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Improve your choice of process control algorithms

Whitehouse Consulting: King, M. J.

This algorithm, when properly tuned, can greatly reduce the quantity of off-spec material made from a process upset. It can be the largest contributor to the benefits captured by improved process control.

Use APC in energy systems―Total’s Leuna refinery case study

KBC Process Technology Ltd.: Milosevic, Z.
Total: Polster, A.  |  Mai, A.  |  Seifert, U.  |  Wagner, M.

Advanced Process Control (APC) has been used extensively to assist in operating refinery and petrochemical processes safely and profitably. However, with the constantly increasing fuel and environment..

Improve inline blending with advanced analyzers

Refinery Automation Institute, LLC: Barsamian, A.

Due to tough economic conditions, refiners are pressed to improve profitability. There is greater pressure to optimize gasoline and diesel blending. What are the options to improve processing of trans..

HP Viewpoint: IT/OT integration—Is it safe?

Waterfall Security: Ginter, A.

Information technology (IT) includes conventional computers, operating systems, networking components and software platforms. All IT developments continue to increase in importance for industrial cont..

HP Viewpoint: What’s new with FOUNDATION Fieldbus for 2014?

Fieldbus Foundation: O’Brien, L.

FOUNDATION Fieldbus is a very busy, proactive organization. In 2014, the group will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Foundation fieldbus specifications evolve both in terms of new technology projects a..

HP Viewpoint: Increase the visibility and reliability of all major plant assets

Dresser-Rand: Scheef, D.

Turbomachinery, essential to refining and petrochemical operations, has significant impact on plant production, maintenance and energy consumption. One of the most effective ways to improve turbomachi..

Case history: Optimization of FCCU with multivariate statistical modeling

BASF Corp.: Keeley, C.  |  Mayol, J.  |  Riva, S.  |  Komvokis, V.  |  Bozukov, V.  |  Challis, S.
Lukoil Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez Refinery: Karpov, N. V.

Process models and simulation methods can be used to simulate the fluidized-bed catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) process.a,b Likewise, kinetic or multivariate statistical models have been used. Rigorous..

Advanced process control improves operation of a polypropylene unit

Rockwell Automation: Sefidrou, K.

The project scope included a reactor composition controller and virtual online analyzer for MFR and xylene solubility. Quality control information and automated transition records for four reactors were also included.

HP Integration Strategies: The information-driven operating company

ARC Advisory Group: Gorbach, G.

New information technologies—such as cloud computing, mobility, social technologies, big data/analytics and 3D visualization—have been receiving a lot of attention in the industrial communit..

HP Innovations: Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

Noncorrosive bearings have high load capacityEDT Corp. has added Type E Solution bearings (Fig. 1) to its Solution line of severe service bearings. Type E Solution bearings have high load capacity and..