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To read the entire paper for this submission, download and view the PDF attachment on this document.
Category: Energy
Author: Gregory C. Cala, Brad Westfall
Challenge: Creating a real-time system to monitor and control a well site fracturing pump truck that can adapt to an ever-changing environment for reliable well fracturing control and supreme safety.
Solution: Using NI LabVIEW, CompactRIO, Compact FieldPoint, and C Series modules to create a real-time application with built-in safety procedures to communicate with a Windows-based LabVIEW application for operator-specific control.
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A copy of the original paper including images can be found here.
Ben
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Fracking isn't cool http://www.treehugger.com/tag/fracking/
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Thank you for your comment Terry_ALE. While we understand hydraulic fracturing can be a controversial topic today, I am sure we can agree that it is a great thing that this company is using LabVIEW and NI hardware to help ensure the process is safe!
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JamieLynn wrote:
Thank you for your comment Terry_ALE. While we understand hydraulic fracturing can be a controversial topic today, I am sure we can agree that it is a great thing that this company is using LabVIEW and NI hardware to help ensure the process is safe!
Exactly!
Ben
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Never said anything about being opposed to operator safety. Anyone will agree that this company is doing a great thing increasing operator safety but on the other hand NI putting a fracking case study on the GSDAA finalists isn't cool.
This system makes the process safer for the operator but what about the safety impacts of the fracking process to the environment and drinking water? NI is mostly into a lot of 'do good' applications making this one the exception; hopefully it will stay that way.
BTW "Safe fracking" sounds like the 1950's "safe cigarettes"
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ALE Consultants
Introduction to LabVIEW FPGA for RF, Radar, and Electronic Warfare Applications
