily enables connection to third party devices with
Modbus and since Matrix utilizes Wonderware as its native
HMI, it will incorporate Wonderware's latest features
as they become available.
The Matrix system offers a centralized project development
environment for all control project engineering (process
and IEC 61131-3), which is seamlessly integrated with
Wonderware's FactorySuite components for operator interface,
plant historian and batch control. Matrix is an open,
easy-to-use process control engineering and management
solution that automatically configures control solutions
ranging from straightforward, single loops to advanced
control strategies.
Matrix's unique integrated project development environment
coordinates all control project engineering for the design,
implementation, documentation and maintenance of a process
control system. The Matrix Workbench automatically maintains
the project documentation in the as-built state from the
initial engineering phases through subsequent system modifications.
Project documentation is continually kept current to the
operating control system, eliminating the tedious task
of maintaining documentation after a system has been commissioned.
This project brings together the strengths of MOST's Matrix
product offering and Barry D. Payne & Associates'
advanced control capabilities and project management services. |
