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Advanced decision support system for chemical/petrochemical manufacturing processes

Objective

CHEM will build flexible and integrated software allowing advanced and specialised software tools to collaborate to improve operations in refining, chemical and petrochemical processes. The aim is to : use information available on industrial plants, avoid unscheduled shutdowns and abnormal situations and determine optimal states and how they can be reached. Advanced Decision Support System will be a synergistic integration of new software tools for process monitoring, data and event analysis, and operation support developed in Europe and world-wide. A methodology will be proposed so that new supervision applications can be easily developed on various processes. Considering the economic loss and damage due to abnormal situations, the project will have large impacts on economy, safety and environment protection. It will improve working conditions by helping operators in daily work and increasing level of knowledge of the process.
The 23 toolboxes addressed by the project and dedicated to the tasks listed before are available. A methodology defines how the different toolboxes that were developed can be used individually and together so that, in the future, new supervision applications can be easily built on different processes. An integration platform was built for allowing easy communication between the toolboxes. It was validated on CHEM toolboxes and can be extended to other software tools. It relies on an information model, which allows the sharing of information in an XML form. XML, Message Oriented Middleware, Corba, Java are being employed jointly with G2, a commercial proven platform for developing complex industrial applications. The platform allows interfacing with commercial plant databases and process control software. The toolboxes and sets of toolboxes integrated with the platform, were tested at pilot plants and industrial sites including a FCC (Fluid Catalytic Cracking), a paper making process, a gasifier pilot plant, a steam generator, a blast furnace and distillation process (Corus) and a CIM (computer integrated manufacturing) process. Full test reports are available.

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GROUPEMENT EUROPÉEN DE RECHERCHES TECHNOLOGIQUES SUR LES HYDROCARBURES
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Avenue Napoléon Bonaparte 232
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Participants (14)

COMPUTAS AS
Norway
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6,vollsveien 9
1327 Sandvika

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CORUS UK LIMITED
United Kingdom
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Swinden Technology Centre, Moorgate
S60 3AR Rotherham

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GENSYM B.V.
Netherlands
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Schipholweg 85
2316 ZL Leiden

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LUND UNIVERSITY
Sweden
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Ole Römers Väg 1
22474 Lund

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NELES AUTOMATION NETWORKS INC.
Finland
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Lentokentänkatu 11
33101 Tampere

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NITROGEN WORKS "PULAWY" S.A.
Poland
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Al. Tysiaclecia Panstwa Polskiego 13
24 100 Pulawy

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OY KESKUSLABORATORIO - CENTRALLABORATORIUM AB
Finland
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Tekniikantie 2
Espoo

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TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND
Finland
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Tekniikankatu 1
33101 Tampere

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THALES SYSTEMES AEROPORTES SA
France
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Avenue Gay-lussac 2
Elancourt

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UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA
Spain
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Avinguda Lluis Santalo S/n
17071 Gerona

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UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
Spain
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647,avenida Diagonal 647
08028 Barcelona

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UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF LILLE
France
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Bat. Eudil Cité Scientifique
59655 Villeneuve D'ascq

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UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION
Finland
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Teollisuustie
42300 Jaemsaemkoski

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WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Poland
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8,ul. Chodkiewicza 8
00 661 Warszawa

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