1. PROMONICON Software for Process Monitoring, Operation and Control
Su Whan Sung
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2. Features of PROMONICON Software
Automation Software for Process (Remote) Control, Operation and Monitoring
Easy (remote) process control, operation and monitoring
Easy and flexible programming for complex control/operation logics and calculations
Incorporating most math functions, advanced signal filters, transfer functions, pulse-width-modulation (PWM), logical operations, if statements, for-loop statements
Easy and simple implementation of simulated processes
Advanced PID autotuning methods
APC(Advanced Process Control) controller, Batch controller, Run-to-Run controller
On-line Process Optimization with solving constrained nonlinear/linear optimization problem
CPM(Control Performance Monitoring)
Automatic exporting process data to Excel for report generation
Compatible with various communication protocols

3. Prices of PROMONICON Software
PROMONICON basic version - 3,000,000won/copy (3,000 US dollar/copy)
Connection to automation devices (PLC, DCS, SCADA etc.) through serial, OPC, UDP/IP, TCP/IP communication
Data storage, real-time graph, process diagram
Automatic report generation in the form of Excel
Script programming for compex user's logic
Remote monitoring
Simulation process

4. Prices of PROMONICON Software
PROMONICON advanced version - 7,000,000won/copy (7,000 US dollar/copy)
PROMONICON basic version
PID controllers, PID autotuning
Gain scheduling, split control, programmable setpoint change, cascade control
Automatic stage-to-stage transition for multi-stage processes
PROMONICON professional version - 15,000,000won/copy (15,000 US dollar/copy)
PROMONICON advanced version
Control performance monitoring
Batch control, Run-to-run control
APC (MPC) control

5. Application of PROMONICON to Extruder System

6. Overall Structure of PROMONICON Software
PROMONICON – Automation 1
PROMONICON – Bridge 1
Process
Variables
Variable Setting
Controllers
Identification
Monitoring
Data Storage
Script
Programming
Diagnosis
PID
Autotuner
Communication Setting
Variable Monitoring
Simulation Input/Output
Analog
Input/Output
Digital
OneShot
Update
Device 1
Device 2
Device 3
Device 4
Serial
OPC
TCP/IP
UDP/IP
UDP/IP
UDP/IP
PROMONICON – Automation 2
UDP/IP
Process
Variables
Controllers
Identification
Monitoring
Data Storage
Script
Programming
Diagnosis
PID
Autotuner
PROMONICON – Bridge 2
Variable Setting
Analog
Input/Output
Digital
OneShot
Update
Device 1
Device 2
Device 3
Device 4
Serial
OPC
TCP/IP
UDP/IP
Communication Setting
Variable Monitoring
Simulation Input/Output
UDP/IP

7. PROMONICON Software Components
PROMONICON-Bridge
Software for data acquisition from/to various automation devices such as PLC, DCS, SCADA, Inverter etc. and transferring data/commend between PROMONCON-Automation and automation devices

8. PROMONICON Software Components
PROMONICON-Automation
Software for process (remote) control, operation and monitoring though process controllers, scripts, PID autotuning, control performance monitoring, real-time graph, process diagram, report generation, data storage etc.

9. PROMONICON Software Components
PROMONICON-Bridge::Main GUI

10. PROMONICON Software Components
PROMONICON-Automation::Main GUI

11. PROMONICON –Bridge GUI
Communication with Devices
Support serial (RS232C, RS422, RS485), OPC, UDP/IP, TCP/IP communication
OPC Server Connection Setting
Browse OPC Server and Tags
Browse COMPorts

12. PROMONICON -Bridge GUI
Analog Input/Output, Digital Input/Output From Devices
Communication protocol setting for periodic reading/writing Input/output process data from/to automation devices.
Compatible with various protocols and communication error check methods
OPC Tags

13. PROMONICON -Bridge GUI
Simulation Input-Output
Easy implementation of simulated processes by simply defining transfer functions
Useful to validate control/operation logics or for engineer training
Transfer Function = 0,0,0.008:0.6,0.12,0.008:0.5:0.10,0.5

14. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Process Variables
– Easy and straightforward definition of process variables
– Various types for raw data acquisition, user-defined variables,
graph manipulation, data storage on/off, controller on/off,
random number and cycling number
Source-to-target linear mapping
Setting for communication error check, alarm and PWM

15. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
PID Controllers
Advanced anti-windup, noise-suppressing PID control algorithm
Easy implementation of enhanced control logics such as gain scheduling, cascade control, split control, override control etc by combining them with script programming

16. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
PID Autotuner
To tune the parameters of PID controllers automatically using advanced PID autotuning algorithm (process excitation-modeling-tuning-simulation-application)
Supports process excitation methods such as relay, P control, RBS, UDRN, step test to obtain process data for autotuning

17. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
MPC(Model Predictive Control, APC) Controllers
To improve control performances of multi-input-multi-output processes with considering interactions between variables and process constraints by solving constrained nonlinear optimization problem and predicting future process outputs on the basis of process model

18. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Batch Controllers
To improve the control performances of batch processes by systematically considering repetitive dynamic behavior between batches.

19. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Control Performance Monitoring (CPM)
To assess the control performances of process controllers and valve performances in an online manner

20. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Process Optimization
To optimize process operation by solving linear/nonlinear optimization problem using successive linear programming technique
Easy/flexible optimization problem formulation and solving connected to real-time process variables

21. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Script Programming
Useful to implement complex control/operation logics and calculations
Incorporates most math functions, if statement, for-loop, logical operations, interpolation, PWM, advanced signal filters, transfer functions and differential equation solvers

22. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Initial AutoRun
To show only specified windows initially and automatically execute specified functions initially for operators’ convenience

23. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Reloading Setting Files
To automatically configure/run control loops, graph, process diagram, communication, data storage, optimization by reloading pre-defined setting files in a sequential way
Useful to simplify control/operation of multi-stage process composed of many stages

24. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Data Storage
Process data storage in the form of csv file

25. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Exporting Data to Excel
Exporting process data to excel for on-line automatic generation of report

26. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Process Diagram
Process diagram for real-time process data monitoring and process operation
Easy to set/display variables and design/run sequence controls (scripts)

27. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
Graph
Graph for real-time process monitoring

28. PROMONICON –Automation GUI
IP Camera/Web Browser
IP camera/web browser for remote process monitoring