Real Time Electrical Transient Analyzer Program (ETAP RT) Improvement for Gas Processing & Utilities (GPU) plant, PETRONAS Gas Berhad

Abstract

Plant stability in oil and gas or petrochemical facility is crucial aspect that needs to be taken serious considerations. One must understand the plant behavior to operate and maintain the oil and gas facility in safely manners. A model-driven engineering equipped with real time operation solution is required to help plant personnel understand, identify, and analyze problems early on which can help them improve plant operational behavior during critical plant scenario. Predictive simulation models are new digitalization solution that already starting to influence nowadays way of working. It serves as “digital twin” of the system that equipped with reliable network topology, accurate engineering parameter and linking real-time data from existing plant electrical systems to stabilize actual plant operational performance. This paper will provide explanation on design implementation of ETAP Real time system at PETRONAS Facility include with the benefits of adding such a system, and sharing the impact that have been gained that from the implementation of these systems. It will serve as a reference handbook that discusses the importance of real-time model-driven engineering analysis systems on oil and gas facilities.