ISC - Control Benchmarking


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Performance Assessment and Benchmarking of Controls 2001 - 2004

Consortium Members

Industrial Control Centre (ICC), Strathclyde University, UK

ICC was formed in 1981 as a University centre of excellence in the theory and applications of control systems engineering. Benchmarking is one of the Centre's current research themes of direct relevance to this project.

The techniques developed in the Centre have been used in a number of industrial sectors. The largest sector exploiting the research is that of the process industries. Industrial projects in this sector have included:

	Hot strip steel mill control
	Use of databases in the chemical industry
	PID and non-linear pH control in the vitamins production plant
	Control of manufacturing co-ordinate measurement machines
	Control of supply chains

Industrial Systems and Control (ISC) Ltd, UK

ISC Ltd is an engineering consultancy providing clients with solutions to specific problems, training and technology awareness in the field of control. Its application experience ranges from large process plant through ship systems to servo-mechanisms

ABB Energy Automation S.p.A., Italy

With head offices in Genoa, Milan and Ariccia (Rome), ABB Energy Automation S.p.A is a unit of ABB Automation Segment.

ABB Energy Automation designs and produces supervision, communication, control and protection systems for power generation plants and for power transmission and distribution networks, combining its technologies with the process know how and professional services that are fundamental to develop "turn-key" solutions for the process industries.

ABB Energy Automation S.p.A. is the Italian leader for control, protection, SCADA and communication systems aimed to energy market, and boasts the major Italian and global industrial groups among its customers.

Siemens AG Power Generation (PG), Germany

Siemens AG Power Generation is one of the world's leading suppliers of power plant technology and service.Products from Siemens AG Power Generation include:

	Fossil Power Generation (Steam Turbine, Gas Turbines, Combined-Cycle Plants, and Service)
	Nuclear Power Generation
	Fuel Cells
	Instrumentation and Control
	Decommissioning Projects
	Industrial Turbines and Power Plants
	Hydro Power Plants
	Ceramics and Porcelain Business Unit

Since its foundation in 1881, Siemens AG Power Generation has built or equipped power plants in over 100 countries. At the manufacturing plants Siemens AG Power Generation produces gas and steam turbines, turbogenerators, hydroelectric generators, nuclear fuel and core components, and instrumentation and control systems.

BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Germany

BASF is one of the world’s leading chemical companies. It maintains business relationships with customers in more than 170 countries and is a transnational company that operates production facilities in 39 countries.

BASF’s core business is divided into the following five segments:

	Chemicals	Petrochemical feedstocks, plasticizers, glues and resins, electronic grade chemicals, amines, diols, surfactants, detergent raw materials, automotive chemicals
	Plastics & Fibers	Styrenic and styrene-based polymers, construction materials, polyols, isocyanates, fiber intermediates, nylon-based fibers
	Colorants & Finishing Products	Dyes and process chemicals for textiles, leather and office use; superabsorbents, automotive OEM and refinish coatings
	Agricultural Products & Nutrition	Herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, vitamins, flavors and fragrances
	Oil & Gas	Crude oil and natural gas

Other sectors benefiting from the work of the Centre include the power generation and power transmission sectors, which have been very excited by the benchmarking work.

BASF is active throughout the world. The focus of its business is its home market of Europe, but the contribution from the American and Asian markets is growing.

Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano Giacinto Motta SpA (CESI), Italy

Established in 1956, CESI is widely present in over 35 countries in the world.

CESI has been a market leader in electrical power system studies and testing and certification of electromechanical equipment offering the services of its widely reputed technicians to electrical utilities, electromechanical and electronic manufacturers, large-scale users of electric power.

The 'Networks and Plants Automation Group', now part of CESI 'Transmission and Distribution Networks Business Unit', is directly involved in the project. The group collects wide experience on automation systems in Energy Production, Transport and Distribution applications. They co-ordinated, via large R&D projects, the introduction of innovative information technologies within several classes of ENEL automation systems in the above fields.