“Sifuna iinkqubo zibe lula ukuzisebenzisa, kwaye zibe bhetyebhetye, njengoko ukuzisebenzisa okuqhelekileyo kungathethi ukuba kukho izixhobo ezisemgangathweni.” U-Alan Bryant we-Occidental uxoxe ngephulo lenkampani lokwenza amaqonga ayo okusebenza okuzenzekelayo ePermian Basin abe semgangathweni kwiikhabhathi ezimbalwa zeRockwell Automation ezihlanganiswe efektri.
“Sifuna iinkqubo zibe lula ukuzisebenzisa, kwaye zibe bhetyebhetye, njengoko ukuzisebenzisa okuqhelekileyo kungathethi ukuba kukho izixhobo ezisemgangathweni.” U-Alan Bryant we-Occidental uxoxe ngephulo lenkampani lokwenza amaqonga ayo okusebenza okuzenzekelayo ePermian Basin abe semgangathweni kwiikhabhathi ezimbalwa zeRockwell Automation ezihlanganiswe efektri.
Ukwanda rhoqo kwezixhobo ezindala ezinezixhobo zokulawula ezahlukeneyo nezidalayo kusenokungabi yindawo efanelekileyo yokuqala ukumisela umgangatho, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo kukwenza ufune. Ngowama-2000, imisebenzi yePermian Basin yase-Occidental Petroleum yanda ngokuthengwa kwemithombo ekhoyo kwiShell, Amoco nakwezinye iindawo, kuquka neenkqubo zabo ezikhoyo.
“Mhlawumbi besinayo enye yezinto ezakha zenziwa, kunye neenkqubo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo ze-SCADA,” utshilo u-Alan Bryant, umcebisi omkhulu wobunjineli boomatshini, e-Occidental, owenze intetho kunye nogxa wakhe uMauricio Castillo, umcebisi weenkqubo zolawulo lwemizi-mveliso, kwiForam ye-Oil & Gas kwi-Automation Fair ka-2019 kule veki eChicago.
I-Occidental ikwishishini eliphambili. “Siyipompa emhlabeni, sahlukanise ioyile, amanzi kunye negesi, size siyithengise,” utshilo uBryant. Isitya sayo sasePermian singama-75,000 square miles ukusuka entshona yeTexas naseNew Mexico. “Intsimi esithetha ngayo ingama-90 square miles, indawo ebanzi yokugubungela nge-SCADA, enamawaka emithombo,” utshilo.
UBryant wajoyina inkampani ngo-2003, kwaye umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala yayikukuphuhlisa inkqubo ye-SCADA evulelekileyo yokwenza izinto ukuze idibanise ezo mithombo kunye. Ngo-2005, iqela lakhe layimisa ngokwemigangatho kuluhlu lwabathengisi oluvunyiweyo, “kodwa ukuba nezixhobo zemveli kwakuthetha ukuba sinazo abantu bemveli, kwaye sasinokufikelela kuphela kubathengisi be-PLC abathathu,” utshilo. Sekunjalo, bamisa ngokwemigangatho izixhobo zemveli, iiprotokholi kunye neenkqubo kumanqanaba aphezulu.
“Ngowama-2011, sazimisela kwiRockwell Automation, njengoko iControlLogix 5000 yayinokuxhasa yonke into kwiqonga elinye. Oko kwasivumela ukuba senze ucwangciso lube semgangathweni kumanqanaba asezantsi,” utshilo uBryant. “Kwanceda ukuba ngelo xesha, sidibanise umsebenzi wokwenza izinto ngokuzenzekelayo, kunye neengcali ezingama-45 phantsi komphathi omnye. Loo mphathi wayefuna inkqubo enye yokuxhasa.”
Malunga nelo xesha, inkampani yahlengahlengisa olu lawulo lwe-othomathikhi lwaba ngamaqela amabini—elinye lokuxhasa izixhobo zeoyile ezikhoyo (i-EOR), elinye lokuhlola, ukumba kunye nokusetyenziswa okungaqhelekanga okubizwa ngokuba yi-BU. UBryant waba yinxalenye ye-EOR, iCastillo ise-BU. “I-EOR yayinebhajethi encinci yonyaka yokutshintshwa kwezinto ezithile ezicwangcisiweyo, kodwa ikakhulu ukutshintshwa xa kusilela,” utshilo uBryant. “Sasineephaneli ezisemgangathweni esasinokuzisebenzisa ngokukhawuleza ukuphucula kunye nakwiimithombo ezintsha ezikwi-skids.
"Sinebhokisi yeCPU eqhelekileyo, ibhokisi yombane, kunye neebhokisi ze-I/O ezikude zeemithombo, izahluli kunye novavanyo. Namhlanje, sineRockwell Automation esithumela iiphaneli ezipheleleyo, ezakhiwe efektri. Singathumela iinkqubo ezisemgangathweni kwiiCPU eziqhelekileyo kwaye sikulungele ukuhamba."
