Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Information Systems

Real-time performance measurement improves plant operations

Invensys Process Systems: Barr, R.

The technology is saving Sasol more than $400,000 per year

Fault-tolerant control protects processes and products

Neste Oil Oyj: Kettunen, M.  |  Koivisto, K.
Predict: Leger, J-B.
Neste Jacobs Oy: Liikala, T.  |  Sourander, M.
Universite Henri Poincare: Sauter, D.

The benefits include automatic recovery from faults, improved safety and prevention of severe product contamination

Improve speed and convergence of distillation column simulation

The proposed bounding method significantly improves performance

Improving refinery reliability, performance and utilization

Motiva Norco Refinery: Funkhouser, J.
Emerson Process Management: Manley, F.

A new digital control system incorporating fieldbus provided substantial benefits

Gage multivariable predictive control motility to guide support

Tesoro Corp.: Kern, A.G.

Manipulated variable analysis is much simpler than controlled variable analysis for determining controller health

Probabilistic alarm management

University of La Laguna: Larraz, R.

A procedure using Markov chains provides insights based on HAZOP report information

Optimizing wireless systems in hydrocarbon processing plants

Apprion: McPherson, I.

Here's how to manage the many disparate technologies

Intrinsically safe fieldbus for hydrocarbon processing plants

MooreHawke Fieldbus: O'Neill, M.

The key issue is delivering enough power to a large number of field devices

Effective pH control through intelligent automation

Mettler-Toledo Ingold: Queeney, K.  |  van der Wal, S.

This technology can improve reliability while reducing operating costs

Zero-lag exponential moving average for real-time control and noisy data processing

Lamar University: Chen, D. H.
Chevron Phillips Chemical: Lo, P.
Sasol: Swan, W. P.

The filtering technology has no time delay