Webcasts

Sponsored by: Prometheus Group

Is your maintenance program rich in analytics but poor in actionable outcomes?

In the hydrocarbon processing industry, predictive maintenance is more crucial than ever. Yet, many companies face the challenge of being data-rich but action-poor, struggling to turn insights into meaningful improvements. Join us for an insightful webinar to explore how the right tools and a strategic approach to predictive maintenance can effectively bridge the gap between predictive analytics and operational execution.

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to:

• Transform data insights into impactful maintenance strategies tailored to the hydrocarbon processing industry
• Harness artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to streamline collaborative workflows
• Prioritize maintenance activities based on their economic impact on your maintenance, operations, and engineering teams
• Unlock the full potential of predictive maintenance to minimize downtime and enhance overall efficiency

Sponsored by: AspenTech

Energy and chemical companies continue to look for new ways to improve operational efficiency, enhance collaboration and boost profitability. However, many still rely on manual tools like Excel for scheduling, which often leads to lower margins, inefficiencies and inaccuracies.

Join AspenTech experts as they demonstrate the new capabilities of Aspen Unified Scheduling™—cutting-edge software designed for the complexities of refining and olefins operations. Learn how an integrated scheduling solution can significantly enhance your efficiency with key features and benefits including:

• Streamlined Workflows: Automate scheduling processes to reduce time spent on manual tasks, leading to improved productivity. 

• Reduced Errors: Minimize the risk of human error by eliminating manual processes, ensuring greater accuracy and reliability in scheduling decisions. 

• Enhanced Collaboration: Improve visibility, teamwork—and operational results—through integration with data historian. 

The webinar will conclude with a live Q&A session, so please come prepared with your questions as we explore how Aspen Unified Scheduling can transform your scheduling process and deliver measurable results. 

Sponsored by: Kurita America

In systems that produce steam for heat transfer, filmwise condensation is the norm. Filmwise condensation creates a thin film of water that impedes heat transfer. By converting filmwise condensation to dropwise condensation, plants can reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Kurita Dropwise Condensation Technology is dosed continuously into the steam line in front of the target heat exchanger to create a water-repellent film on the heat transfer surfaces. This technology has been proven to improve productivity and reliability while reducing steam consumption.

Kurita Industry Consultant Art Lamm and Manager of CSV Technology Darin Wrazidlo discuss how the next generation of technology can be leveraged to help plants decrease energy use by five to ten percent, meeting sustainability goals.

Sponsored by: Lummus Technology

The global polymers industry is transitioning from a linear to a circular industry to address increasing consumer demand for products based on sustainable material solutions. One pathway includes the use of renewable feedstock, such as bio-ethanol, to produce virgin polymers of the same quality as polymers made from traditional routes, providing a drop-in solution for converters.

Similarly, the refining and aviation industries are addressing various decarbonization and environmental mandates. Conversion of bio-ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and to sustainable alkylate offer solutions to achieve these goals.

Join us for a virtual introduction of Lummus Technology’s bio-ethanol derived polymer and fuel technologies.

This webcast will cover:

• Industry observations around renewable polymers and fuels
• Lummus’ Verdene^™ suite of technologies for production of bio-based PE, PP and super adsorbent polymers
• Lummus’ bio-ethanol-based routes to SAF and sustainable alkylate
• Environmental benefits and economics
• Commercial experience and insights

Sponsored by: AspenTech

Accuracy in cost estimation is crucial for the success and feasibility of capital projects. Yet cost estimates often involve uncertainty and unforeseen circumstances that can negatively impact the project timeline and budget.

Join experts from PETRONAS as they share their experience using Aspen Capital Cost Estimator™, which enabled the company to:  

• Streamline cost estimation and risk analysis processes
• Obtain and benchmark reliable contingency values
• Reduce manual intervention and save >1500 man-hours per cost engineer

Gain valuable insight on PETRONAS’s success story and learn how you can achieve similar results.

Sponsored by: Honeywell UOP

Fluid catalytic crackers (FCCs) have cyclones as catalyst retention devices in reactors and regenerators. The FCCs often face unplanned shutdowns due to catalyst loss issues. A significant contributor to catalyst loss is the erosion or deterioration of the abrasion resistant lining (ARL) within the cyclones. Monitoring erosion rate of these ARL is challenging due to the difficulty in accessing it for direct measurements, often leading to its oversight until discovered during a turnaround. This unexpected discovery typically extends the turnaround period due to the unplanned repairs required for the ARL. Presently, the industry lacks accurate methods to estimate reliability of cyclones based on the estimated remaining ARL’s thickness, leaving them unable to predict the extent of cyclone repairs needed during turnarounds. Our work focuses on developing an approach to estimate ARL thickness loss over time in the cyclone inlet and then predicting remaining useful life using piece wise linear projections.

Sponsored by: AspenTech

With ever-changing operating conditions—including different feedstock—today’s process plants are challenged to meet growth and sustainability targets as many critical KPIs cannot be measured on a real-time basis. While process simulation models can be deployed online to provide operators real-time visibility to optimize performance, there is a common misconception in the industry that this approach is complicated and difficult.

Join AspenTech experts as they bust this myth and share best practices in deploying rigorous Aspen HYSYS® models online, creating a digital twin and enabling you to: 

• Optimize operations and planning, improve production
• Leverage economic feedstock
• Debottleneck and troubleshoot operations—anytime
• Maximize energy efficiency and minimize emissions

A Q&A session will follow so please come prepared with your questions.

Sponsored by: Clariant

Catalysts make chemical processes more economical, energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable across diverse industries and applications. Commercial manufacturing of catalysts is not easy, and scaling up requires specialized expertise.

Clariant's team of catalyst experts partners closely with customers to transition their catalyst formulations from lab-scale recipes to commercial manufacturing. Leveraging extensive expertise and assets, this process enables catalyst manufacturing at an industrial scale within Clariant's global production facilities. Clariant's comprehensive capabilities ensure a seamless path from innovative catalyst R&D to reliable high-volume production tailored to each customer's requirements.

The webcast will cover:

• An Introduction to Clariant and Custom Catalysts
• How catalysts are scaled up, and the various unit operations used
• Selected case studies highlight the challenges of taking recipes from the lab to the commercial scale:

• Filtration & washing
• Kneading & extruding
• Metal deposition techniques