Hybrid and cognitive digital twins for the process industry

In a Europe that is undergoing digital transformation, the COGNITWIN project is contributing to accelerate the transformation and introduce Industry 4.0 to the European process industries. The opportunities here can be illustrated by the SPIRE 2050 Vision document ( ), which states that “Digitalisat...

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Published in:Open Engineering (Warsaw) 2023-03, Vol.13 (1), p.1-8
Main Authors: Johansen, Stein Tore, Unal, Perin, Albayrak, Özlem, Ikonen, Enso, Linnestad, Kasper J., Jawahery, Sudi, Srivastava, Akhilesh K., Løvfall, Bjørn Tore
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cognition
cognitive plants
digital twins
industry 4.0
process industry
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Summary:In a Europe that is undergoing digital transformation, the COGNITWIN project is contributing to accelerate the transformation and introduce Industry 4.0 to the European process industries. The opportunities here can be illustrated by the SPIRE 2050 Vision document ( ), which states that “Digitalisation of process industries has a tremendous potential to dramatically accelerate change in resource management, process control and in the design and the deployment of disruptive new business models.” The process industries are characterized with harsh environments where sensors are either costly, not available, or may be subject to costly maintenance. The development of digital twins that can exploit the combinations of data-based and physics-based models is often found to be a preferred path to robust digital twins that can help cutting costs and reduce energy consumption. In this article, we present 5 out of 6 industrial pilots that are developed in the COGNITWIN project. We discuss the commonalities and differences between the selected approaches and give some ideas about how cognition can be incorporated into the digital twins. The aim of this article is to inspire similar projects in related industries.
ISSN:2391-5439
2391-5439
DOI:10.1515/eng-2022-0418