We present results from a comprehensive investigation of the rheological responses of the gelled waxy crude oils during the yielding transition process by both stress-controlled and strain-controlled tests. If the deformation is within the linear…
The actual refining processes exist delays and the control effect is sensitive to the disturbance and the model mismatch, which are likely the reasons of control failure. Motivated by this problem, a feedforward decoupling dynamic matrix control with…
Recently, power networks are observing high-level integration of renewable energy, direct current (DC) loads, and energy storage devices. As a result of more power electronic-based components integration, the conventional alternating current (AC)…
To satisfy component concentration constraints in crude oil operations, it is necessary to blend different oil types, resulting in a mixed integer non-linear programming (MINLP) formulation for the scheduling problem of crude oil operations. Due to…
This paper proposes a smart automated scheme to monitor and control various processes in oil refineries. The proposal aims to continuously collect data from oil tanks and pipelines, trigger alarm systems for any malfunction, apply effective solutions…
Adjustable speed drives are widely used in the petroleum, chemical and pipeline industries for energy savings and process control optimization. Their output powers range from fractions of kilowatts through tens of megawatts, with motor speeds up to…
This paper concentrates on the methods and benefits of using adjustable frequency drives (AFDs) on synchronizing applications (primarily medium voltage): the use of one drive for separately starting and synchronizing multiple motors to a constant…
This paper concentrates on the methods and benefits of using adjustable frequency drives (AFDs) on synchronizing applications (primarily medium voltage): the use of one drive for separately starting and synchronizing multiple motors to a constant…
Rigorous mechanistic models of refining processes are often too complex, which results in long modeling times, low model computational efficiencies, and poor convergence, limiting the application of mechanistic-model-based process optimization and…
Rigorous mechanistic models of refining processes are often too complex, which results in long modeling times, low model computational efficiencies, and poor convergence, limiting the application of mechanistic-model-based process optimization and…
Rigorous mechanistic models of refining processes are often too complex, which results in long modeling times, low model computational efficiencies, and poor convergence, limiting the application of mechanistic-model-based process optimization and…
Rigorous mechanistic models of refining processes are often too complex, which results in long modeling times, low model computational efficiencies, and poor convergence, limiting the application of mechanistic-model-based process optimization and…
Rigorous mechanistic models of refining processes are often too complex, which results in long modeling times, low model computational efficiencies, and poor convergence, limiting the application of mechanistic-model-based process optimization and…
Within industry today, advancements in process and control technologies have given way to differing control systems in the form of programmable logic controllers (PLC) and distributed control systems (DCS). Over the past decade, PLCs have now been…
Automated dispatch control systems (ADCS) is the main direction of development of process control systems in the oil and gas industry. Being part of the man-machine control systems, the development of ADCS is largely determined by new knowledge in…
The traditional IE system takes a long time to query petroleum information and has poor information management effect. Based on this, a petroleum engineering information system based on big data technology is designed. In the hardware design, the…
Puguang gas field is the largest un-compartmentalized marine stratum and high-sulfur gas field discovered in China. The natural gas purification device is mainly controlled by central control room for the main process, auxiliary facilities and public…
The paper examines the features of various approaches to the construction of automatic control systems for technological objects in the production and transportation of oil. An analytical description of automation and telemechanization objects based…
An intelligent micro-grid management and application architecture are proposed with a mobile energy storage system. The main objective is to use the mobile energy storage system as flexible backup power for the power outage. With GPS positioning and…
An intelligent micro-grid management and application architecture are proposed with a mobile energy storage system. The main objective is to use the mobile energy storage system as flexible backup power for the power outage. With GPS positioning and…
Air pollution is one of the environmental challenges that have received a lot of discussion. The creation of a method to lessen air pollution. The suggested system includes a carbon monoxide (CO) sensor, a sensor for liquid petroleum gas (LPG), a GPS…
Dynamic thermal-hydraulic simulation models have been extensively used by process industry for decision support in sectors, such as power generation, mineral processing, pulp and paper, and oil and gas. Ever-growing competitiveness in the process…
A city natural gas storage station control system is presented in this paper. It consists of a Station Control Center, a process control station used Rockwell PLC, two desiccators control station used Ormon PLC, three high pressure compressors…
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has been widely investigated to decrease the greenhouse effect. Geological CO2 storage sites are targeted mainly on depleted petroleum reservoirs or deep saline aquifers. However, CO2 leakage might take…
