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News Release from: Invensys Foxboro | Subject: Foxboro A2 at Tripoliven
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 January 2006
Foxboro control systems for Venezuelan
chemicals
Invensys is to implement Foxboro control systems in a long-term modernisation project at the Tripoliven chemical plants in Venezuela, using Profibus to achieve more accurate control
Invensys Process Systems has been selected by Tripoliven CA of Venezuela to implement upgraded and replacement controls for all four plants in their manufacturing complex Tripoliven manufactures phosphoric acid, sodium tripolyphosphate and related products at the Moron Industrial Area in Carabobo, Venezuela
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The first phase of the Tripoliven modernisation is in the phosphoric acid plant, with the objective of achieving more accurate control and maintaining the company's stringent product quality specifications.
More than 400 I/O points from across the process will be monitored and controlled by a Foxboro A2 distributed control system (DCS).
Plant data acquisition and multi-loop control will be performed by Model 2500 control modules.
A control network employing Profibus DVP1 protocol will connect the I/O and control modules together and with a T940X process supervisory controller.
Tripoliven expects to benefit from easier access to operational and performance data through the use of Wonderware InTouch Human Machine Interface (HMI) software from Invensys.
This software, which runs on Foxboro A2 control system workstations, will permit more user-friendly visualisation, operation and configuration of the phosphoric acid plant controls.
In addition, Tripoliven will use the Suite Voyager Web portal from Wonderware.
Incorporating the latest Web technologies, Suite Voyager provides a protected, secure portal, through which production information from the process database can be accessed by authorised employees from local or remote locations.
Invensys Venezuela is providing services to assist Tripoliven in the installation of the first phase of this chemical plant control system modernisation.
The upgraded automation of the four Tripoliven plants is expected to be completed at the end of 2006.
The Foxboro A2 control system provides the capabilities of a distributed control system (DCS) at costs comparable with less functional PLC-based control systems.
It offers application flexibility, ranging from basic self contained control to multi-layered systems, such as Tripoliven is using, with supervisory control and a variety of high-function operations viewing environments using Wonderware HMI software.
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