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2833629 
Journal Article 
Using OPC technology to support the study of advanced process control 
Mahmoud, MS; Sabih, M; Elshafei, M 
2015 
Yes 
I S A Transactions
ISSN: 0019-0578 
55 
155-167 
English 
25702044 
WOS:000352678200015 
OPC, originally the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) for Process Control, brings a broad communication opportunity between different kinds of control systems. This paper investigates the use of OPC technology for the study of distributed control systems (DCS) as a cost effective and flexible research tool for the development and testing of advanced process control (APC) techniques in university research centers. Co-Simulation environment based on Matlab, LabVIEW and TCP/IP network is presented here. Several implementation issues and OPC based client/server control application have been addressed for TCP/IP network. A nonlinear boiler model is simulated as OPC server and OPC client is used for closed loop model identification, and to design a Model Predictive Controller. The MPC is able to control the NOx emissions in addition to drum water level and steam pressure. 
OPC (OLE for Process Control/Open Process Control); Distributed control systems; OPC client; OPC server; LabVIEW; MATLAB