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Challenge: Copy.... Gain control across power plant controllers at the most cost Solution: effective level and handle rapid Copy... changes in steam demand Benefits: Solution: Copy.. Adaptive Process Control featuring MPC on two of the individual Copy.. boilers and a master Aspen Copy.. application to coordinate DMCplus upgraded Copy.. remote flow control on other boilers Copy.. Benefits: Take optimal control across power plant with more accuracy Drive better results and react to rapid changes in steam demand quickly Increase profits Educate operators on controllers functions
Full Steam Ahead: Sitech Services Helps Utility Provider Optimize Control and Increase Profits
Services team deploys aspenONE Advanced Process Control (APC) solution for a major European power plant, generating greater efficiency and control of entire steam operation.
Sitech Services is a spin-off of DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition, and materials. Sitech has more than 700 employees providing services for DSM, SABIC, Borealis, and other industry-leading companies. One of Sitechs clients, EdeA, is a major utility supplier to operating companies in Geleen, Netherlands. The main EdeA power plant provides steam, electricity, water, and industrial gases to over 40 plants. Sitech was responsible for maintaining appropriate pressure for the power plant in multiple steam headers, while keeping costs as low as possible. Accelerating the plants response time to sudden changes in steam demand was an additional challenge. The fact that there were Distributed Control Systems (DCS) from multiple vendors installed on the different steam headers, as well as older boilers without remote flow control further complicated this project. Sitech used AspenTechs Adaptive Process Control capabilities including Aspen DMCplusto streamline the project and quickly develop accurate models for the process. The solution included implementing Model Predictive Control on two of the individual boilers, upgrading the basic boiler controls to enable remote flow control, and implementing a master model predictive controller that covers all of the boilers and coordinates control of the complete system. Adaptive Process Control enabled automatic background step testing, automatic slicing of bad data to remove bad values, and automated model identification.
Adaptive Control is a powerful tool, shortening the classic workflow. Hurray for this, it works very well.
Erik Debie, Process Control Engineer, Sitech Services
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