3D Virtual System for Training Operators in Automatic Control of a Two-Phase Separator

In this article, a 3D virtual system of a two-phase natural gas separator was developed in Unity 3D software modeled from the piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID), the created animations and instrumentation (manometers, Smart transmitters, smart control valves, human machine interface) are accord to the current technology that are preset in the oil industries, A mathematical model of the gas pressure process was scripted through a TCP-IP communication interacts with a PID controller developed in LabVIEW software. The proposed methodology for the research allows operators to be trained in automatic control of the two-phase separator, through the visualization of indicators and signals of the process’ variables presented in the industrial transmitters, change of valve positions (close and open), visualization and automatic control of the pressure’s variable for trend and history screens are available in the Human Machine Interface (HMI).