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News Release from: Hima Paul Hildebrandt | Subject: HIMatrix controllers
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 January 2007
Controllers secure pipeline safety
Safety-related controllers ensure the reliable monitoring of a new butadiene pipeline owned by Fina Antwerp Olefins in the port region of Antwerp (Belgium).
Safety-related HIMatrix controllers from Hima Paul Hildebrandt have been ensuring the reliable monitoring of a new butadiene pipeline owned by Fina Antwerp Olefins (FAO) in the port region of Antwerp (Belgium) Thanks to their high communications capabilities, the HIMA systems could be integrated seamlessly into existing control and safety technology of different manufacturers
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 11 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The butadiene pipeline connects the AGT tank farm located on the left-hand side of the River Schelde with the FAO petrochemical centre on the right-hand side, a subsidiary of Total Petrochemicals (65%) and ExxonMobil Chemical (35%).
In total, five HIMatrix systems F35 are used as emergency shutdown (ESD), fire and gas (F and G) or monitoring systems in the tank farm, along the pipeline and in the central control room of FAO.
FAO commissioned the company Egemin with the integration of the safety technology and stipulated the use of HIMatrix as the safety-related controller.
Hima delivered the hardware and software to the system integrator, supported Egemin during the integration phase and held training courses.
The HIMatrix systems as well as the safety-related communication of the devices among each other are TUV-certified and approved for safety-related applications up to SIL3, Cat4 in accordance with IEC61508, IEC61131, EN50156 as well as EN954.
The high communications capabilities of the HIMatrix systems played an especially critical role in this project.
In the AGT tank farm HIMatrix communicates via Profibus with an Emerson DeltaV system; at FAO a Modbus RTU coupling exists with Honeywell TDC.
All PLCs are also connected via the public telephone network with a centralised PLC on FAO.
The Fina Antwerp Olefins project represents the first use of Ethernet technology in an industrial application.
The introduction of Ethernet also serves as a test for a large-scale upcoming revamp project: an approximately 100km long pipeline to South Belgium. Request a free brochure from Hima Paul Hildebrandt ...
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