OPC SERVER FOR CHEMCAD
RELEASED
Houston, TX (April 1, 2006)
– Chemstations, Inc. today announces the availability
of an OPC Server function within the CHEMCAD software
package.
It's here: true OPC data exchange with CHEMCAD simulations!
CHEMCAD is currently being tested for compliance to
the OPC DA standards 2.05a and 3.0, and when testing
is complete we will mark CHEMCAD as OPC certified. Using
this interface, any OPC client can gain access to stream
and unit operation data and issue run commands (dynamic
and steady state) in any CHEMCAD simulation.
Some of the potential applications:
Plant Perfomance Monitoring
- Monitor specific unit performance (heat exchanger fouling, distillation column efficiency, etc)
- Display performance directly to operation staff on any HMI/SCADA display
- Inferential / Soft sensor: have values calculated
in CHEMCAD (that are difficult, expensive, or impossible
to directly measure in the plant) displayed for operation
staff (stream compositions, fouling factors, etc)
- Open or closed loop operation: use any PLC/DCS control loop interact directly with CHEMCAD variables
Real Time Optimization (RTO)
- Use CHEMCAD's internal optimizer or any proprietary/third party optimizer to improve plant performance based on results of CHEMCAD simulations
- Open or closed loop operation
Operator Training Systems (OTS)
- Build CHEMCAD simulations which interact with any
3rd party HMI/SCADA/OTS interface as a rigorous, first
principles-based simulated plant
- Train on generic models or build CHEMCAD simulations
that mimic your actual processes
End users can build your own systems or contact us for a list of system integrators / partners to help with your needs.
If you want to offer solutions as a partner/OEM, please
contact Chemstations for more details. CHEMCAD can be
completely hidden from the end user using OPC; because
it's based on DCOM, CHEMCAD can run on the same machine
as an interface or on any machine with networked access.
This gives OEM partners the ultimate in flexibility
to offer unique and BRANDED solutions that fit your
customers' needs.
A more detailed explanation of the OPC capabilites
and features is here
About Chemstations, Inc.
Chemstations, Inc. is a worldwide leader in process
simulation software, supplying the process industries
and associated fields. Chemstations offers the CHEMCAD
Suite, several individually licensed and tightly
integrated technologies, to increase the productivity
and profitability of the chemical engineer’s
tasks. CHEMCAD is actively used by more than 800
organizations around the world. For more information,
see our website, http://www.chemstations.net, or
call 800-CHEMCAD (243-6223).
Contact:
Steve Brown
Chemstations, Inc.
(713) 978-7700
Fax (713) 978-7727
steveb@chemstations.net
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