The 2007 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization

The Petroleum Institute March 24-27, 2007, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

TUTORIALS AND TRAINING WORKSHOPS

Statistical Process Control for Improved Financial Performance in the Petroleum Industry Bruce R. Palmer, Ph.D. Monday, March 26, 8-12 a.m. Harmonics and Power Quality Control in Industrial Power Systems Ali Mihrig, Ph.D., P.Eng. Monday, March 26, 8-12 a.m. Power Electronics: Recent Developments and Applications Abdul Rahiman Beig, Ph.D. Tuesday, March 27, 8-12 a.m. Global Optimization Techniques - Application to Models History Matching and Field Development Ralf Schulze-Riegert, Ph.D. Shawket G. Ghedan, Ph.D. Tuesday, March 27, 8-12 a.m. Application of Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) Analysis to the Thermal Design of Electronic Equipment Peter Rodgers, Ph.D. Monday, March 26, 1-4 p.m. Vibration-Control Systems: Conceptual Design, Recent Developments and Practical Implementation Nader Jalili, Ph.D. Tuesday, March 27, 8-12 a.m. Development of Project Management Skills Matej Zajc, Ph.D. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovenia Saturday, March 24, 8:00am - 4:30 p.m. Development of Leadership Skills Kurt R. Richter, Ph.D. Technical University of Graz, Austria Sunday, March 25, 11:00am - 5:30 p.m. Open to students only

Statistical Process Control for Improved Financial Performance in the Petroleum Industry Bruce R. Palmer, Ph.D. The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates bpalmer@pi.ac.ae Biographical Sketch Professor Palmer graduated with honors from the Colorado School of Mines in metallurgical engineering and obtained a Ph.D. in metallurgy from the University of Utah. He joined the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where he held the positions of assistant, associate and full professor. He taught chemical processing and conducted research on chemical processing and high-temperature corrosion in coal gasification. In 1985 Dr. Palmer moved to the U.S. independent energy company, Kerr-McGee, to manage basic research, process research, services and quality. He then transferred to Kerr-McGee Global Chemical Operations where he implemented continuous improvement initiatives. Dr. Palmer has 38 technical papers and patents. He is a member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society and the Tau Beta Pi honorary engineering fraternity. He also is a member of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers and is 2006-2007 Chairman of the UAE NACE chapter. He is recipient of the Colorado School of Mines' van Diest Gold Medal, the ASM Bradley Stoughton Award for outstanding professors, the AIME Arthur F. Taggart for an outstanding surface chemistry paper, and the AIME Publications Committee Award for an exceptional book. Tutorial Abstract Maintaining good control requires the ability to identify real changes in control signals in the presence of random variation, also termed noise. In industrial plants sources of random variation are the process, the sampling technique and the measurement system. The control issue can arise in a number of important settings from control of processes in petroleum and chemical plants to control of costs using periodic financial data. Statistical process control (SPC) was designed to alert the user to real shifts in process conditions in the presence of random variation in control signals. In application, SPC identifies conditions where change has occurred so the user can take appropriate action. Equally important, use of SPC ensures that action is not taken in absence of real change because such response can needlessly increase variation in an operating unit. SPC is implemented using a simple set of applicable rules which will be illustrated with hands-on examples in the tutorial. Implementation of SPC is illustrated using Excel to solve a number of important industrial problems such as process control, analyses of maintenance data to identify equipment problems, and analysis of period cost data to spot significant changes in financial performance. Who should attend this course? Operations engineers, managers and scientists involved in process control and quality control, Maintenance engineers because SPC techniques are used to analyze maintenance records for significance declines in equipment reliability, and Accountants and professionals working in financial analysis because SPC is used to identify significant changes in petroleum and chemical operations financial performance.

