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Process models built using dynamic simulation software can evaluate the performance
of control systems quickly and cost-effectively.
This rigorous dynamic model of a pipeline pigging operation was deployed to operations
personnel using a simplified Excel-based interface.
dynamic model, which can accept operational data and run faster than real time,
can predict the possibility of slugs in the
pipeline, allowing operators to anticipate
the arrival of the slug flow and make any
necessary adjustments to level and pressure
set points at the onshore facility.
An example of such an application is
the production surveillance done by
Process Ecology, a Calgary-based engineering consulting company, for a large
independent North American oil and natural gas company.
Process Ecology developed a dynamic
model of the production asset, and calibrated the model based on historical operational data. The dynamic model was
used by operations personnel as a production surveillance application, helping
them anticipate changes in production
and calculating real-time well flow rates
where physical instrumentation was not
available. Overall response times and operational flexibility was improved using
the on-line dynamic model.
GLENN R.
DISSINGER