Tomskneftehim Projects

Hot water air cooling unit in a first zone of the LDPE reactor

Development: September 2022 – November 2022
Implementation: June 2023

Facility description:
A hot water air cooling unit control system for a first zone of the ethylene polymerization reactor. Integration into the existing APCS.

Works performed:
  • Inspection of the facility, collection of initial data
  • Development of design and detail design documentation for the APCS according to the requirements specifications
  • Development of application software for PLC and SCADA
  • Installation, start-up and adjustment
  • Personnel training on the system operation
  • Putting into trial operation
  • Elimination of identified deficiencies
  • Putting into commercial operation

Hardware and software main specifications:
  • Upper level: SCADA system WinCC
  • Lower level: ABAK-K2 and SIMATIC S7-417H controllers.
  • Industrial Ethernet field bus.
  • Data exchange with a local control system via Modbus RTU protocol.

Project features:

— Works at a hazardous production facility were performed while the existing equipment was in operation.
— Integration of the existing APCS based on the SIEMENS controllers with a new air cooling unit control subsystem.
— Precise process control with the use of frequency converters.
— Data transmission to the enterprise’s MES.