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Guodong Shao1, Hasan Latif2, Carla Martin-Villalba3
1National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Smart Manufacturing requires integrating process control and optimization. The ISO 15746 standard enables semantic interoperability between different vendor solutions, overcoming common incompatibilities for enhanced decision support.
Area of Science:
- Manufacturing Systems Engineering
- Industrial Automation
- Process Control and Optimization
Background:
- Smart Manufacturing (SM) necessitates seamless integration of process control and optimization solutions.
- Vendor-specific incompatibilities in data representation and format hinder interoperability, limiting advanced decision support.
- Achieving higher levels of automation and efficiency in manufacturing requires overcoming these integration challenges.
Purpose of the Study:
- To report the implementation and validation of the ISO 15746 standard for integrating advanced process control and optimization (APC-O) capabilities.
- To demonstrate how ISO 15746 can facilitate semantic interoperability between diverse vendor solutions.
- To validate the standard's effectiveness using a chemical process case study.
Main Methods:
- Modelling APC-O system components from different vendors according to ISO 15746.
- Implementing the information models defined within the ISO 15746 standard.
- Integrating core system functions including process optimization, control, and user interface.
- Utilizing a simulation of the Tennessee-Eastman chemical process for validation.
Main Results:
- Successful implementation of ISO 15746 enabling semantic interoperability in an APC-O system.
- Demonstrated integration of process optimization, control, and user interface functions.
- Validation of the standard's applicability using a complex chemical process simulation.
- Identification of practical insights for the standard's future development.
Conclusions:
- The ISO 15746 standard is effective in facilitating semantic interoperability for integrating advanced process control and optimization.
- The successful implementation and validation pave the way for more cohesive and intelligent Smart Manufacturing systems.
- Further development guided by practical experiences will enhance the standard's contribution to industrial automation.
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