Session – G

Title – Application Software Integrity: Is Your Logic Solver as Reliable as You Think?

Presenter(s) – Neil Wakeling, SBM Offshore and Ian Curtis, Siemens

Synopsis – This presentation talks about SBM’s experience of safety logic code reviews conducted across the world’s largest fleet of FPSOs, covering Process Safety, but also Fire and Gas and Emergency Shutdown systems. It focuses on methods for eliminating software errors before plant start-up, and how to maintain the integrity of application software during the longest phase of the safety lifecycle: operation. A comprehensive set of procedures throughout the project execution, operation and subsequent modification stages of the lifecycle is needed to reduce the chances of safety reliability being impacted. Without such measures, your logic solver might not be as reliable as you first thought.

Session – H

Title – The Advantages of Using PCS 7 in Built Features

Presenter(s) – Steve Pearson, Bilfinger Industrial Automation Services Ltd

Synopsis – Bombay Sapphire were looking for a plant control system for their new distillery. The session will discuss the benefits of using a DCS system over a traditional PLC/SCADA architecture. It will further explore how by using a number of the standard features of PCS 7 we were able to provide the client with a modern looking fully simulated system prior to delivery to site for commissioning.

Session – E

Title – Industrial Cyber Security - A Changing Landscape

Presenter(s) – Paul Hingley, Siemens

Synopsis – The session will explore how standards will change the way we look at Industrial Cyber Security, from the point of view of the vendor, project delivery and end user responsibilities.

Session – F

Title – Learning the Hard Way

Presenter(s) – Brian Lawson, Dr Reddy’s

Synopsis – Phase one of a site wide PCS 7 implementation seemed straight forward at the outset. The project objective was to replace an obsolete system with a PCS 7 equivalent measured against a number of key success criteria - what could possibly go wrong…………..?The session will share our experiences of the project during a short presentation, if you or a colleague have been affected by similar circumstances you may wish to join in the discussion?

11:30 - Breakout Session 1

13:30 Breakout Session 2

Session – A

Title – Creating an Effective Alarm Management Programme

Presenter(s) – Ted Anderson, Exida UK and Dave Adams, Siemens

Synopsis – Alarms have been a concern in the Process Industries for over 20 years, but despite better software and methodologies, the problem continues. ISA S18.2, EEMUA 191 & IEC 62862 develop alarm management programmes that follow good engineering practices to improve operations. Topics include benchmarking initial performance, alarm philosophy document, alarm rationalisation, implementation – suppression & shelving, alarm response procedures and assessment of alarm system performance. We will also discuss examples of how PCS 7 aligns with the standards, improves alarm management and enhances operations.

Session – B

Title – The Value of Standardisation in a Pharmaceutical Environment

Presenter(s) – Alan Johnston, Siemens and Hugh Welsh, Booth Welsh

Synopsis – There is a belief that delivering into the Pharmaceutical & Life Science industry carries additional engineering effort & complexity, however it also brings a very structured and modular delivery model to which standards and standardisation play a large part.Within this workshop we shall look at what we mean by standardisation, the steps involved in developing and using standardisation and debate values and benefits it brings to both the delivery organisation and to the end user.

Session – C

Title – Extending the PCS 7 Box for Power System Management

Presenter(s) – Steve McDermott, Industrial Control Solutions Ltd and Waqar Amin, Siemens

Synopsis – Where smaller power generation systems need controlling and linking into plant electrical networks with a simplex controller a 'full fat' PCS 7 system is not required.Extending the PO count on a PCS 7 combined AS and OS box with the PCS 7 Industry library and Powercontrol meets the requirements. This gives all the functionality required to engineer a control system for multiple generators, their auxiliaries and the electrical network connections.

Session – D

Title – Information, Information, Information!!

Presenter(s) – Gordon Fleming, KigTek Solutions and Debbie Briody, John Dewar and Sons Ltd

Synopsis – This session is aimed at providing an overview of how PCS7 has been used to provide both real time and historical process/plant related information at John Dewar’s fully automated whisky processing site at Poniel.Poniel is one of the industry’s largest capacity drain, fill and blend operations, processing some 88 million bulk litres of spirit per annum.

Session – O

Title – PCS 7 Lab – The Power of Scalable DCS

Presenter(s) – Tony Warr, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories and Martin Coley, Siemens

Synopsis – Dr. Reddy’s have used the PCS 7 Lab product at their Chirotech Technology Centre in Cambridge for the last 4 years. The session will give an overview of PCS 7 Lab and explore the experiences that Dr Reddy’s have gained using PCS 7 in an R&D environment.

