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Steffen Terreblanche delivered the presentation at 2014 Gas Compressor Stations Conference. The Gas Compressor Stations Conference is the only conference specifically dedicated to the design, build and maintenance of gas compressor stations. For more information about the event, please visit: http://www.informa.com.au/gascompressors14
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Emerson Proprietary
Reliable Instrumentation on Remote Compressor StationsSteffen Terreblanche
National Wireless Specialist
Rosemount
Your plant, a high performance machine!
Consisting of various components
Infrastructure E.G. Piping, cable trays, cables etc
The driving force
Your control system. PLC, RTU or DCS
What contacts your process??
What regulates your process? What influences your control strategy?
Accuracy and reliability!But how can we make it better?
• Less trips to the field
• High accuracy 10 year stability
• Smart instrument diagnostics
• Onboard meter verification
• Power advisory diagnostics
Tire Integrity is Critical to Automobile Operation
Reliability Safety Performance
Verifying Tire Integrity
Routine manual
inspections
Automated
warning
Automated
warning with
diagnostics
Complete health
visibility
HIGH
LOW
TechnologyHuman Effort
The Same Evolution is Happening in Process Industries
Routine Manual
inspections
Automated
process loops
Automated
process loops
with diagnostics
HIGH
LOW
TechnologyHuman Effort
What’s Next?
Complete health
visibility
Pressure
relief valve
open
The next generation
of instrumentation
will deliver
high-value,
Business Critical
information…
Today’s Business Challenges
INFO
RM
ATI
ON
CO
STWhat Has Prevented
Pervasive Sensing Historically?
INFORMATION BENEFIT
HIGH
LOW
• Cost and difficulty
of deployment
• Technology complexity
• Previously
immeasurable
• Data access and
interpretation
• Resource priorities
Non-
Process
Safety
Reliability
Energy
Process
Control
Safety
Systems
INFO
RM
ATI
ON
CO
ST
INFORMATION BENEFIT
HIGH
LOW
Why Now?
• Innovative sensors
• Wireless
communications
• Power technology
• Advanced analytic
capabilities
• Embedded expertise
• Mobile & location
technologies
Non-
Process
Safety
Reliability
Energy
Process
Control
Safety
Systems
Achieving Actionable Information Through Pervasive Sensing
“Business Critical”
Site
SafetyReliability Energy
Efficiency
… …
“Process Critical”
Process
ControlProcess
Safety
ACTIONABLE INFORMATIONAutomated AlgorithmsSensor Awareness
STRATEGIC INTERPRETATION
The Value of Business Critical Sensing is Already Being Recognized
Next generation process plant is currently deploying wireless infrastructure to grow measurements by 60% for business critical applications
Process Critical: 20,000 process control instruments
8,000
Energy Costs
2,000
PersonnelSafety
2,000
Reliability
Wireless instruments enable monitoring of essential assets
