YOKOGAWA TI33J01A10-01EN_004 CENTUM VP integrated production control system

YOKOGAWA TI33J01A10-01EN_004 CENTUM VP integrated production control system

Description 

CENTUM VP integrated production control system is applied to control and manage plant  operations in various industries such as oil and gas, petrochemicals, chemicals, power, pulp and  paper, pharmaceuticals, food, iron and steel, waste, and water and sewage treatment.

This document describes a general overview of the CENTUM VP system. Further details are  available by the series of documents such as System Overview (HMI), System Overview (FCS),  and General Specifications (GS) for individual products.

CENTUM VP Overview 

Yokogawa is the world’s first company that introduced the distributed control system (DCS) in 1975 - the first series of CENTUM Systems. Ever since, Yokogawa kept developing and enhancing the CENTUM series systems by complying with what  customers (managers, operators, engineers, and so on) requirements. As the generations of CENTUM advanced Yokogawa kept improving its product quality achieving the highest level of reliability in the market. CENTUM systems have been adopted by customers  around the world to control and monitor their industrial plants.

History of CENTUM 

Innovations of operation in the process industries have come a long way since the age of panelmounted loop controllers. In early 1970s, a panel operator was assigned for operation per panel.  However, by the introduction of a DCS, operators’ ways of working have drastically changed.  Operators can grasp the plant-wide operation by sitting in a central control room (CCR). And their  work scope has largely been extended.

The CENTUM systems kept evolving to increase productivity and improve plant operations in  the past 40 years, and CENTUM VP is the 8th generation of the CENTUM Series. Yokogawa  has adopted the latest state-of-the-art technologies of the time to develop the systems, keeping  return on the investment (ROI) and the total cost of ownership (TCO) in minds.

Yokogawa has always been offering a smooth upgrade path from an existing CENTUM system  into the latest one. It provides customers the benefits of using the existing system as long as they  wish yet allows them to adopt the latest technologies with a minimum investment. Yokogawa’s  CENTUM systems have been replaced with the latest ones smoothly with minimum shutdown  time.

Know in Advance (Performance foresight) 

CENTUM VP delivers the knowledge necessary to anticipate changes and to make fast,  informed decisions. CENTUM VP enables quick synthesis of analytic insights from the historical, real-time, and  future-predictive perspectives. Allowing people to make fast intelligent decisions every day,  CENTUM VP helps your business avoid costly surprises.

Act with Agility (Operational agility) 

CENTUM VP helps to implement decisions throughout the value chain without delay. CENTUM VP speeds up task coordination and navigation, enhancing the flexibility of production  and adaptability of business. Constantly systemizing and automating operational best practices,  CENTUM VP prevents delays and preempts bottlenecks.

For Operations 

•  Safe and unified plant operations 

Universal interface for control, safety, and asset intelligence. Embedded mechanisms to prevent information overload 

•  Non-stop improvement 

Continuous systemization of operational best practices and context specific operational  advisories.

For Maintenance 

•  Continuous evolution without compromising asset availability 

Evergreen evolution with online upgrades and modifications. It is the most reliable platform  with no single point of failure 

•  Long-term investment protection 

Upgrade paths is incorporated before any new release. We have over 40 years of backward  compatibility