Systems and methods for drilling automation with OPC UA
The present disclosure provides a drilling system that comprises a drilling rig, a device box having a plurality of sensors monitoring operating parameters of the drilling rig, an OPC UA server receiving data from the plurality of the sensors, and an OPC UA client in communication with the OPC UA server. The OPC UA client has a client library between the client application layer and the client SDK layer, which converts a client application to an OPC UA operation.
1. A drilling system, comprising:
a drilling rig;
a device box having a plurality of sensors monitoring operating parameters of the drilling rig;
an OPC UA (OPC Unified Architecture) server receiving data from the plurality of the sensors; and
an OPC UA client in communication with the OPC UA server,
wherein the OPC UA client comprises a client application layer, a client SDK (Software Development Kit) layer, a client OPC UA stack, and a client library in communication with the client application layer and the client SDK layer, and wherein at least one of the plurality of the sensors monitors a downhole condition,
wherein the OPC UA server is embedded in the plurality of sensors in the device box, and
wherein the downhole condition is a rate of penetration of a drill bit, a weight-on-bit of the drill bit, or a tool face, and
wherein the OPC UA server comprises a server application layer, a server SDK layer, a server OPC UA stack, and a server library in communication with the server application layer and the server SDK layer, the server library comprises a second adapter interface that converts a server application to an OPC UA operation.
2. The drilling system of claim 1 , wherein the client application layer comprises one or more client applications written in a plurality of programing languages.
3. The drilling system of claim 2 , wherein the client library comprises a first adapter interface that converts an operation from a client application to a client OPC UA operation.
4. The drilling system of claim 3 , wherein the client application shows parameters from one of the plurality of sensors.
5. The drilling system of claim 4 , wherein parameters comprises a name, an ID, a voltage, or a current.
6. The drilling system of claim 1 , wherein the server application shows name, ID, voltage, and current of the plurality of sensors.