THE VALUE OF INTEGRATING POWER AND PROCESS FOR THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Coordination of large distributed measurement and control systems, like SCADA and other process control demands on infrastructure to handle more network services and implementations, require robust networks that connect thousands of remote devices. There are increased deliver a full spectrum of control and monitoring within global operations. The conventional infrastructure and process automation domains typically don't communicate. The advancement of industrial communications provide value to the industry when logically integrated to combat rising costs. Unifying power and process systems within an operation gives value by creating one visualization and reporting environment. This paper will outline a convergent use of the IEC 61850 standard, within process control networks, to provide enhanced process control, monitoring and energy management. It will discuss benefits of unified power and process architecture with enhancements provided by visualization, archiving, and reporting.