Session – P

Title – SIMIT & Virtual Controllers as an Operator Training and Software Validation Tool

Presenter(s) – Colin Taylor, DAI Ltd and Andy Butler, Technip UK Ltd

Synopsis – Technip’s Skandi Arctic is a purpose-designed and built diving support vessel (DSV) suitable for the demanding North Sea market and capable of working throughout the year in virtually all sea and weather conditions. The vessel is one of the most modern DSVs in the world, thanks to its computer-based dive control system, which is used to support the 24-man diving chamber complex.

The Skandi Arctic has a well established and successful Launch and Recovery System (LARS) built on an integrated Siemens technology platform. However further requirements for Technip remained outstanding - to provide realistic offline operator training, and an offline software testing and verification facility that would remove risk from applying functional upgrades to the LARS system.

Working closely with Siemens and DAI, Technip have now successfully addressed these requirements using Siemens SIMIT and Virtual Controllers, integrated to a video rendering application to create a combined offline training and testing environment, which will not only work for the Skandi Arctic, but will be reconfigurable for other LARS systems within the Technip fleet.

This discussion will highlight Technip’s requirements and goals, the design options considered, and the benefits realised from the delivered solution.

Session – M

Title – Automated Monitoring and Targeting – A Systems Approach from Siemens

Presenter(s) – Daniel Smalley, Siemens and Jon Mollat, Prinovis UK

Synopsis – Fluctuating energy costs and an unstable market make it hard for industrial producers to plan for the future and maintain control over their bottom line. Join us to learn how an automated monitoring and targeting solution from Siemens can help to bring stability and control over one of the biggest and most unpredictable costs in most industrial processes.

We will look at how our aM&T solutions can bring energy consumption transparency to industrial customers and allow them to control equipment energy consumption using active load shedding and energy consumption forecasting.

The session will be hosted with our PCS 7 customer, Prinovis, who will explain what lead them to select an aM&T solution from Siemens and what the next steps are for their organisation.

Session – N

Title – Whipping up the Perfect Chocolate Batch

Presenter(s) – Steve Grant, United Biscuits

Synopsis – United Biscuits has operated their Chocolate Refinery with a Siemens PCS 7 Batch solution since 2009. Some major project work to change ways of working has meant a rethink on the system architecture and design, with expansion of the PCS 7 system up against some limitations of the current install base. In order to move forward a programme of works has been agreed, to change from AS CPU416s to CPU410s and a system upgrade from V7.1 SP3 to V8.0 SP1. This short presentation will look at some of the challenges, some of the decisions made and how they were implemented.

14:30 Breakout Session 3

16:00 Breakout Session 4

Session – I

Title – Considerations for Functional Safety when Machinery is linked to Process

Presenter(s) – Peter Brown, Siemens

Synopsis – There is frequently a need to fit machinery into a process environment. Functional Safety for machinery is achieved using IEC 62061 or ISO 13849 where as Functional Safety in the process industry is achieved with IEC 61511. This paper will discuss the major differences between these international standards, the approach to hazard analysis & risk assessment, how these different approaches can be combined for integrated requirements, the issues at hand Functional Safety Engineers need to be aware of and key considerations & areas of concern when machinery is linked to process.

Session – J

Title – PCS 7 - The Upgrade Path That Works!

Presenter(s) – Gordon Walsh, Control and Information Management (CIM)

Synopsis – SAFC were looking to replace their existing aging site wide PCS 7 V4 and V6 control systems. The session will discuss the drivers behind the upgrade, the approach taken to migrate from PCS 7 V4 to PCS 7 V8.1 and the benefits to SAFC as a result of the upgrade. It will also discuss the drivers behind future plans for the site control system.

Session – K

Title – Keeping the Bottle Full

Presenter(s) – Andy Worthington, Encirc Beverages and Ajay Blah, Siemens

Synopsis – Encirc Beverages currently have two SIMATIC PCS 7 installations at their Elton plant. The Filling Hall and Glass Plant both based on V6.1.

The session will discuss the experiences of using PCS 7 to date and the business drivers behind the planned upgrade. The associated risks, the proposed approach and solution to the upgrade along with what is looking to be achieved as a result of the project, will also be discussed.

Session – L

Title – Staying in Control of the Cold

Presenter(s) – Stuart Nelmes, Highview Power Storage and Alan Messenger, Optimal Industrial Automation

Synopsis – Highview Power Storage in conjunction with Optimal Industrial Automation have selected PCS 7 for the upscale of the Liquid Air Energy Storage system. In this presentation we shall explain the liquid air energy storage system technology and how PCS 7 ties together all aspects of the automation and instrumentation levels and provides a scalable platform for future developments.