Harmonics and Power Quality Control in Industrial Power Systems Ali Mihrig, Ph.D., P.Eng. AM Power Systems Inc. Suite Number 424, Delta, BC, V4C 6P5, Canada amps@ampowersystems.com Biographical Sketch Dr. Ali Mihirig, P.Eng., holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He began his engineering career as a production engineer with the oil industry back in 1978. After completing his Ph.D. in 1987, he joined AMEC Consulting Services as a senior electrical engineer. He participated in design, analysis and commissioning for many large industrial projects in Canada, US, South America, Australia and Europe. Experience industries include, Pulp & Paper, Oil & Gas, Marine & Ports and Chemical Plants. Since 1994, Dr. Mihirig established and became the principal engineer for AM Power Systems (amps) and continued to participate in industrial projects around the world. Dr. Mihirigs main focus on power system analysis, design, feasibility studies, front end engineering, power studies including system planning studies, protection, arc flash, harmonic and power quality studies. Dr. Mihirig has taught numerous short courses and tutorials for IEEE, Electricity Forum, and several client companies. Dr. Mihirig is the author of several technical papers on power systems stability, power quality, grounding and protection. Tutorial Abstract As sensitive electronic equipment and harmonic producing loads increase in industrial power systems; so do problems related to power quality. Although majority of power quality problems in industrial power systems are related to harmonics and sensitive equipment, other power quality problems are related to system design, apparatus, system grounding and operation procedures. Accurate identification of power quality problems leads to proper analysis and satisfactory solutions. This tutorial will discuss all three aspects of identification, analysis and solutions that are practical and cost effective. The instructor will share his many years of rich experience in this field with participants. This tutorial will be divided to three parts, introduction and background information, system design, specifications and meeting standards and last part will be practical experience with several industrial plants around the world. This tutorial will address the following topics: Nature of Harmonics and Power Quality Problems Typical sources of harmonics, power quality problems and diagnoses. Meeting international standards on Harmonics & Power Quality Industrial System Design Issues Related to Power Quality Control Analysis and Mitigation of Power Quality Problems Importance of Field Measurements and interpretations. Dealing with Package supplied equipment and EPC Projects. Troubleshooting Power Quality Problems. Practical Experience and Case Studies. Who should attend this course? Power System & distribution engineers, Consultant engineers, Utility system planning engineers, Utility regulators, Plant engineers, Plant Superintendence, Maintenance engineers and technicians, government inspectors and regulators, engineers and technicians for standard agencies, graduate students and fresh engineers. This tutorial provides summary insight of technical issues related to power quality, harmonics and related world standards.

Power Electronics: Recent Developments and Applications Abdul Rahiman Beig, Ph.D. The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates bbeig@pi.ac.ae Biographical Sketch Dr. Abdul Rahiman Beig received a B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Suratkal, India, and M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He joined the Petroleum Institute in 2006. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Suratkal, India. From 1989 to 1992, he was with M/S Kirloskar Electric Company, Ltd, Mysore, India, as a R&D Engineer in the drives group, during which time his team received the best indigenous product design award. His research interests are in the area of power electronics, motor drives and FACTS. He has published several papers in the areas of multilevel inverters, PWM techniques and CSI fed induction motor drives. Dr. Beig also is a consultant to industry. He is senior member of IEEE. Dr. Beig received the INAE - National award for his research work and L&T- ISTE National Award for the best M.E. thesis in Electrical and Electronics. His paper on space vector PWM for three level inverters received the best presentation and student award at the IEEE-IECON 2006 international conference held at Virginia, USA. Tutorial Abstract The tutorial presents the modern power electronic devices, their characteristics and applications at different power levels. Different topologies of power converters and the design issues related to different power levels with a special focus on high power applications will be discussed. Pulse-width modulation plays vital role in deciding the performance of the power converters; the different types of PWM techniques and their applications will be presented. Applications in electric drives, UPS systems, active filters, SVCs, power conditioners will be presented with applicable case studies. In the recent years, DSP based embedded controllers are being used to implement control and estimation algorithms related to drives and power conditioners. The design of these controllers and the implementation issues will be discussed. At medium voltage levels, multilevel inverter systems are replacing the conventional drives. Special attention will be given on multilevel inverters and their applications. The tutorial includes sessions on MATLAB-SIMULINK simulation to train the participants on modeling and simulation of power electronic systems. Who should attend this course? This tutorial is designed for the practicing engineers and consultants who are involved in the marketing, design, maintenance and testing of industrial automation products, electric drives, power conditioners, ups systems etc. in oil and gas industry, paper mills, textile mills, cement industry, construction and other manufacturing industries. This tutorial is also useful to the academicians, researchers in the area of power electronics, electric drives and power systems. Diploma engineers with basic electrical engineering back ground and exposure to modern power conditioners and electric drive systems will be in a position to benefit from this course.

