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News Release from: MTL Instruments Group
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 February 2004
Controller to feature in Texan gas plant
MTL Open System Technologies and Barry D Payne and Associates have won a contract to automate and control the cryogenic gas process at Western Gas Resources' gas plant near Midland, Texas.
MTL Open System Technologies (MOST) and Barry D Payne and Associates have won a contract to automate and control the cryogenic gas process at Western Gas Resources' gas plant near Midland, Texas This cryogenic process is used to recover natural gas liquids from a local gas gathering system
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We were able to incorporate advanced control algorithms in the Matrix controller using function block programming", said Barry Payne, BDP President.
Matrix offers superior redundancy, with instantaneous switchover to a backup controller when necessary.
Matrix is an open system that readily enables connection to third-party devices with Modbus and as Matrix uses Wonderware as its native HMI, it will incorporate Wonderware's latest features as they become available.
The Matrix system offers a centralised project development environment for all control project engineering (process and IEC61131-3), which is seamlessly integrated with Wonderware's FactorySuite components for operator interface, plant historian and batch control.
Matrix is an open, easy-to-use process control engineering and management solution that automatically configures control solutions ranging from straightforward, single loops to advanced control strategies.
Matrix's unique integrated project development environment coordinates all control project engineering for the design, implementation, documentation and maintenance of a process control system.
The Matrix Workbench automatically maintains the project documentation in the as-built state from the initial engineering phases through subsequent system modifications.
Project documentation is continually kept current to the operating control system, eliminating the tedious task of maintaining documentation after a system has been commissioned.
This project brings together the strengths of MOST's Matrix product offering and Barry D Payne and Associates' advanced control capabilities and project management services.
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