Phosagro has developed and implemented its APCS

Phosagro, one of the leading producers of mineral fertilizers in Russia, has completed the development of its own autonomous process control system and is implementing it at the Cherepovets complex of Apatit JSC. This became known on October 4, 2024.

The project started in December 2022 and consisted of two stages of development and one stage of testing. ASUP was created on the basis of a digital industrial platform ZIIoT from LLC "" Zyfra(GC "Digital"), which retains intellectual property rights. The system is designed to replace the imported PI solution previously used by the company.

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According to Sergei Cherkasov, the new system not only coped with the processing of performance data, but also surpassed its imported counterpart. During the implementation of the project, more than 800 mnemonic diagrams were deployed and more than 60 thousand indicators were collected from 33 sources.

In September 2024, all users who previously worked with PI were connected to the system. The pilot operation stage will last until the end of 2024, after which the results and comments will be summed up and analyzed within two months.

The Fosagro project is included in the list of nine particularly significant projects of the IC Chemistry and Pharmaceuticals and is being implemented with grant support from the Russian government. Kirill Kireev, secretary of the Chemistry and Pharmaceuticals IC, noted that the development of Fosagro will be the second completed project within the framework of this industrial competence center.

Valery Cherepanov, Deputy Director for Digitalization of EuroChem MHC JSC, said that EuroChem and Fosagro exchange information about projects to optimize the market and mutually beneficial cooperation. EuroChem also participated in the Fosagro project as a co-customer, providing proposals for the terms of reference.^[1]

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