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Certainly. Early contact lets us recommend sensor locations and DCS design choices that reduce later integration work. We have supported design contractors through FEED (front-end engineering and design) on two projects, ensuring connectivity needs reached the instrument list before purchasing.
With current DCS equipment and reachable OPC-UA, commissioning takes four to six weeks: two weeks to establish the data pipeline and link the historian, two weeks to tune models using shadow-mode operating data, then one to two weeks of closed-loop testing alongside an operator. Legacy PLCs limited to Modbus-only connectivity require another two to four weeks for gateway setup and checks.
The system handles biomethanol made from agricultural or municipal solid waste, green e-methanol produced by CO2 hydrogenation, methanol from natural gas for transitional blending, plus mixtures of these fuels. Feedstock origin changes catalyst deactivation behavior and impurity makeup, so onboarding calibrates a separate model variant for each. Pathways not listed here need a calibration study, which we can define during an initial discussion.
Process data stays inside the operator's OT boundary. In the SaaS configuration, encrypted sensor streams go to a dedicated cloud enclave in the relevant region, with tenants kept separate. After commissioning, the on-premise option has no internet egress. Both configurations are designed to meet IEC 62443 Level 2 security requirements. Operators of critical infrastructure facing national cloud restrictions should choose on-premise. We can provide detailed security records under NDA upon request.
The present product covers only the MtJ (methanol-to-jet) route using SAPO-34 olefin oligomerization. It has not been validated for Fischer-Tropsch or power-to-liquid routes that use iron or cobalt catalysts. Their reaction kinetics and control structure differ. Operators developing or running an FT plant can contact us to discuss whether a later Metafuels product might fit the process.