Advance instrumentation and control of FTS-GTL facility by means of PLC-SCADA system

CES-NUST has installed Pakistans first GTL (Gas to Liquid) pilot plant based on Fischer Tropsch synthesis. SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) for Fischer Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) is concerned with the monitoring of the vital parameters of bench scale plant. In the present paper the physical parameters are obtained from sensors, processed and displayed by using graphical user interface at personal computer. Finally all the parameters are saved according to the user choice in form of .xls file. Arduino Mega controller along with integrated environment is used to achieve the task. The software and associated hardware is installed and fully functional. The paper highlights the development and architecture of the SCADA system applied to the FT synthesis process.