In 1984, the El Paso Natural Gas Company embarked on an automation program which would affect 27 of the compressor stations in the mainline gas transmission system. The project involved the total automation (unmanned operation) of one reciprocating engine-driven compressor station and 21 turbine-driven compressor facilities; the semi-automation (computer-assisted operation) of six reciprocating engine-driven compressor stations; and the addition of a Central Control Computer located in El Paso TX. This article describes the configuration and functions of the automated control systems, and the progress of the project.
Anatomy of an automated pipeline
Pipeline-Automatisierung
InTech ; 35 , 2 ; 43-46
1988
4 Seiten, 1 Bild
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch