MOST Matrix Control System used in Texas gas plant

MTL Open System Technologies and Barry D Payne and Associates have won a contract to automate and control the cryogenic gas process at Western Gas Resources gas plant near Midland, Texas

MTL Open System Technologies (MOST) and Barry D Payne and Associates 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 life.

The project includes control system and field device retrofits, and commissioning of BDP advanced control strategies for automatic rate processing management, enhanced C1/C2 composition control, and improved chiller efficiency management.

Barry D Payne and Associates is a system integrator with advanced process control expertise, and the advanced control strategies will be incorporated in MOST Matrix Total Control System to optimise the plant performance.

"We were able to incorporate advanced control algorithms in the Matrix controller using function block programming," said Barry Payne, President of BDP 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 utilises Wonderware as its native HMI, it will incorporate the Wonderware latest features, as they become available.

The Matrix system offers a centralised project development environment for all control project engineering (process and IEC 61131-3), which is seamlessly integrated with Wonderware 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 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 the MOST Matrix product offering and Barry D Payne and Associates advanced control capabilities and project management services.

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