New control and data acquisition systems

2013 - Juiz de Fora - Brazil

In December 2012, ArcelorMittal replaced the DS 8 process control system, supplied by ASEA in the mid 1980’s with a ABB control system, AC800 PEC. Subsequently, ArcelorMittal contracted Russula to replace an existing data acquisition system with a fast IBA system at the Juiz de Fora in Brazil. The legacy system was developed through a parternership with a local university.

Scope of Supply

IBA has a wide range of data interfaces. In the case of ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora plant, fiber optic cable was used to communicate at a 1 ms speed to the dedicated ABB AC800PEC. Moreover the TCP/IP VIP protocol was used for the normal 50 ms speed signals.

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Results

With the IBA software and IBA Analyzer PDA, the 50 ms data acquisition process speed was reduced and improved to 1 ms. In addition, the one week storage time increased to more than one year data history for more than 6,500 fast and normal signals.