Distributed Continuous Process Simulation: An Industrial Case Study
| Authors: | Santos Raul Alves, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Normey-Rico Julio E., Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Gómez Alejandro Merino, Center of Sugar Technology, Spain
de Prada Moraga Cesar, University of Valladolid, Spain |
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| Topic: | 6.1 Chemical Process Control |
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| Session: | Process Control Applications |
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| Keywords: | Distributed Simulacion, Process Control, Process Simulators, Training |
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Abstract
This paper presents a case study of the creation of distributed continuous simulations using DCOM components. The proposed approach considers each part of the simulation as a DCOM component and uses an efficient simulation modeling language, EcosimPro, to perform the simulations contained in each one. This procedure has been applied to an industrial scale simulation corresponding to a sugar beet factory. The effect of the distribution degree in the performance has been studied. The simulation has been used to test advanced control algorithms and also in the construction of a simulator training system
