Débora Gonçalves Carvalho received her Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at GIMSCOP/UFRGS with the work “2-D and FTIR FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY APPLIED IN THE QUANTIFICATION OF TOTAL PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS AND CAFFEINE”
Congratulations, MSc. Débora!
Lara da Silva Brum received her Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at GIMSCOP/UFRGS with the work “FAST PYROLYSIS OF EUCALYPTUS LEAVES WITH AND WITHOUT MICROWAVE”
Congratulations, MSc. Lara!
For the second time GIMSCOP / UFRGS + PETROBRAS were finalists of the ANP awards. This year the ceremony was held on November 28, 2019 at the Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro. In this edition, 147 projects were the result of projects from five oil companies, more than 20 other Brazilian technology companies and more than 40 accredited institutions with several laboratory units – see ANP’s article.
Profs. Marcelo Farenzena and Jorge Otávio Trierweiler represented the entire GIMSCOP team in the cerimony.
Finalist Work Description
Title: WellBot – Autonomous Things (AuT) Applied to Oil Wells
Summary: An autonomous well operating system has been developed to minimize losses. The system, named WellBot, allows to enter unstable areas and drive the well in search of maximum production without the need for human intervention. WellBot algorithms consist of the combination of artificial intelligence techniques and advanced process control. In an analogy to the autonomous car concept, the controller can be viewed as the automobile, while the artificial intelligence algorithm can be viewed as the “virtual driver”.
The WellBot methodology is based on an adaptive expert algorithm that diagnoses what is happening in the well and makes decisions regarding the set point change of a feedback control system. The control system consists of a supervisory layer of predictive algorithms (MPC) and a PID (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) -based regulatory layer. In addition, the WellBot has protective layers for safe operation and position the well at overpressure-free operating points if necessary without causing interlocks.
Team pictures at the event
Click here to know how was the GIMSCOP’s first achievement in the ANP award that took place in 2017.
Brício Ferreira Barreiros received his Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at GIMSCOP/UFRGS with the work “STABILIZATION OF OIL PRODUCTION IN GAS-LIFT SYSTEMS THROUGH THE SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT ADJUSTMENT OF PID CONTROLLERS”
Watch Brício’s presentation:
Congratulations, MSc. Brício!
Prof. Jorge and Luciane Trierweiler were interviewed by the PhD Candidate, Katie Ulrich, from the Department of Anthropology of the Rice University.
The subject of the interview was: Sweet Potato Biorefineries: A True Circular Economy Concept (Biorrefinarias de Batata-Doce: um verdadeiro conceito de economia circular)
PhD qualifying exam of José Eduardo Weber dos Santos in Chemical Engineering at GIMSCOP/UFRGS with the work “KPI ORIENTED APPROACH FOR REAL-TIME OPTIMIZATION”.
Henrique Binotto Menegolla received his Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at GIMSCOP/UFRGS with the work Autoencoder Application Study for Inferences in the Chemical Industry
Congratulations, MSc. Henrique!
Professors Jorge Otávio Trierweiler and Marcelo Farenzena talk about one of the research lines of the Intensification, Modeling, Simulation, Control and Process Optimization Group (GIMSCOP) of the Engineering School. Through a partnership with Petrobras, the group’s researchers have already developed a series of digital solutions that increase productivity and safety at the state-owned refineries and platforms.
Listen to the interview: