Integrating A Dynamic Simulator and Advanced Process Control using the OPC-UA Standard

Published

June 13, 2019

Author(s)

Hasan Latif, Guodong Shao, Binil Starly

Abstract

Insufficient interoperability has long been an issue on the factory floor, however, new technologies and standards are enabling production systems to become more agile and interoperable. A communication standard can, for example, make interoperation among different vendor-specific software and hardware tools in production systems easier and more reliable. In this paper, we share our research results and experience for the establishment of a connection between a dynamic simulator and an advanced process controller in a manufacturing system using OPC-UA (Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control Unified Architecture). The OPC-UA communication protocol, a middleware, acts as a common interface between these systems. We established the client and server for communication and defined an exchange data structure based on the OPC-UA standard for a control problem in a chemical process plant. The case study is a proof of concept of the OPC-UA standard implementation to support interoperability for different domains.

Proceedings Title

The 47th NAMRI/SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 47)

Conference Dates

June 10-14, 2019

Conference Location

Erie, PA, US

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

OPC-UA, Advanced Process Control, Integration, Automation, Simulation

Citation

Latif, H. , Shao, G. and Starly, B. (2019), Integrating A Dynamic Simulator and Advanced Process Control using the OPC-UA Standard, The 47th NAMRI/SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 47), Erie, PA, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=926744 (Accessed March 13, 2025)