PlatformsRedundant PLC, SCADA, orifice metering, ESD and fire and gas status
The brief
Dangote Cement in Nigeria augmented the gas pipeline and metering station that receives natural gas and supplies the cement plant and its power plant. The station needed PLC and SCADA control from the inlet tie-in to each consumer.
What we built
Redundant PLC A and PLC B, with SCADA screens for the filter separator skid, the orifice metering skid, the line heaters, the PRF skids for the cement and power plants and the instrument gas system, plus ESD status, fire and gas alarms, event history and reports.
One screen for the whole station
The overview follows the gas from the inlet tie-in through the filter separators and the orifice metering skid to heaters H-03 and H-04, then to the PRF skids for the cement plant (PRF-04A/B) and the power plant (PRF-05A/B) and the instrument gas system.
Separation and metering
The filter separator screen shows both vessels with differential pressure, level control valves and isolation valves. The metering screen shows each orifice run with flow, metering pressure, temperature and differential pressure.
Instrument gas
The instrument gas system takes gas from metering through dryers and supplies the separators, heaters and PRF skids.
Safety and alarms
ESD conditions sit on the overview: ESD push button, fire alarm, gas alarm and manual call points. Alarms, event history, alarm history and reports are one click from every screen.
Outcomes
PLC A + BRedundant controllers with master status on the overview
2 meter runsOrifice metering with flow, pressure, temperature and DP per run
Screens and photographs
From the commissioned system. Select an image to enlarge it.
Station overview with PLC A and B status and ESD conditions, Dangote Cement, NigeriaFilter separator skid, FS-02A and FS-02BOrifice metering skid, two meter runsInstrument gas system
Upgrade of the dispatch terminal at the head of the Vizag to Secunderabad LPG pipeline from another PLC make to GE, in a fully redundant configuration.