Yokogawa Releases Enhanced Version of Network-based Control System

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it has developed an enhanced version of the Stardom network-based control system and will release it on April 27.

Stardom is a network-based control system whose principal components are the FCN autonomous controller, the VDS web-based HMI, and the Fast/Tools SCADA package.  This latest version supports Windows 10, and the Stardom high-speed CPU module comes with a new function that enables Java applications to run on a Stardom controller.  In addition, an oil flow rate calculation function has been added to meet the needs of oil and gas well operations.  This latest release includes functionality for the on-site management of data that reduces the amount of communications traffic between central monitoring rooms and facilities distributed over a wide area.

Enhancements of the latest version include as follows:

• Support of Windows 10, the latest version of Microsoft's operating system, has been added with this release, ensuring that Stardom continues to meet its customers' latest needs.
• A Duolet function that enables Java applications to run on the FCN controller is now embedded in the high-speed CPU module.  Thanks to this function, the controller can be used to manage files and transmit data.  This simplifies the overall system configuration by eliminating the need for a PC.
• In addition to an existing function for calculating the gas flow rate, a function for calculating the oil flow rate, based on American Petroleum Institute (API) guidelines, has been added.  This new function makes it possible to quantify the amount of produced water from an oil or gas well, which serves as a KPI for monitoring age-related degradation in performance and assists in efforts to improve recovery efficiency.

   

Keywords: Duolet Function, Network-Based Control, Gas Flow Rate, ARC Advisory Group.