ORTO Software Installation

Our ORTO software runs on any windows PC or server. It communicates with the process being optimised using OPC.  For example, ORTO can be installed on an application server located at level 3 on a SCADA / DCS network.

Once you have ORTO installed and communicating with your SCADA or DCS:

• Step 1: Choose a target system or process and decide what is to be optimised (the OV). This could simply be a variable e.g. a flow rate, a performance indicator value e.g. CO2 emissions per ton of product made, or a key cost function.
• Step 2: Ensure the underlying regulatory controls are working satisfactorily.
• Step 3: Choose the regulatory control variables to be adjusted (the MVs), each having a dedicated ORTO agent.
• Step 4: Define the set of constraints to be adhered to (the constraint flags - CFs) .
• Step 5: Define the set of pause flags (PFs) .
• Step 6: Build and configure the ORTO agents. You can build up to five agents in the ORTO software application. If your scheme has more, simply build the scheme across two or more instances of the application.
• Step 7: Switch ORTO agents on, one at a time to build up confidence in the scheme. Monitor the scheme's performance and make continual improvement adjustments as required.

Obviously, the time taken to prepare, build and commission an optimisation scheme varies depending on how complex your scheme is. However, as this illustration shows, we are confident that using ORTO will reduce the time taken from 'concept' to 'benefits achieved' by at least 70%, compared with traditional approaches.

ORTO simplifies designing, building, commissioning and then maintaining an optimisation scheme. 

Consequently, your ROI is accelerated, increased and maintained.