NeSSI Real Products at Work Today

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NeSSI - Real Products at Work - Today

• Rob Dubois
• CPAC Spring Session
• Seattle, Washington, USA
• May 3, 2004

the best way to predict the future is to create
it
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Presentation Topics

• NeSSI Objectives Roadmap
• Dow Chemical real-time activities
• NeSSI Hi-Lites 2003/04

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NeSSI Objectives

• Facilitate the acceptance/implementation of...
• modular, miniature smart sample system
  technology
• based on ANSI/ISA SP76 standard substrate
• Promote the concept of...
• field-mounted (By-Line) smart analytical systems
• Lay the groundwork for...Pipe to Pixel
  architecture
• open connectivity architecture for intrinsically
  safe transducer communications (e.g. CAN,
  ProfiBus, etc.)
• industry standard communication protocols (e.g.
  Ethernet, OPC, etc.)
• Provide a technology bridge to the process for...
• sensor/lab-on-a-chip micro-analytical devices

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NeSSI Development Progress
2006-07
2004-05
END USER VALUE
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Dow NeSSI Geographical Penetration
Terneuzen, Netherlands
Stade, Germany
Fort Saskatchewan, Canada
Schopau, Germany
Plaquemine, LA
Freeport, TX
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Dow Business Installations

• Employing SP76 substrates and components from all
  suppliers in our businesses
• chlor-vinyl, hydrocarbon, energy, solvents,
  glycol/ethylene oxide, styrenics, environment,
  polyolefins
• 2004 applications include CEMS (NOx), flare
  monitoring, multi-stream hydrocarbon
  measurements, air monitoring, lethal service, on
  substrate moisture and oxygen measurements
• 7 applications in operation - 9 in progress

CEMS Continuous Emission Monitoring
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Dow Evaluation

• The NeSSI-box Experimental Platform
• Installed in Hydrocarbon Plant, Fort Sask.,
  Canada

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Upper Compartment

• Monitor Control
• Power Supplies
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
• Graphic User Interface
• Wireless Transmitter
• Class I Div.2 Gp C,D
• First Sensor Actuator Manager (SAMjr)

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Lower Compartment

• Houses substrate under test
• Electrical interface to PLC
• Utilities Interface
• Sample system interface
• Declassified to General Purpose
• X-Purged Haz. Gas Detector
• allows use of non-certified general purpose
  SP76 comp.
• Temperature Controlled

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SAMjr Displays Smart System
Control Monitoring
Flow Paths
SAM Sensor Actuator Manager
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Learning's from the NeSSI-box 4-20 mA not
viable for Gen II/III

• labour intensive wiring
• space hungry
• expensive and difficult to wire for hazardous
  electrical areas

This Dog Dont Hunt
Dow Chemical, Fort Saskatchewan
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Contrast Gen II Proof of Concept Apparatus
(POCA) - Dow, EMCC, Honeywell

• Features
• serial connectivity (CANbus)
• PC controlled smart features
• simple plug and play M8 connector
• Benefits
• - predict failures before they happen
• - remote operation in hostile locations
• - decrease maintenance
• - increase confidence

GET SMART!
ARC Advisory Group suggests that 40 maintenance
savings can be achieved by automation
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CIRCOR µMS3 System
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Swagelok MPC System
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Parker Intraflow System
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Celerity CrossFlo System
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Diversity in Action!
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Recent Hi-Lites (very encouraging news)

• 10MM DOE award Wireless and Sensing Solutions
  Advancing Industrial Efficiency won by Honeywell
  led consortia. Will provide
• 12 x NeSSI Smart Gas/Liquid prototypes
  (2004-06)
• Honeywell PHASED microGC
• industrial robust wireless
• NeSSI Gen II specification working version
  release at hand
• include connectivity to legacy analytical systems
• Pipe to Pixel connectivity (harmonization with
  ConnI spec)
• CPAC SP76 component web site operational
• POCA projects demonstrate smart, serial
  connectivity
• intrinsically safe bus (CANopen) project
  approved
• NIST IEEE 1451.6
• ProfiBus established as an Intrinsically Safe
  candidate
• NeSSI featured in Chemical Engineering Progress
  Magazine
• the incredible shrinking sample system Dec.
  03

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NeSSI II/III DOE Project Participants
Number of Systems
3
3
1
2
1
1
1
CPAC
Portions of this Table Courtesy of Honeywell
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Where are we?

• DOE award will bring Gen II/III prototypes to
  market in 2-3 years
• Gen I products widely available
• Increased adoption and acceptance of NeSSI as an
  industrial platform
• Early Gen II concept proven by POCA
• Butstruggle adopting a low cost digital,
  intrinsically safe platform for Process
  Analytical needs
• Costs slowly coming into line
• Come participate - in the NeSSI workshop
  Thursday, May 6

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Acknowledgments

• Special Thanks
• Peter van Vuuren (ret.) ExxonMobil Chemical
• Jeff Gunnell (EMCC)
• John Cumbus (EMCC)
• John Mosher (Hwell)
• Bob Nickels (Hwell)
• Ulrich Bonne (Hwell)
• Dave Veltkamp (CPAC)
• Mel Koch (CPAC)
• Rick Ales (Swagelok)
• Robert Sherman (CIRCOR)

• Special Thanks (Dow)
• D. Quevillon, R. Hartwig, H. Quartel (Fort Sask.)
• P. Williams, D. Yates, D. Gay, W. Henslee, C.
  Snook (Texas)
• G. Timmermans, E. Engelen (Netherlands)
• Paul Landry (Louisiana)
• Ralf Schade, S. Bach (Germany)
• M. Dittenhafer, M. Buchmann, L. Wright (Midland)

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Thanks Peter all the best in all your future
endeavors!
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