The disturbance in chemical process is complex and has the multiple characteristics, and the control performance assessment of multivariable system with multiple disturbances is one of the hot topics. In this paper, the control performance assessment…
The excess air coefficient in the per-chamber, which is related to ignition, is influenced by the cranking speed in natural gas marine engines during its starting process. In order to solve the starting issue of ACD320 medium speed natural gas marine…
This paper presents the control system of the pipeline loop leakage test system and describes the structure of the hardware and software of the control system. Field applications show that the control system not only can collect the parameters of the…
Nowadays one of the priority research areas for achieving technical progress within the Industry 4.0 program is the development of artificial intelligence and the introduction of innovations based on it into real industrial production. The article…
This paper describes successful and cost effective design & implementation of PC-based SCADA training system for the natural gas transmission and distribution industry. The design provides robust and automated environment for centralized control of a…
This paper describes successful and cost effective design & implementation of PC-based SCADA training system for the natural gas transmission and distribution industry. The design provides robust and automated environment for centralized control of a…
This article proposed a novel fracture control system for shale gas fracturing truck used in the construction, blender, equipment vehicles connected by a PLC control network, each equipment is contacted with automatic remote control unit, the…
The use of modular prefabricated buildings for the integration of electrical, instrumentation, and control systems equipment is an established practice in the industry. The concept of prefabrication has developed to the point that entire processing…
The vapors produced from pine wood using an intermediate auger pyrolysis process under various sweeping gas flow rates were condensed by three temperature-controlled condensers and analyzed. Increasing sweeping gas flow rate from 20 to 40 L/min did…
The object of investigation is Central Station of oil accumulation (CSA-2) of Urengoi oil, gas and condensate deposit (OGCD) designed for accumulating and preparing for transportation oil and passing gas of oil edges as well as for transport, storage…
The object of investigation is Central Station of oil accumulation (CSA-2) of Urengoi oil, gas and condensate deposit (OGCD) designed for accumulating and preparing for transportation oil and passing gas of oil edges as well as for transport, storage…
Practical guides are discussed as to why a how computer control results in tangible economic benefits, what to look for in a candidate, and how to evaluate the benefits. Several examples are presented. The examples are drawn from varied processes…
Practical guides are discussed as to why a how computer control results in tangible economic benefits, what to look for in a candidate, and how to evaluate the benefits. Several examples are presented. The examples are drawn from varied processes…
The deep-water gas field in the South China Sea has been officially put into operation, but due to the strong energy of the bottom water in the offshore gas field, the production well is prone to water flooding, resulting in a serious decline in gas…
This paper presents the design of soft sensors for estimation of froth quality in oil sands extraction processes. One of the most important quality indexes for bitumen froth is the water content. Due to the variations of oil sands compositions and…
Experimental evaluation of the active fault tolerant control scheme developed with state space models (innovations form) identified purely from input-output data is carried out in the present work. A key problem in fault diagnosis with identified…
Experimental evaluation of the active fault tolerant control scheme developed with state space models (innovations form) identified purely from input-output data is carried out in the present work. A key problem in fault diagnosis with identified…
The paper describes the difficulties of formalizing the processes of production, transportation and preparation of oil production of wells, particularly in the construction of a mathematical model. The process of creation of a SCADA system for…
The main objectives of this paper are to assess the impact of disturbances in a natural gas processing train in the upstream oil & gas fields and to validate a representative model which can be used for developing/testing a swift and anticipatory…
The main objectives of this paper are to assess the impact of disturbances in a natural gas processing train in the upstream oil & gas fields and to validate a representative model which can be used for developing/testing a swift and anticipatory…
There are varieties of constraints for a short-term scheduling problem of crude oil operations in a refinery. These constraints are difficult to model and complicate the short-term scheduling problem. Among them, oil residency time and high fusion…
It is demonstrated that a depropanizer distillation column can be controlled by a distributed control system coupled with product analyzers with a four-minute cycle time in an industrial environment. The primary objective of the control schemes is to…
This article is devoted to improving the efficiency of regulation of technological processes in the oil and gas industry. Systems of automation and regulation of the processes of transport and oil treatment with various types of logical regulators…
The aim of this paper is to develop a method of intellectualizing information and measuring systems, designed to control the complex of parameters of sophisticated multiphase flows under uncertainty and its implementation by the example of creating…