Global Optimization Techniques - Application to Models History Matching and Field Development Shawket G. Ghedan, Ph.D. The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates sghedan@pi.ac.ae Ralf Schulze-Riegert, Ph.D. Principal Consultant Scandpower Petroleum Technology Biographical Sketches Dr. Ralf Schulze-Riegert is principal consultant with Scandpower Petroleum Technology. Dr. Shulze-Riegert has 7 years of experience in management consulting in the petroleum and automotive industry. 10+ years of project management and consulting experience in designing, implementing and managing information systems and software development projects. He has a number of a technical publication. Dr. Schulze-Riegert has an Education Diploma in physics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics (1991), University of Hannover, Germany, and University of Edinburgh, Scotland (1987-88) and a PhD degree on theoretical nuclear and particle physics (1994),University of Hannover, Germany. Dr. Shawket G. Ghedan is an associate professor of Petroleum Engineering at the Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi. He is a worldwide Schlumberger-NExT Instructor. Dr. Ghedan has over 20 years of diverse technical experience both in academia and in the oil industry. Before joining the Petroleum Institute, he spent over six years as a practicing senior reservoir simulation engineer with different operating companies. As a member in or a leader of multidisciplinary teams he dealt with day to day reservoir operations and management, reservoir characterization studies, static and dynamic simulation model building, as well as long term development planning studies of some major carbonate oil fields. Dr. Ghedan is the principal author of a number of technical papers. Research areas of interest include: integration of data for reservoir simulation, modeling of oil recovery in the transition zones, SCAL data and its application in simulation models, dynamic modeling of fractured reservoirs, and optimization techniques and uncertainty identification in reservoir studies. Dr. Ghedan was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer for the season 2005 2006. Currently, he is the chairman of Abu Dhabi SPE Section. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Petroleum Engineering from Baghdad University, M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Reservoir Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Tutorial Abstract Reservoir simulation models are extensively used for evaluating oil and gas reserves, for predicting production volumes and for planning production scenarios. However, what is the risk associated with these evaluations, predictions and plans? Quantification of this risk has been one of the major challenges facing the oil and gas industry. Reservoir simulation models are an integration of all reservoir data both static and dynamic. Uncertainties are present at all levels of reservoir data acquisition. Usually limited information on the geological and geophysical background of the reservoir is available from seismic surveys, logs, well tests, etc. Besides, although reservoir performance data are collected extensively during the life of the reservoir, it still has (or is exposed to) different levels of uncertainty depending on its measurement techniques and frequency of measurements. Stochastic Optimization techniques with the capability to search beyond local optima are employed to help evaluate reservoir uncertainties and reduce the risk associated with these uncertainties on reserves evaluation, production prediction and development planning. This calls for good understanding of these optimization techniques, their application areas of Assisted History Matching and optimization of field development options. Who should attend this course? This course is designed for engineers, geologists, geophysicists, asset team leaders and managers who want to get an overview of the reservoir optimization technology and its

application to dynamic simulation models construction and optimization of full field development plans

Application of Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) Analysis to the Thermal Design of Electronic Equipment Peter Rodgers, Ph.D. The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates prodgers@pi.ac.ae Biographical Sketch Dr. Rodgers is an Associate Professor at The Petroleum Institute. He has been involved in thermal design and reliability of electronics systems for the past fifteen years. Previously Dr. Rodgers was with CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center, University of Maryland; Nokia Research Center, Finland; and Electronics Thermal Management, Ltd., Ireland. In these positions he consulted on a wide range of areas in electronics cooling, spanning integrated circuit packaging to facility cooling. His research interests have covered conventional and highperformance cooling technologies, the development of advanced experimental techniques to characterize thermofluid phenomena, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Peter has authored or co-authored over fifty journal and conference publications covering a broad range of mechanical engineering topics, and has been an invited lecturer, keynote speaker, panelist, and session chair at international conferences. Dr. Rodgers received the 1999 Harvey Rosten Memorial Award for his publications on the application of numerical analysis to electronics thermal design. He is a member of several international conference program committees, and is program co-chair for EuroSimE 2007. Tutorial Abstract The thermal design of todays electronic equipment relies significantly on the use of Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) software for the prediction of electronics thermal performance. In the early-to-intermediate product design phase, CFD analysis can be invaluable in selecting a cooling strategy and refining a thermal design by parametric analysis. In the final design phase, detailed analysis of product thermal performance is performed to provide boundary conditions for electrical performance analysis and reliability prediction. In this regard, however, the lack of methods to accurately predict electronics operational temperature, in terms of either absolute temperature, or spatial or temporal temperature gradients, is considered to hamper progress in reliability prediction. This course provides guidance on optimizing the application of CFD analysis to electronic system thermal design in terms of modeling strategy and flow modeling approach, with no bias towards a particular CFD code. Who should attend this course? The course will benefit engineers, managers and scientists involved in the thermal management of electronic systems. It is aimed at participants with varying expertise levels in CFD, from novice to advanced.