Ngowama-2017, iqela le-BU lalifuna ukuphuhlisa indlela eqhelekileyo kwizicelo ezintsha nezingaqhelekanga. “Sikwasebenzisa inani elikhulu lokugrumba kunye nemithombo emitsha enemigca yokuhamba kwamanzi kunye nezibonelelo, ezineemfuno zazo,” utshilo uCastillo. “Ixesha liyimali kweli shishini—ukulibaziseka kosuku olunye okanye ezimbini kubiza kakhulu kuneendawo ezincinci zeenkqubo zasemasimini. Sifuna iinkqubo zibe lula ukuzisebenzisa, kwaye ziguquguquke, njengoko ukuziqhelanisa okuqhelekileyo kungathethi ukuba zizixhobo ezisemgangathweni.”
Eli qela belisenza uhlengahlengiso olukhulu kwiiphaneli ezithile. Belifuna amaxesha amafutshane okukhokela kunye nokukwazi ukwenza utshintsho olukhawulezileyo. “Sixhalabile ngeendleko zizonke zobunini (TCO), kungekuphela nje ngexabiso eliphantsi lokuqala,” utshilo uCastillo. “Sifuna ukukwazi ukugcina, kunye nokongeza izixhobo, uphuculo kunye ne-I/O kamva. Kunye nekhonkco lokubonelela elithembekileyo.”
Uloliwe oqhelekileyo wemithombo uya kuba nee-wells kunye nezihluli, isixhobo sokucoca i-heater, iitanki zeoyile, iitanki zamanzi, isikhululo sokuhambisa amanzi, i-gas scrubber, i-flare kunye ne-gas and oil metering, kunye neepompo, iivalvu kunye nezixhobo ezinxulumene noko.
Indlela eqhelekileyo ye-BU ichonga iimfuno zokwenza izinto ngokuzenzekelayo ngezixhobo (i-PLC okanye i-Remote I/O); ubungakanani be-enclosure—incinci, incinci, okanye ephakathi; uhlobo (i-CPU kunye nokuseta imodyuli); isiseko/ulwandiso (ubungakanani bemodyuli); inguqulelo; kunye negama lempahla (inkcazo). Isiphumo seentlobo ezisixhenxe zezixhobo ezinokufaniswa neemfuno. “Ungazihlanganisa ukuze ufumane oko ukufunayo,” utshilo uCastillo. “Ungahamba nenguqulelo yesiseko okanye unike indawo yokwandiswa okanye ukwenza ngokwezifiso okanye ukongeza izixhobo.”
Bakwasebenzisa iindlela ezisemgangathweni kwiinguqulelo ezili-11 zeentambo zocingo. “Kuthatha imizuzu ukunxibelelana ngentambo xa kuthelekiswa neeyure ukuze uqhagamshelane, kunye nolawulo olungcono lomgangatho kunye nenkonzo,” utshilo uCastillo, “Kwaye ukuba kukho ingxaki yokunxibelelana ngentambo, ungayitshintsha nje intambo.”
Nje ukuba bayila uloliwe, ukuba kufika uloliwe wesibini, banokuphinda nje inkqubo. “Singaba neebhokisi ezisemgangathweni, ezakhiwe kwangaphambili kwi-inventory endaweni yokwakha iiphaneli ezenziwe ngokwezifiso,” utshilo uCastillo. “Kwaye ngokuhamba kwexesha, njengoko kuvela iinguqulelo ezintsha kunye neeprosesa, sinokufudukela kuzo ukuze xa endala ingasebenzi, sele siyazi ukuba siza kuyitshintsha ngantoni.”
Baye balungisa uyilo lwabo ngokubhala amaxwebhu angcono kunye nokuthengwa kwezinto ngendlela elula. “Ndingafowunela umthengisi ndize ndithi ndifuna ezingama-20 kwezi kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezizayo,” utshilo uCastillo. “Sinezixhobo esizisebenzisayo kwindawo yokwakha ukuze abasebenzi bakwazi ukwenza unxibelelwano kwaye bavavanye yonke into ngokukhawuleza.”
Ukuba nezixhobo ezifanayo kuyo yonke indawo kwenza kube lula ukuqeqesha abantu. Kwaye, ukuba bafumanisa kwicandelo ukuba kukho ingxaki ngecandelo, njengebhloko yesiphelo, banokuyichaza kwakhona baze balungise uluhlu lwezinto ezikhoyo.
“Ukubeka izinto ngokwemigangatho kungasebenza nakweyiphi na imboni, kungekuphela nje kwioyile nakwigesi,” utshilo uCastillo. “Kodwa, ukuba uneendlela ezili-13 zokwenza izinto kwaye ugqibe ekubeni ubeke izinto ngokwemigangatho, ungapheleli kwimigangatho eli-14.”
Fumana okona kulungileyo kwi-Automation Fair ka-2019 Abahleli be-Control bakwindawo ye-Automation Fair ka-2019 ukuze bakunike iindaba ezisandula ukwenzeka, izinto ezintsha kunye nokuqonda okuvela kumsitho. Nje ukuba umcimbi uphele, baza kudibanisa ingxelo equlathe iindaba eziphambili. Oda ikopi yakho kwangaphambili namhlanje.
Abahleli be-Control bakwindawo ye-Automation Fair ka-2019 ukuze bakunike iindaba ezitsha, izinto ezintsha kunye nolwazi oluvela kumsitho. Nje ukuba umcimbi uphele, baza kudibanisa ingxelo equlathe iindaba eziphambili. Oda ikopi yakho kwangaphambili namhlanje.
Ixesha leposi: Novemba-26-2019