The paper presents the results of calculating reliability indicators and analyzing the fault tolerance of the subsystem for monitoring and controlling steam pressure in the steam curtain of a tubular furnace of a diesel fuel hydrotreating technological unit. The effectiveness of reserving critical elements to improve functional safety is substantiated.

Keywords: reliability, fault tolerance, steam curtain, tubular furnace, hydrotreating, diesel fuel, redundancy, functional safety

The paper presents a mathematical model, algorithm and simulation results of the steam pressure control process in a steam curtain of a tubular furnace of a diesel fuel hydrotreating technological installation based on a PID-controller with filtration of the current control error of a double moving average.

Keywords: automation, subsystem, control, control, steam curtain of a tubular furnace, steam pressure, moving average