Application examples

• Polymer thickness
• Polymer melt-flow index
• Viscosity
• Product concentration at the outlet of reaction or distillation columns
• Plant efficiency/utilization factor
• Cement properties
• Exhaust parameters of combustion processes
• Gas concentrations (NO_x, CO₂, etc.)

INCA Sensor sets new standards for the permanent plant-wide optimization and control of non-linear processes. INCA Sensor differs from other soft-sensor program packages due to its series of function expansions that support the designer when drafting reliable soft sensors:

• Modern modeling methods such as linear transmission functions, general non-linear models (GNOMOs) or estimates according to the partial least squares estimators method
• Signal processing or pre-processing (offline and online)
• Powerful tools for selecting suitable input variables
• Input options for data from laboratories and analyzers

Soft sensors are a prerequisite for plant optimization and quality control using advanced process control solutions such as INCA MPC.

The program package INCA Sensor can run on a separate PC/server with Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 operating systems. It is linked to the SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system by means of OPC, where INCA Sensor is operated as an OPC client.