Solutions for gas management system

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Mexico

René Espíndola SCADA Industrial, SI Alliance partner

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GoalDeliver a sustainable and efficient natural gas measurement site.

SolutionUtilize the flexibility and reliability of the SCADAPack 350 and Realflo software to deliver complex flow calculations to the gas measurement control site.

StorySchneider Electric’s SI Alliance partner, SCADA Industrial, provides an innovative solution to Mexican gas supply company to accurately measure gas flow and optimally run their systems.

Results• Easier configuration and historical

reporting

• Reliable equipment

• Seamless equipment replacement

• Less maintenance and increased operational efficiency

Schneider Electric’s SI Alliance partner, SCADA

Industrial, recently partnered with a Mexican gas

management company to deliver the first natural gas

measurement site using a SCADAPack 350.

This innovative solution connected the SCADAPack

350 to the turbine meter and utilized Realflo software

capabilities to take measurements of the complex flow

calculations. These are then transferred to the control

system of Pemex (Petróleos Mexicanos), the state-

owned petroleum company, giving them the details

they need to accurately measure the gas flow and

ensure that it’s running optimally.

This was an important site for. which acquires natural

gas from the national Pemex pipeline system and

distributes it to local businesses in the area. Since the

initial site implementation and testing was completed,

similar SCADAPack models have been installed, with

and without Pemex’s Modbus (their modified protocol),

at other sites around the country.

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The Challenge

The objective of the project was to provide Pemex with the capability to validate the volume of gas that was flowing from their pipes to the customer, in real time.

The two main challenges faced at the Pemex OASyS SCADA control center were firstly, the replacement of obsolete equipment with the latest, most efficient technology, and secondly, an upgrade to the flow computer without changing registers for local DCS and SCADA screens.

SCADA Industrial’s extensive experience, competitive costs, and familiarity with the existing equipment and the SCADAPack 350 already installed, made them the natural choice to implement this project.

The Solution

SCADA Industrial implemented SCADAPack 350 flow computer settings using RealFlo 6.84 with the Pemex Modbus. Calculations were validated onsite, using typical flow conditions and verifying real-time data remotely from the Pemex’s SCADA control center in Mexico City.

In order to comply with AGA-7 and AGA-8 recommendations and to validate the flow computer program loaded in the SCADAPack, Pemex and SCADA Industrial measurement engineers ran various volume and energy tests comparing standard natural gas flow calculation software such as FlowCheck 3.1 and GMAS in the OASyS package.

Event, alarm, and historical data from the SCADAPack 350 were configured with Realflo 6.84 using the Pemex Modbus protocol.

All transmitters and pulse output signals were checked and calibration records reviewed by the local station personnel. Records polled also included real-time data for the solar panel, battery, and UPS data concentrated in the SCADAPack. Pemex requires the flow control valve status and PID settings to be included in a third phase of this project, which will be completed by the end of Q3 2016.

The Benefits

Easier configuration and historical reporting

The gas management company has found it easier and faster to configure each flow computer and download historical reports at each measurement station. They have reported that the site start-up time has gone from up to several days, to just four hours. This can be translated into labor savings of more than 50%.

Reliable equipment The gas management company can now depend on the new flow computers with SCADAPack for a life cycle that is twice as long as it was previously.

Seamless equipment replacement Replacing older flow computers and installing newer SCADAPacks has been a simple task and it’s now taking 60% less time to replace and configure at new sites around the country.

Less maintenance and increased operation efficiency Technicians at the gas management company spend less time troubleshooting gas flow computer issues and can focus on serving their natural gas customers.

Products

• SCADAPack 350 flow computer

• RealFlo 6.84 with Pemex Modbus

SCADA Industrial

www.scadaindustrial.com   

Tel: +52 (55) 6387-8158 

y +52 (55) 1107-6442

Address: Magdalena 37, Col. Del Valle,

Del. Benito Juárez, C.P. 03100 México, D.F.

Schneider Electric

35 rue Joseph Monier 92506 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex- France

Tel.: +33 (0)1 41 20 70 00

www.schneider-electric.com

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