Designing a Model of Control System for F-800 Mud Pump Unit

Abstract

Increasing the productivity of any unit required a continuous improvement for that unit. For that purpose the study is concentrated on improvement the control system of mud pump unit which is the main oil transfer pump in Hadida FPF located in Block-6 in Sudan by designing a control system model based on programmable logic controller and human machine interface method. The study in its first part discussed the theory of operation of mud pump unit and identified the operation parameters which are effecting on the unit performance. Later parts discussed the concepts of using programmable logic controllers as method of controlling the systems and its advantages over other control methods. In later part the study presents the contents, steps, and layout of designing a model to control mud pump unit according to the parameters identified earlier in this study. Then the study presents the results of experiments that are carried on the designed model which showed that the research objectives are obtained. Finally the study recommends installing the designed model in mud pump unit working in Hadida FPF.