Vibration-Control Systems: Conceptual Design, Recent Developments and Practical Implementation Nader Jalili, Ph.D. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, U. S. A. jalili@clemson.edu Biographical Sketch Prof. Jalili joined the faculty of Clemson University in August of 2000. He is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Clemson University Smart Structures and Nanoelectromechanical Systems Laboratory. Dr. Jalili is the Technical Editor of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Associate Editor of ASME Transactions, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Founding Chair of ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and Control of Smart Structures, Past Chair and Vice-Chair of Vibration and Noise Control Panel of the ASME, and member of both Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound (TCVS) as well as Vehicle Design Committee (VDC) of the ASME. He is the author/coauthor of more than 150 peer-refereed technical publications including 45 journal papers. He is the recipient the 2003 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation, the 2002 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Department of Energy, several Clemson University Board of Trustees Awards for Faculty Excellence in Research, major advisor to three Best Student Papers in IMECE 2001 (New York, NY), IMECE 2002 (New Orleans, LA) and IMECE 2004 (Anaheim, CA), Outstanding Scholar Fellowship (OSF) from the University of Connecticut (1995-98), and First Class Honors for both MS (1995) and BS (1992) degrees from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Tutorial Abstract This short-course presents the fundamental principles and theoretical concepts for vibration control systems design and implementation, followed by an overview of recent developments and control techniques in this subject. There are many important areas directly or indirectly related to the main theme of this course. These include practical implementation of vibration control systems, nonlinear control schemes, actual hardware implementation, actuator bandwidth requirements, reliability and cost. Furthermore, in the process of designing a vibration control system, in practice several critical criteria must be considered such as weight, size, and shape, types of dynamic disturbances, allowable system response, ambient environment and service life. These topics are also discussed along with some related practical developments in variable structure control and piezoelectric vibration control of flexible robot manipulators. Who should attend this course? Practicing Mechanical Engineers working on vibration and controls, academicians researching and teaching in vibrations and controls, and both MS and Ph.D. graduate students.

Workshop I: Development of Project Management Skills Matej Zajc, Ph.D. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovenia Saturday, March 24, 8:00am - 4:30 p.m. Biographical Sketch Prof. Matej Zajc is at The University of Ljubljana. He received B.S. degree from Faculty of electrical engineering, University of Ljubljana, MSc from University of Westminster and Ph.D. from University of Ljubljana. His research interests are modern communication systems, advanced digital signal processing and parallel computing. He is a coordinator and trainer in IEEE Region 8 workshop program. Workshop Abstract In this workshop you will learn about the basic success factors of project, to create a vision, boil it down and express the vision into a project plan and a preliminary budget. We will define the characteristics of a good Project Manager, where to find this person and how to gather a good, strong project team of dedicated members. During the project the Project Manager needs to create trust and delegate work, check performance according to the goals, prepare and run meetings and report to the project sponsors, as well as to the project members. Risk assessment and risk management is essential in managing projects. If things go terribly wrong, how to handle the situation? When the project is finished, how do we recover the knowledge we have gained? Project evaluations are important and save time and money in future projects. Format of Workshop - What is a Project? - The lifecycle of a project - How to start a great project - The Project Plan and Budget - Characteristics of a Project Manager Who should attend the Workshop The workshop is for those who want to use Project Management to accomplish their goals, at work, home, or in the community. You will learn basic project management techniques, and how to apply them in real life! This workshop is highly interactive with several exercises. - The Team members - Delegation and follow-up - Run effective meetings and reports - Risk management and closing a project - Evaluation

Workshop II: Development of Leadership Skills Kurt R. Richter, Ph.D. Technical University of Graz, Austria Sunday, March 25, 11:00am - 5:30 p.m. Open to students only Biographical Sketch Kurt R. Richter (IEEE Fellow) graduated in Communication Engineering in and received his PhD from the Technical University Vienna (TUW), Austria. He was Professor at TUW before he became Full Professor for Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University Graz (TUG), Austria, in 1975. Since 2000 he is Professor Emeritus at TUG. From 1971 to 1973 he was at NASA in USA. Since 1980 he has been actively involved in IEEE in many positions (Founding chairman of the IEEE Austria Section, Director of IEEE Region 8 etc.). Currently he is chairman of the IEEE Region 8 Awards & Recognition Committee. He is corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and honorary member of the Croatian Academy of Engineering. In the last 4 years he has been serving as coordinator and trainer in an IEEE Region 8 leadership training program and has conducted many workshops in Europe as well as Egypt, Kenya, Botswana, South Africa, United Arabic Emirates and Bahrain.

Workshop Abstract This workshop will introduce participants into interpersonal, group, team and leadership skills. The format for the workshop is through interactive participation, using several exercises and case studies. The skills developed are appropriate for application in management or leadership positions in various types of organizations including business, industry or volunteer activities. An important part will deal with problem solution and co-operation with difficult team members by a proper involvement in the process of problem solving and decision making. In the workshop the different types of conflicts as well as various strategies and its consequences will be analyzed. Choosing the right team is a preventive measure to minimize the causes of conflicts and during controversial discussions it is important to have a team which acts as objectively as possible by keeping to the facts and weighing the consequences of the decisions. To select the right person for a position it is very useful to know and to categorize its personality. Self tests and its evaluation as well as case studies will help to understand a scheme of personality types presented Format of the Workshop: Leadership Brainstorming Active listening: barriers to communicating Conflict styles Negotiating commitment Developing a priority list and getting consensus Who should attend the workshop The workshop is for those who want to develop leadership skills. Image of a Leader Personal interactive skills Developing group skills Teambuilding Conflict Management Overcoming resistance